Back In the Day, 1997

Sonny Vincent and His Rat Race Choir

Pure Filth

(Overdose Records)

By the time Sonny joined with Captain Sensible, Cheetah Chrome, and Scott Asheton for Pure Filth, he'd already crusaded through CBGB's (and a Dead Boys tour) with the Testors and spent some nine years recording and touring behind Velvet Underground alumna Maureen Tucker. As portrayed in this scorching tumult, he assailed his six-string with knowing intensity; bar-chords battered and hacksaw solos tore delightedly. Stridency demanded Sonny's caustic vocals.

Recommended: "Down On Me," "Always a Catch," "Life To Life," "Epic Ripped-Up Letter," "What Do You Call That?," "War Party"

Videos: "Down On Me"  Joey and Dee Dee Ramone on Sonny's answering machine

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