Who is Jay Reatard?
October 15, 2007 by John - USMA
Filed under Entertainment, Music
What ever happened to the Spirit of ‘77? The knuckle-dragging riffs and snot-nosed yelps of Everyteen With a Dream USA when Punk broke?
It’s always been here, but IT - that undiluted, uncompromising ethos connected to punk - is much harder to follow in the MySpace Generation.
Artists hoping to be crowned The Next Big Thing crop up as often as that phrase gets bestowed on the undeserving.
It’s no small wonder why groups that treat rock like blue-collar work (clock in, clock out) find themselves creatively exhausted by Album #2.
As always in rock, a shtick - a dirty word; let’s say “dealbreaker” instead - is needed to get attention. And what better way to garner attention than through a mother****** of a live show?
Memphis, Tennesee’s Jay Reatard plays Wire-inspired punk rock, no-frills and rough around the edges. Jay Reatard shreds with a flying V guitar. Jay Reatard is rad. Read more
