Rockin' the Chainsaw

Scott Soriano and Crud Crud do it again, unleashing another MP3 masterpiece on the unsuspecting public. This time it's a 7" of "Krosskut Sawwwwww", an inexplicable little slab on Northern California wax that one-ups your basic primitive punk rock anthem by creating the whole song around a chain saw. For everyone impressed by the band Jackyl's "The Lumberjack", (and believe me, where I came from everyone talked about that shit the whole summer it was out. I think they even played a stadium in my town), I fear they must hand the belt over. I mean, that song just used the saw as an enhancing gimmick, whereas it is the soul of "Krosskut Sawwwwww". Even without it a band called the Sierra Altoids gets my attention regardless. Wow, you can almost sniff the exhaust. Fire it up. (MP3) Addendum: Our pal Patrick at WMBR reports that the wedding of chainsaws and rock continues, well represented by the new vocation of ex-Runaways singer Cherie Currie.

Comments

[Listener James from Westwood]

My nickname is "Chainsaw," so when the Jackyl cut (har) was released, I went into a frenzy. Good to hear the saw taking lead in this tune!

[Chris R.]

The song is based in "Cross Cut Saw Blues," a version of which (the orginal?) by Tony Hollins recorded c. 1940 appears on the Columbia label's Roots'n'Blues Retrospective 1925-1950 box set. He used a guitar, no saw...

Maybe this was obvious to everyone but hopefully I'm not repeating the obvious.