For those of you who don't know, the Peppermint Lounge was a legendary New York nightspot, where you'd find celebrities, royalty, intellectuals, local night owls, and whoever else, cracking down class structures
and mores by twisting away together, reminiscent of Warhol's, Fantastic
Exploding Inevitable, no art or psychedelic light show, but the ability to bring in a
highly mixed crowd in one place night after night ... these guys were
on to something. Now as to why they get thrown in with the oldies style skiffle groups, I have no clue, because this record is wild, it'd be better compared to the Kingsmen and the Sonics, the songs are loud, fast, loose and noisy, bashed out mostly cover versions of rock 'n' roll staples. EVERYONE put on your dancin' shoe and start doin' the
Peppermint Twist!!
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