ROCK-A-RAMA
ALL SPORTS BAND (Radio Records/Atlantic):: Or, the Village People Break Training Camp. Credit (?) for this nonsense goes to one Tracy (no, not Austin) Coats (Yeah, as in Jim), the "conceptual force"—his term, not mine— behind the All Sports Band.
ROCK-A-RAMA
This month's Rock-A-Ramas were written by Billy Altman, j. poet, Richard Riegel, and Michael Davis.
ALL SPORTS BAND (Radio Records/Atlantic):: Or, the Village People Break Training Camp. Credit (?) for this nonsense goes to one Tracy (no, not Austin) Coats (Yeah, as in Jim), the "conceptual force"—his term, not mine— behind the All Sports Band. Which means it was his brilliant idea to find, through nationwide auditions, five guys who could not only punt, bunt and jab but also execute half court chord changes and suicide harmonies to boot. So what we got here is a lead singer heavily into martial arts ("Hey, now that's original"—E. Presley), a boxing drummer whose kit is stationed inside a baby sized ring, and an outfielder/guitarist who slides into his amp on close plays at the reverb switch. As for the football player/bassist and the pianist/race car driver, well, I hope those helmets help prevent hearing damage from live gigs. Just how bad is the music on this record? I don't know. I mean, just how bad is Willie Hernandez? B.A.