Pavid Vermin - The Beach Boys Never Surfed

  

   "You know this song: “Let’s go surfin’ now, Everybody’s learning how, Come on and safari with me!” In the early 1960s, the Beach Boys all but invented California rock, propagating an irresistible West Coast teen fantasy: You’d load your car (a classic Woody) with “boards inside” and drive to the beach to lie in the sand, surf, and swim with pretty girls. Life was good."

  "Their early era-defining hits were all about riding the waves—“Surfing is the only life, the only way of for me.” But the Beach Boys didn’t  live the life they sang about. In fact, only one of the five original band members actually surfed, and lead singer Brian kept a healthy distance from the ocean because he was deathly afraid of the water."

  "In a cruel irony, Dennis, the Beach Boys’ drummer and the only brother who actually knew how to surf, died by drowning in 1983."

  It's only been 3 months since Glenn Robinson, aka Pavid Vermin (https://www.facebook.com/pavidvermin/) last featured on here (with a track from a love letter album to his favourite record label https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/06/pavid-vermin-judy-go-home-guest-review.html) but he's back today with the title track of a splendid new ep. Titled The Beach Boys Never Surfed, the ep will be available next month on Jarama 45rpm Records. Limited to 300 copies on sea blue vinyl you can get more details here : https://pavidvermin.bandcamp.com/album/the-beach-boys-never-surfed 

  The title track deserves to be a smash hit but the other 3 songs are also very impressive. Pavid's on top form. Most of Hawthorne, California's finest might not have ridden the waves but they put out some great music. Their influence still lives on. 

  The Beach Boys Never Surfed... 

Pavid Vermin - Judy Go Home (Guest review by Alex Kish)

  So yesterday I received a message from world famous Wassup Rocker Radio show host (https://www.facebook.com/wassuprockerradio/) Alex Kish which read "This is cool" and contained a link to a new 10 track Pavid Vermin (https://www.facebook.com/pavidvermin/) album.

  I replied "Yeah I saw it earlier, not checked it out yet. Do you fancy reviewing it?"

  And he did. Sort of. Briefly and enthusiastically. Leading me to reply I think I may have to pad it out!

  So firstly Alex's review...

  This comp is like being 13 again discovering the greatness that was Lookout! Records. every song on this comp is solid and a majority i still listen to today. Pavid Vermin is great, go buy their stuff! And support this fantastic label as well called Bloated Kat Records!

  And now my padding...

  Pavid Vermin are rapidly turning into one of the pop punk world's most prolific artists. The alter ego of Glenn Robinson (https://glennrobinson.bandcamp.com/), I featured what I think was Pavid's first release on here just over a year ago (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/04/pavid-vermin-i-dont-wanna-be-ramone.html) and in the short time since then, there's already been 3 full lengths (Jump!, Jive! And Fail!, Throw Me In The Trash and Cutting Corners). Featuring some of the catchiest tracks around, that back catalogue is now expanded by this love letter to Lookout! Records. Titled Pavid Ruins Some Songs it features new versions of classics originally recorded by the likes of Groovie Ghoulies, MTX, Green Day, Operation Ivy, Squirtgun etc.

  At the moment 100% of proceeds from this release are going to The Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project and the FANG Community bail fund   https://communitybondproject.networkforgood.com/projects/101939-free-our-protesters
 https://www.gofundme.com/f/fangbailfund 
All future proceeds from this album will go to The Foodbank of Rhode Island and Save Pangolins

  Great music, great causes check it out... https://bloatedkatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lookout-pavid-vermin-ruins-some-songs

  This track is a Riverdales cover, it's titled Judy Go Home...

Pavid Vermin - I Don't Wanna Be a Ramone

  Whatever your thoughts are on The Ramones you can't deny their influence. Do a google search for Ramonescore and you'll find links to a multitude of bands (some good, some not so good, several great) and it seems that barely a month passes without someone name checking them in a song. This month alone I can think of at least 3 (Cockwomble - Joey Ramone, Latte+ - Hey Hey It's Dee Dees Birthday Today and the song you'll find below), I wouldn't be surprised if there's more. They're long gone but their legacy lives on.

  Pavid Vermin is a new name to me. He's from Rhode Island and he records fuzzy pop punk songs in his bedroom. There's 3 songs on Bandcamp, Braincation, I Wanna Kill Everyone and the one I'm featuring today. All are good and all are name your price so go check them out...   https://pavidvermin.bandcamp.com/

  So today's song, it's Pavid lying through his teeth. Buzzing guitars and lyrics cribbed from some of the Forest Hills' foursome's most famous releases. As he says; "I only make fun of bands that I love. The Ramones are one of the best. I was thinking - are there any "I Don't Wanna" and "I Wanna" song titles left in the pop punk world? I think this is all that's left."  It's called I Don't Wanna Be A Ramone...

   Stop press : I just had a chat with Mr Vermin and it turns out he's been on here before with this song (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/glenn-robinson-dont-want-to-go.html) and he even chose a Top 10 for me (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/top-10-songs-chosen-by-glenn-robinson.html). There's a Pavid Vermin album in the works and it's going to be released on Bloated Kat Records at some point.