"Ms Lawson fronted the renowned Minnesota all-girl group The Clams during the mid-Eighties. The Clams were a band that often sounded great, no matter what." - Real Gone At the very tip of their musical iceberg, ‘He’s Like Heroin’ presented them like a huge-voiced, female fronted Stooges ‘Give Me A Reason’ served up sixties garage pop loaded with bubblegum sweet melodic hooks and ‘The Dangerous Kind’ showed them dabbling with something much punkier, but with equally cool results. A lot of people have only really caught up with them via the Rum Bar Records compilation ‘The Complete Clams’ (issued in May 2022), but it’s clear that decades after they disbanded, The Clams were a band with a huge potential. "The original Minnesota Clams were a great vehicle for garage rock riffs and massive hooks. Paul music scene historian or simply want to discover a really great garage rock and roll band that has gone largely unrecognized for decades, The Complete Clams is a highly recommended purchase." - Lord Rutledge, Faster And Louder It's no surprise, then, to hear the Stonesy vibes of "Run Baby Run" and a most formidable cover of the New York Dolls' "Human Being." What I enjoy about this collection is that it captures a very versatile rock and roll band. She and Roxie Terry formed a bad-ass tandem a la Jagger/Richards and Johansen/Thunders. "Cindy Lawson was (and still is!) an absolute powerhouse on lead vocals.
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