Hillside Strangler: Restrangled

The Hollywood Squares (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BluSide Records (BSD)
• ASIN: B000KX0G3S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,773 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hollywood Square

2. Organized Crime

3. Here Comes The Weekend

4. Ashes And Dust

5. Hillside Strangler

6. Street Fighting Man (Live)

7. Destruction (Live)

8. Hey Joe (Live)

9. Hillside Strangler (Live)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRAZEN HOLLYWOOD PUNK77, September 27, 2007

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M. Amagna "Suzie_Place" (Lafayette,CA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hillside Strangler: Restrangled (Audio CD)

The Hollywood Squares have the status of owning the only "hit" record to come out of the early l.a. punk scene. If I had a choice between The Germs' "Forming" and "Hillside Strangler" as the best Punk song of 1977, I'd reluctantly choose The Hollywood Squares. Punk is a combo of intellectual content and frenzy. "Hillside Strangler" had them both. Yet in a time of brazenness, The Hollywood Squares were too unassuming for their own good.
There were a lot of 28 year old professional musicians in Hollywood77 trying to cash in on "New Wave". All of them were worthless----except The Hollywood Squares. My wife, Charlie Trash of The Controllers and I saw The Hollywood Squares at The Whiskey do their set of "Hillside Strangler" and delicious 60's Garage Bands cover songs to a fair sized crowd. We were both surprised that The Whiskey wasn't packed, and that The Squares weren't on their way to fame and fortune. Moreover, we couldn't understand how a band with such a bold song could have so little savvy. Even today, the only telltale sign of The Squares is a bland little article in Wikipedia.
Based on our discussion, The Hollywood Squares overestimated the effect of their cold reception at the hands of the Slash Magazine gatekeepers who disdained The Squares as a "mystery band of mystery musicians". Once again, The Squares were in their late twenties, but all three were quite attractive, attired in a 60's Garage Band way. With a hotter reception, I'm sure The Squares could have quite easily drove crowds wild. However, 60's Punk got a lot of buzz in early 77, but by the Fall the whole concept had been left behind. Yet "Hillside Strangler" was quite contemporary, though not as manic as The Controllers, the hot Hollywood band in late 1977.
I'm happy to report that all the filler songs are great! The Hollywood Squares were definitely part of Hollywood Punk77----they just weren't welcomed by its gatekeepers.








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