The Batlord

Dr. Feelgood: Down By the Jetty

My need for simple, badass rock'n'roll leads me to Dr. Feelood. The kickass pub rock band, not the shitty Motley Crue album.




These dudes take the lessons of John Lee Hooker to their logical conclusions. Alright, there's just the one lesson, but it's a badass one: find a toe tapping blues riff, sit on it for several minutes, end song. And if a girl takes off her top in the interim, all the better (the girl in the picture has just listened to "She Does It Right".) This is raw, dirty-as-fuck R&B worship with as much brains as a zombie buffet after closing and boy does it rule. Take the Stones at their noisiest, combine with the heavy, ultra simple blues of the aforementioned John Lee Hooker, and you've pretty much got Dr. Feelgood in a nutshell. They're one of those bands that's not original because they're actually original, but because most bands with common sense wouldn't ever think to be so myopically unoriginal. They show a dedication to their craft that has no room for innovation since it would only dilute the simplicity of their attack. You could listen to the entire album, or you could just pick a song and listen to it for half an hour. Either would be just as badass.

P.S. Props for using a harmonica. Anything with a harmonica instantly goes up two cool points.

P.P.S. People who use "an" before a word beginning with "h" are festizios. "H" is a consonant and therefore you use "a". Shit turds.

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