Search - Mighty Caesars :: Surely They Were Sons of God

The greatest British garage punk album of the past 20 years

Jeffrey Jotz | Rahway, NJ USA | 03/23/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Over the years, the prolific Billy Childish (singer, songwriter, artist, author) has put out hundreds of LPs, CDs, 7" singles, books and more. In the 1980s, Childish was moving from the cleaner, classic 60s pop-garage sound of The Milkshakes to something more sinister, and thus was born Thee Mighty Caesars. Think the Clash meets Link Wray.Thirty-three tracks of supercharged yet catchy punk & garage madness, all sung with a cockney accent. Check out the covers of The Clash's "Career Opportunities" and the Ramones' "Beat on the Brat."The Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars and Thee Headcoats are the most common bands you'll find under Mr. Childish's underground media empire. Put your headcoats on and check them all out!"

To the square that said "there's nothing ground breaking" ab

Jeffrey L. Bearden | Oxford, AL United States | 10/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The guy up there said, "there's nothing ground breaking about Billy Childish...".



Written by a person who, very very obviously, doesn't even know why Billy makes these songs to begin with. Ignorant of Stuckist and a million other inventions from Billy, he goes on writing through his arse, and talks about the songs like they're tomatoes he's squeezing at the supermarket. Like his "likes" and "dislikes" are somehow magic or something.



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