THE DRAGS- Stop, Rock, and Roll

Randall

In my mind THE DRAGS are one of the very best band of the 90’s and deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as TEENGENERATE, SUPERCHARGER, and THE MUMMIES. I bought THE DRAGS- Stop, Rock, and Roll on a roadtrip to Atlanta back in 1997 and they were my gateway into the entire Garage/ Budget Rock scene of the 90’s and began a nearly 30 year obsession that is still going strong. That is why I’m so excited to announce that I just got the masters for their 10” and two LPs from Dave Crider and that we’ll be releasing all three digitally as well as a vinyl reissue of Stop, Rock, and Roll at 45 RPM as god intended! Seems a fitting way to celebrate TOTAL PUNK’s teenage years by rereleasing the favorite album of mine.

Clif

woah! nice. any bonus shit found on the tapes?

Randall

Clif sadly no . If all goes well we’ll do a small pressing of the 10” as a 12” after this

Skip Bail

This is great news! 👍

Dodge

CJ and Lorca forever.

dirty knobber

Awesome! The Drags ruled.

dr_chile

Impressive stuff. Tried to get an interview from them for a zine I was putting together years ago but didn't get much traction. That's great you were able to work with them!

Randall

dr_chile interview coming in the new yet to be named magazine we’re working on

dr_chile

Randall Hell yes! Best year yet for Total Punk...

Randall

dr_chile thanks. If all goes well we are gonna do a small pressing of Dragsploitation… Now as a 12” as well.

Clif

Randall also a repress of the 2 sided cover? I bought 2 10" back in the day so I could open one to put the poster printed on the inside of the cover on my wall

Randall

Clif I’m not so sure that will fit in the budget. My goal is to try to keep these cheap. Originals aren’t super expensive i just think these records are fantastic. They should be readily available and more people should be aware of the greatness of THE DRAGS. This is 100% a passion project for me, but I also have to make sure not to go broke.

Gimmie Sopor

Best band!

The Touch The Feel

This is very cool. Personally, I rate them way way up there. And as good and unknown as Stop Rock and Roll is, I always felt like Set Right Fit To Blow Clean Up was a slept on classic. They kept it moving and cranked out Rock and Roll in high fidelity. A shame that was it, but back to back classics is nothing to sneeze at.

Did anyone ever see them live? I've got that VML Live at the Fireside Bowl 7", which always made me laugh bc all the other similar 7" on that label in the same format that I ever saw were bands like Avail and Furious George and the like but never saw them live.

Randall

The Touch The Feel
When Set Right Fit first came out I was disappointed, but as I grew up I came to love it

The Touch The Feel

Yeah I didn't like it when I first heard it. Too clean! Luckily, I live long enough to learn to love what i don't immediately understand. 45x3 came out around the same time. I remember putting that on with two of my friends as we were getting ready to trip. They were NOT interested in starting off with 45x3. I think we started out watching idk some fucking Led Zepplin video where homeboy danced for like 18 minutes during a guitar solo. Maybe they would have liked SFTBCU's Communication Breakdown.

The Touch The Feel

SRFTBCU i should have written mostly because it is a phrase i have repeated when thinking about random etc for 26 years

Kevin E

I think I am in the minority in that I did not really love Stop Rock And Roll when it came out but I loved the 10" and early 7"s.