The Restraints
These guys were active in the late 70′s, early 80′s, and are claimed to be Atlanta, GA’s first punk band. Their ditties are hilarious, and the front man does the job of being highly entertaining, posing in various S&M-style photos. The material is mostly uptempo, the ditties’ content mainly pertain to debauchery and sin. The singer Chris wood died in prison, a character know for sticking needles into his skull during live performances. He died while in jail, after being convicted of murder charges.
These are from a demo recording made in 1980. Band never released any vinyl, but Mr. Wood went onto release a single with a different band later on.
So here we go, bar thug punk courtesy of The Restraints: DIG IT, YA HEAR?!
For your viewing pleasure:
The band doing a live rendition of Marie, gotta love the added guitar fills during the third verse!
The band doing an actual music video for the ditty “I Can’t Be A Nun”, roll-on-the-floor funny theatrics and some bad lip-syncing. The intro is priceless, howbung!
And if you’d like to get these ditties yourself, here’s a link to a cd release
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/restraints
Tags: Atlanta, Bar Thug Punk, punk, The Restraints
