Redd Kross - Neurotica [Bonus Tracks]

It seems hard to imagine that a band inspired as much by breakfast cereal and Saturday morning cartoons as by rock & roll could have created the album that spawned an entire movement -- grunge. When Neurotica was released in 1987, it inspired hordes of punk/hardcore kids to put down the safety pins and pick up the guitar. The perfect blend of Beatles/Kiss-style pop/rock and Butthole Surfers art rock, the album blends the raw punk spirit of the band that included "Quit School" stickers in their second album, 1984's Teen Babes From Monsanto, with the pure thrift store rock & roll of Kiss, The Rolling Stones, and The Stooges. Read More