Great reissue of a major obscurity in the back catalogue of Fred and Toody Cole aka Dead Moon/The Rats et al. Range Rats were a post-punk country and western group that used a Roland drum machine, confusing timelines and genres so completely that it couldn’t really be anyone else. Fred Cole is one of the great rock vocalists and it’s a stone pleasure to hear that voice wrap ping itself around some downer country and outlaw balladry, all played with the primitive elan and feel for non-flashy rock/roll aesthetics of Dead Moon et al. From 1985. Recommended.

2000 LP from the sainted trio of Fred Cole, Toody and Andrew Loomis aka Dead Moon. Buncha stone killers on this supremely crude slice of biker rock and brokedown psychedelic balladry, with classic tracks like “40 Miles Of Bad Road”, “The Way It Is” and “Shot Away”. All Dead Moon LPs are highly recommended!