{"product_id":"dum-dum-boys-let-there-be-noise-lp-75971853181","title":"Dum Dum Boys - Let There Be Noise [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Often obscured by the ascent of Flying Nun's legendary roster is New Zealand's late 1970s \/ early 1980s punk scene. Based in Auckland, a cadre of acts influenced by The Ramones and Stooges briefly thrived. The Dum Dum Boys-the first NZ punk band to record and release a full-length in their native country-were hooked on the Ann Arbor sounds of Iggy Pop. \"The Dum Dum Boys' Let There Be Noise (1981) is chock-full of James Williamson and Deniz Tek riffage; it also contains elements of Iggy Pop's nihilism. Take the lyrics to \"Something To Say\"-it's refrain repeatedly asking 'What am I living for?'-and juxtapose them to the band's namesake track from Pop's The Idiot (1977): 'What happened to Zeke? He's dead on jones, man.' 'Stalking The Streets' taps into the meaninglessness of James Taylor and Dennis Wilson's Two-Lane Blacktop journey through the American Southwest.\"The Dum Dum Boys understood the proto-punk sounds of 1970s Ann Arbor and Cleveland. More importantly, they also got the vibe. Life stinks-sometimes in the places (Auckland) you'd least expect it. \"As the title suggests, Let There Be Noise is anything but a record incessantly focused on introspective doom and gloom. 'Don't Be A Bitch' rivals Radio Birdman's 'I-94' for lyrical thick-headedness-like sticking a hot 454 in a Ford Falcon gasser, the song's simultaneously awesome and dumb. That's a difficult balance to strike. \"Let There Be Noise (1981) was self-released and copies quickly became damn near unobtanium, even in New Zealand. (I should know: I lived there.) In The Red has performed a major service by reissuing this obscure and outstanding record. Independent New Zealand releases from the early 1980s didn't get their due; distribution out of the country was essentially non-existent. It's nice to see that finally getting corrected.\" -Ryan Leach, Terminal Boredom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet There Be Noise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEscape From Hell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHold Me Tight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon\u0026amp;#39;t Be A Bitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomething To Say\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning Scared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdiot Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrue Friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStalking The Streets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead Inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking For Fun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"39","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50559969198376,"sku":"75971853181","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3726066-2507255.jpg?v=1763983659","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/dum-dum-boys-let-there-be-noise-lp-75971853181","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}