ANGELS, (The) Self Titled CD (2022)

Before there was an Australian rock sound, there was Doc Neeson screaming into a microphone and daring anyone to look away. The Angels didn't invent pub rock, they just did it harder and meaner than almost everyone else.

This 2022 reissue of their 1977 self-titled debut captures the band in raw form, already road-hardened and playing with the kind of urgency that only comes from having nothing to lose. This is the Australian alternative and rock underground before it had a name, and it belongs in any collection that takes heavy music seriously. Share a shelf with your Rose Tattoo and your AC/DC and pour one out for the pubs that made bands like this possible.

Full length album CD, Australian origin, original 1977 recording, 2022 pressing.

Fans of: AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Accept, Screaming Jets