Stiv Bators - L.A. Confidential

L.a. Confidential contains a treasure trove of unreleased outtakes from the sessions that were initially recorded in 1979 and 1980 by Bomp mastermind Greg Shaw. After the initial break up of The Dead Boys, nihilistic frontman extraordinaire Stiv Bators recorded material for Disconnected and several singles for Bomp. The music took a decidedly different approach, bypassing punk chutzpuh like "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth" for '60s-derived garage pop abandon. Upon release, Dead Boys fans were less than enthused. Read More