Why is it that bad band names are endemic to punk rock? The genre’s history reads like a road map of ill-thought out monikers: Sex Pistols, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Circle Jerks. Shock value aside, they sure sound silly. The Stinking Dogs from Quebec, the capitol of bands with atrocious names, play melodic punk à la Screeching Weasel. Banging out seven songs in about 18 minutes, this has heart even though it isn’t the most original thing on the block.
(Round Up)Stinking Dogs
Downtown on 34th
BY Rob FerrazPublished Sep 1, 1999