Now here is one of my absolute favorite tracks, bar none. This is Hoods by Wowii.
They were formed out of the ashes of another band called The Queens Kidds (which is a great name! Can't imagine what their stuff sounds like!) and then they went on to form Rufus, and eventually changed it to Wowii. They played at 'The Place' and other South Florida venues, and then went off to New York City to make it big. It never happened for 'em, but they did get quite a big following, all over the north east, with their fan club being run out of Rochester, New York of all places (only about an hour away from where I live.) They played a bunch with T. Roth and Another Pretty Face, as well as the Ric Rivets band, The Brats (which I will post soon). They were even mentioned in a Tiger Beat-like mag in the late 70's, where this picture is from, supposedly. Apparently a little later on in the 80's, The Cars even nicked a song from 'em and it ended up gettin' the guys some cash for their troubles. Good for them, cuz they deserve it after writing a song like this. Apparently they reunited at least once, back in 2003. More info to come when I find some.
You may think that they look a bit to "80's" but one listen to their masterpiece "Hoods" and you can tell who they were influenced by. Somewhere between the lyrical ability of Bowie and the sounds of the street like The Dolls is where these boys fall. Pounding drums, cheesy synths in the same vein of Lemming ring in the new wave my brothers. Brilliant lyrics and a great guitar figure put this at the upper echelon of American Glam, hell Glam period. This is the real deal brothers and sisters, To me?, I rank this one higher than even All The Young Dudes, This the cream of the crop right here. Do yourself a favor and download this track now. NOW!!
Hooray for all the fools of Rebellion! Like Ol' Blue Eyes, James Dean, Billy Martin (??), and Elvis! Hooray For The Hoods! Society labeled them no good, but what else can they do? The alternatives are so few? Hooray For the Hoods! But to protest and reject societies wasted ways man. That ain't nothin' new, their as ancient as fire and as potent as youth! Hooray For the Hoods! They are the martyrs on altars, They are the condemned Heroes that is what they are! They bring on Changes! Hooray For the! Hooray For The! Hooray For The! Hooray For The Hoods!!!
