By Jeff Fulton

Big Drill Car / Chemical People Yellow Vinyl Cheap Trick / Kiss Cover 45 RPM (all the crap in my attic)

Back in college (1988 – 1993) we followed the local Los Angeles bands ALL, Big Drill Car, and the Chemical People as they played all over the LA area. They always put on great shows and it was like a little punk rock Renaissance in the midst of hair metal before Nirvana changed the music landscape forever.

This disc was purchased at the old Go Boy Records on Ave F in Redondo at PCH.  We spent many waking hours a Zed Records in Long Beach and Go boy, looking for gems like this.  Released in 1991 on Cruz records, this 45 contains The Chemical People covering Getway by Kiss and Big Drill Car covering Surrender by Cheap Trick.

 

 

 

I can’t find an existing version of the Chemical People song, but it is well done and sounds like this: