Thursday, April 19, 1979

The Pointed Sticks "The Real Thing" ep

This is the Pointed Sticks second ep and it also came out on Quintessence Records. It is rumoured that this is the record that caught the attention of Stiff Records in the UK. Stiff would go and issue a three song re-recorded ep by the band produced by Brinsley Schwarz. the songs on this single are:
1. The Real Thing
2. Out of Luck

Monday, April 16, 1979

True Confessions "Give Him a Great Big Kiss"

Essentially this was the Curse's bassist and guitarist with Mike Nightmare's girlfriend, Ruby T's on vocals, Julia Bourque on guitar and vocals, Anna Bourque on bass, and Alina Solina on keyboards. This line up was born on the meltdown within the band described in Treat Me like Dirt while playing in New York and Boston. The manager convinced them to change the name to something more "radio friendly", but they were never be as good as the originally line up in the Curse. This is a cover of a single that would come out on Bomb records in 1979. The True Confessions would go on to have two more line ups which involved John Hamilton of the Diodes and Bryant Didier who would go on to play of in Drastic Measures and Jane Sibery. The A side was a Shangri-Las cover and the B-side had an original called "Jimmy's Fast".