Beaten Up Dogs Don't Dance

R-a-M-S 'Beaten up dogs don't dance' The curtain call had long been taken, the applause soaked up and handshakes shaken, 'The Bucks' were, but for some fond memories and hair-raising rock'n'roll stories, confined to history and so be it. So long and thanks for all the fish. After two years of sulking in the corners mulling over the past, all the questions like who, why, where and what the fuck, asked and asked again, Rams and guitarist Philip Zeman decided that that just couldn't've been all and that they needed a drummer. And if they found one without searching they'd take it as a sign and start all over. And so it was, with Pidi Leuenberger (ex-Hellmute) ready and willing, the three punketeers were in for another round. It felt like being 17 again: 'Hey guys we got a band and are looking for a rehearsel space. Pinch me, I must be dreaming!' If you are Rams you don't have to go right back to the start again but what was of the upmost importance is that this whole venture wasn't steeped in nostalgia. And true to his believe, new songs only get infused with soul when trashed out live on stage, they took their time, played some small, some big and some even smaller shows until the whole she-bang was ripened and matured and ready to be hammered out with Deezle Imhoff in the Foolpark Studios. Rock or Punk, Punkrock or rock-n-punking-roll, well the devil may care, but to be able to rock you needed guitars, bass and drums, and to roll you needed wheels, and they weren't about to make the mistake of thinking they had to invent anything new. It just had to sound like R-a-M-S and nothing but R-a-M-S. Judging by the titel 'Beaten up dogs don't dance' you can guess that Rams's lyrics still aren't of the lovey-dovey, kissey-wissey or of the fun, funner bullshit runner type, but to call the sound dark or bleak would be missing the mark altogether aswell. Besides the title track, and other killers like What Kinda Language Do You Speak?, Change The Team, Easy Taker there are some surprising slower numbers like Ain't Good Enough, Ain't Bad Enough. Also, and maybe this is meant as a homage to the founding fathers of punkrock, there is a cover of the aussie band The Saints 'Private Affair'. To quote Rams: 'The lyrics still ring true today as they did in 1977'. On the up-coming tour R-a-M-S will play, next to the new songs from the album 'Beaten dogs don't dance' quite a few old 'Bucks' songs aswell, not just to give the people what they want but to continue in laying the foundation of more hair-raising rock'n'roll stories.