
The legendary Rocket From The Tombs , born in 1974, flamed out in 1975, have finally recorded a studio album, delivering Barfly ( Fire Records ), and closing the circle on an incredible journey. The received wisdom (on the other side of the pond at least) goes that punk rock was invented in New York by the Ramones , who reconfigured Midwestern hard groove rock and 60s garage singles, into a formula that defined punk: short, fast, catchy, and unstoppable. But in some weird parallel universe, punk might have traced its roots to [...]