SHADOWS OF KNIGHT Back Door Men 1966 garage punk LP NM

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

Shadows of Knight "BACK DOOR MEN"

Original 1966 LP on the Dunwich label 667

Cover:  NEAR MINT

Vinyl:  Looks NEAR MINT, plays VG++

Anyone NOT yet convinced that Chicago’s Shadows of Knight should be mentioned with the same kind of hushed reverence and awe as bands like the Music Machine, the Chocolate Watchband and the Remains should PROMPTLY check out the sheer snotty snarling garage punk BRILLIANCE of this, their second album, 1966’s Back Door Men.  The unacquainted know ‘em by their biggest hit, a cover of Van Morrison’s “Gloria” (not here), and their cover of Bo Diddley’s “Oh Yeah,” featured on Lenny Kaye’s original Nuggets (also not here).  But to hear the Shadows of Knight at their garage punk FINEST (and to hear ‘em finally write original songs), this is the way to go.  “Bad Little Woman” only reached #90 on the charts, proving once again that the best songs go way over the heads of the housewives who buy singles.  But for students of Sixties Punk 101, it’s an absolutely essential fuzzed-out slab of teen snottiness.  Structurally similar to Count Five’s equally essential “Psychotic Reaction” but even more psychotic, thanks to a constantly throbbing police siren organ, it oozes the kind of contempt for trashy women who are BAD because they have the audacity to fall for someone else.  Hard to believe this kind of sentiment comes from the band who basically cleaned up Van Morrison’s lyrics for “Gloria” to get radio airplay, but if you don’t believe me, read ‘em for yourself:

“He brought you home last night,

Smelled like Gypsy Rose.

Now I don’t know just where you’ve been,

He only knows.”

They stop just short of throwing a lamp and whipping out the C-word, but a couple songs later, you know just where they stand and how they plan to get revenge.  Not only do they cover “Hey Joe,” the ultimate revenge tale, but they then close the deal with a little feel-good number called “I’ll Make You Sorry,” which has nothing to do with the board game.  They do need to develop a little truth-in-advertising, though – “Gospel Zone” ain’t gospel (more like a cross between Bo Diddley’s “Mona” and the Ugly Ducklings’ version of “Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut” with great slashing shiver guitar licks) and “The Behemoth” is actually one of the more SUBTLE offerings on Back Door Men, a groovy little Eastern swami instrumental with panning stereo sitar guitar and rumbling bellydance bass.  But look, I’m not about to be the one to tell ‘em.  The way they’re acting on this album, I wanna stay on their good side.

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