BRAT Schallplatten & CDs

Review: LA punks Brat (aka. The Brat) released just one album, Attitudes, in 1980. Despite their terse career, effectively lasting for just three years (indeed, being made up usually of hot temperaments and bright, punk bands don't tend to last that long, though the members of this outfit did go onto flourish under other projects and names), this LP is nothing short of a charmer. Characteristic of the first wave of LA punk - along with contemporaneous albums by X, The Germs and The Weirdos - Atittudes has an up-front, earnest and melodic sound, one that'll instantly chime with anyone wanting to explore the constructive side of anarchy. Echoes of rockabilly and glam rock shine through on jubilant buzzers like 'Starry Night', and its for creative fusions such as this that Attitudes enjoys the cult classic status it has now.