“ALONG WITH THE DISHRAGS, THE NEO BOYS HAVE HAVE CREATED AN ALL-GIRL, TEEN-PUNK SOUND THAT SEEMS TO BE INDIGENOUS TO THE NORTHWEST...VERY GOOD RECORD. PICK IT UP.”
NEO BOYS review by BRUCE PAVITT, Editor
SUB POP #1 May 1980 (page 12)
Excerpt lifted from SUB POP U.S.A.: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988 by Bruce Pavitt (Bazillion Points - 2014)
Pavitt makes the Dishrags sound pretty enticing!
NEO BOYS! From the NEO BOYS bandcamp: “In Portland, OR, in 1978, a radical form of artistic expression some refer to as “punk” or “new wave” was beginning to take shape, and at the heart of this legendary movement was the powerful all-girl punk group the Neo Boys. Though they were an active band for just five years (1978-83), teenage sisters Kt (bass) and Kim Kincaid (vocals), Pat Baum (drums) and guitarists Jennifer Labianco and Meg Hentges forged a place for women in the growing punk rock scene, and redefined gender roles in the 80’s movement of rock and roll. They regularly shared bills with The Wipers, opened for Nico, and played their first show with Television. Calvin Johnson has been working with the band members to track down the missing tapes of their recordings through a rabbit hole of Northwest basements and closets, and after twenty years of effort, the result is Sooner or Later [KLP242]. A comprehensive double LP collection of Neo Boys recordings from 1977-1982, including the long out-of-print 1980 7” EP (released on Greg Sage's Trap Records), and 1982 self-released EP Crumbling Myths. Sooner or Later also contains recordings, early demos and live sessions that have never before been available to the public.”
