A brief history behind Ptwaaang... Take the Mothersbaugh brothers in ace, flowerpot wearing, whip-cracking, devolutionary outfit Devo. They never wanted to be iconoclastic pop stars, leaders of a whole new school of thought. No sir. All the Mothersbaughs ever wanted was to live out their youthful dreams of being in a school-time surf band, surfboards to the ready, strumming and twanging along to the likes of Dick Dale, Jan & Dean and The Ventures. Hence, the Wipeouters--a deranged cross between The Trashmen, the B-52s and Devo. Hence "Wedgie Wipeout", swinging "Luna Goona Park" and sampladelic "Shut Up Little Man!". Hence P'twaaang!!!: 13 space age, silver-suited, sun-flecked, mostly instrumental tracks guaranteed to make even the dowdiest of beach parties go with a p'swiiiiing. --Jerry Thackray
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