From the blurb in the Big Gold Dreams box set, where, once again, today’s offering can be found.
mp3: The Dragsters – I’m Not An American (1987)
“The Dragsters formed in Greenock with a line-up of, ahem, Vince Van Yak on vocals, guitarists Roky Mountain and Lestat, bass player Fabian McDonald and drummer Marvyn Rammpp. Their power-punk guitar pop was honed in live sets featuring covers of Boys by The Shirelles and Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones, and fitted perfectly in with an Edinburgh scene of DIY bands who had more line-up changes than a football team. In keeping with this, The Dragsters’ first single, Albino, was co-produced by Shop Assistants guitarist David Keegan, with backing vocals provided by Margarita Vasquez Ponte of Jesse Garon and The Desperadoes/Fizzbombs fame. For this third effort, Van Yak and Co. did it themselves, but they still sounded as if they’d been transplanted from a 1960’s cellar bar.”
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