After singer George Reagan joined the band, I became a huge Hagfish fan. I'd known the Blair brothers before, but with George on board they became a formidible songwriting and performance team. Locally, they got a reputation for really fun, spontaneous live performances that left you smiling. Their music was fun and poppy with an emphasis on girls and sex and just plain tomfoolery, and a local label called Dragon street signed 'em up and the recording was entitled "Buick men", which supposedly was graffiti George saw on a club bathroom stall. Look at the photo and you'll see it's a phrase disguised within a phrase. Clever. Buick men was a great CD that relected their sound perfectly, and adding accomplished drummer Tony Barsotti cemented their sound. Standout tracks on Buick men included "Happiness", "Stamp", "Flat", "Gertrude", "Sad", "Disappointed", "Trixie", and "Hose", amongst others that were great. Well, after that, London records signed 'em up and off they went to the Blasting room in Colorado to record their major label debut under the team of Bill Stevenson (drummer of ALL/Descendents) and Stephen Egerton (Guitarist of ALL/Descendents). The result was "Rocks your lame ass", a collection of some of the best songs off "Buick men" along with some newbies. Every single song off "Rocks your lame ass" is amazing. It sounds great, George's vocal simply sound fantastic and the band rocks. All the songs I listed as standouts on "Buick men" were rerecorded and the new versions are amazing (except for "Sad", such a great song, wish they'd given that a go as well). Some new tracks on "Rocks..." that are incredible include "Plain", "Bullet" and "Did you notice". These two CDs are must haves for any serious rock and rollers collection. Get them! Find all their CDs on Amazon!
BONUS HINT: get the track "Grin Doggy" off the CD "that was then, this is then" to add to your Hagfish collection as it is excellent!
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