A strong live show recorded at Chicago's Metro club in 1985 finds the band loose, funny, and ready to rumble. There's a funny pisstake of
"Like a Virgin"
and a messy, fun-filled cover of
T. Rex's
"20th Century Boy." For the most part, this functions, almost, as a
Three Johns
"greatest hits" collection: "AWOL," "The Devil's Music," "Death of the European," and many others from
Atom Drum Bop
and
The World By Storm
are given the total rock workout in a way that only
the Three Johns
could. This means it's part parody of a rock concert and part honest-to-God rock concert. You have to decide which is which. Originally available on a mail-order only basis, I have no idea of its availability in the compact disc era. ~ John Dougan