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Domenic Priore: We were trying to figure out what separates the British Invasion groups from the ’60s Garage Punk bands in America that followed, and when you said “they warped it with Chili Dogs” that pretty much says it all.
Shelly Kidd: Well, because that was part of the pop food of the time. See, you could make a complete study of the era by tying in so many different factors: food, fashion, style and music. It’s all inter-related. And that’s why even though the British may have been “better” than the American bands, or should we say “more evolved,” maybe they could play better, but there’s something about the American bands that the Brits will never have, and that’s the Corn Dog, Chili Dog, you know, crud culture that we have and they don’t. And that’s why it became uniquely American. And I’m not gonna compare the Kan Dells “Cry Girl” with “Satisfaction.” One is primitive, one is embryonic. “Satisfaction” is primitive, but it’s evolved. “Cry Girl” is just, it’s almost like in the mud. It’s like they’re covered in mud, they’re so backwards they’re in, like, dirt huts. It’s unbelievable. There’s no Brit band ever who could have done that, you know?
- An Appreciation of bubblegum pop by Domenic Priore in conversation with Shelly Kidd