"I was heavily into The Stooges. But also, supremely, The Beach Boys... I adored The Beach Boys, The Who and The Stooges, and collages of photos of them adorned my walls. I also doted on The Raspberries, The Kinks, Nuggets, the Stones, to a lesser extent the late-period Beatles (I still love Abbey Road with a passion), and I also dug a lot of obscure music I was turned on to from various quarters. I did not really engage The Byrds until I knew Robin, who turned me onto folk-rock per se. I could detail my initiation into the Groovies and other key influences... but I do have some respect for the readership." (from an interview with Jeremy Gluck)
The Barracudas signed to Canadian indie Shake! who tested the market for decade old fish bands by releasing the single "I Thought You Sounded That Way Yesterday" with "Remember" on the flip in January of 1991, but it wasn’t until February of 1992 that there was finally a new full length Barracudas release...
nearly 3 years after they decided to get back together. But the result justified the wait, and maybe that explains the title of the new CD. Produced by Andy Shernoff (although he isn’t credited), Wait For Everything was one of the most convincing reunion efforts I’ve ever heard, and probably my favorite Barracudas long player. It has a fabulous batch of tunes; the title track, the nostalgic "I Thought You Sounded That Way Yesterday", the slinky, driving "Outside My Door", the anthemic pair of "Throwin’ It All Away" and "One From The Heart", and finally that personal touch of "The Best Years" at the end…this is a hell of a great recording. Gluck’s singing has really matured; he’s harnessed that quivering tone of his to emphasize key parts of the lyrics better than on any other Barracudas effort. Robin Wills, who always wrote the majority of Barracudas tunes, turns in his best set ever here. And his guitar playing brings that 12 string Byrds jangle firmly into the post-punk era; this is where California rock should have headed in the early 70s when it somehow detoured into the Eagles. There’s that "Chestnut Mare" sort of feel mixed with a power that the Byrds could never have matched given the equipment and production values of their day.
But Jeremy had suggested to me that he wasn’t that crazy about Wait For Everything and when I pressed him about his reasons, he replied, "Ah, I dunno...it could and should have been so much better. But I do like some of it. Yes, some songs work, but for me this album is largely a major disappointment. Apart from working with Andy Shernoff of heroes The Dictators, I could quite happily have forgone the whole thing."
Which would have left the music world a poorer place. But unfortunately, unless some incredible new development occurs, that CD will prove to be the last hurrah for the Barracudas. They did struggle on until 1993, when they played their last ever gig in Madrid and taped the show for a CD release on Spain’s Impossible Records. Jeremy probably gives it as fair an evaluation as anyone could. from: http://www.nkvdrecords.com/barracud.htm
The Barracudas:
Jeremy Gluck (lead vocals), Robin Wills (guitar), Steve Robinson (bass) and Jay Posner (drums)
trax:
1. I Though You Sounded That Way Yesterday 2. Throwin' It All Away 3. Can't Get Away From You 4. Wait For Everything 5. Outside My Door 6. One From The Heart 7. She's Alive 8. It Don't Matter Now 9. Burke & Willis 10. I'm The One 11. The Best Years
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