If you were listening to music in Boston around 1980, you might remember a band by this name. Or, if you were listening to college radio almost anywhere at the time, you might remember their song "(I Want To Be) Jackie Onassis", and possibly "What Does Sex Mean To Me?". Their music was drenched in pheromones and sweat, and they were quite intense live. Although most local bands from the time are forgotten, HSR was cool enough to get a few brief descriptions.
Recently, I found a live show of theirs at DIME from a radio broadcast on 4/12/80. The opening song from the show, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (I think that was the name of the song, but it could be "I Don't Wanna Number One"), shows the rough nervous sexual energy that was a theme for many of their songs. If you are an HSR fan and want a copy of the show (CD or MP3s), let me know. And, if you have digital copies of their albums you want to toss my way, by all means drop me a line.
Posted by lookit at June 24, 2005 09:54 AM