THE DRAGS – Dragsploitation…Now

I stumbled upon the DRAGS- Stop Rock and Roll at Wax N Facts in Atlanta way back in 1995. It was my first trip outside the state of Florida as an adult. We were going up to Atlanta to see The Cramps. I knew nothing about THE DRAGS but the cover caught my eye and Johnny B from THE CRUMBS told me I had to buy it. He also handed me the first Back From The Grave that day. THANKS JOHNNY! Later that night I saw and heard Guitar Wolf for the first time!!! It was my first introduction to Estrus, Crypt, and the genre of “garagepunk.” A pivotal day indeed, and for better or worse, started me on my path into the luxurious life of a dirt broke middle aged label owner. From there on I was buying anything with the Estrus or Crypt logo and scouring the Estrus catalog for more lo-fi trashy tunes. For my money and in all my searching no one did it better than The Drags! Their name should be up there with Teengenerate, Supercharger, and The Mummies! All these years later and I still consistently pull out my Drags records and they sound just as exciting to me now as they did at the age of 18. The songs are razor sharp, never let up, and make you want to throw your body against the wall and scream!!!! Teenage Invaders are coming and someone’s gotta even the score! Then there is the fantastic imagery provided by Art Chantry. The Drags had it all. That is why I’m so excited to be reissuing their catalog 30 years later, starting with their debut 10”, now as a 45 RPM 12”( for an additional two inches of TOTAL DRAGSPLOITATION)!!! We’ll be rereleasing the aforementioned follow up Stop Rock and Roll on LP later this year. In the meantime if you don’t have it already grab a copy of Dragsploitation…NOW! It’s loud, it’s wild, and 100% TOTAL PUNK!!!!!!