sue (guitar, vocals), steve (guitar, vocals), a.j. (drums, vocals)
Influences
patti smith, sleater-kinney, the replacements, the feelies, lucinda williams, r.e.m., dream syndicate, elliott smith, jen trynin, mia zapata & the gits, the clash, the dambuilders, the modern lovers
Sounds Like
...my own worst enemy, first and foremost. however, others folks have made comparisons to throwing muses, barbara manning, x, patti smith, the feelies, pj harvey, dumptruck, laura nyro (kind of all over the place, huh? just how we like it!)
"Total Action is the kind of pop record they just don't make anymore; full of fresh sounds and great hooks, with some careful thought between the lines. Leaders Sue and Steve are music nuts who do their influences proud, and they fooled me into thinking their shimmering folk-rocker "Snowflake" was a long-lost 60's nugget. Elsewhere they mix their country and their Velvets up with a lot of vital three-chord stomp. Call it garage rock if you must; but Sue's vocals leave no doubt that garage is in a pretty exotic neighborhood.." -- Brett Milano (Author, Sound Of Our Town/Vinyl Junkies/Boston Rock Trivia)
"Best Boston debut in a long time - in many ways evokes the golden age of classic co-ed indie rock bands: Love Child, Yo La Tengo, Eric's Trip, etc - the boy sings a song, the girl sings the next one, and they always sing together. It's the pinnacle of rock band equality - but also codependency and this album makes love sound like one long drink of gin...partly thanks to Sue's "Jersey Queen" vocals (one of the nicer things to happen to female vocalizing in the name o' rock since Denise James). Lack of bass player gives them a skeletal Sleater/Kinney clank. This album evokes a harsh 70's reality...mainly of my parents telling me to go play in the traffic while they did the "jungle boogie" on the couch." -- Joe S. Harrington. Kapital Ink, Vol. I
Booze-The Verves (a tribute to the Velvet Underground)-The Sleaze Tax
The Maltese 1600 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928
9:30 pm 21+ $3 cover Local legend Lori Campion is blowing through town June 27 with her classic Chico bands, Booze (featuring Tom Little, Carey Wilson, Campion), The Verves - a Tribute to the Velvet Underground (featuring Campion, Joe Martin of Job's DeSoto, Charles Mohnike of Job's DeSoto and Carey Wilson).
Headlining the show will be Barbara Manning's local band, The Sleaze Tax.
That's right - for only $3 you can experience the best of the Chico rock scene, cheap beer, and loud women.
hey sue and steve ... i'm just listening to total action here at work and digging it sooooo much ... i'm kicking myself hard for missing the show you did in june ... that will NOT happen again! your pal al
Hey guys, nice "meeting" you! I got the t-shirt a few years ago. We were playing a pop festival and a guy was wearing one like it (and I was of course, happy because one of our cds was on the shirt!) so I asked him where he got it, and he told me he made it himself. So, as a present, he sent me one! It was a great gift and a great shirt!--Seth
HA!We had a great time-thanx for putting us up and for allowing for liberal late nite use of your 1.beer and 2.KISS records- I'm sure the neighbors didn't mind-
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