CONCERT REVIEW: Rake's Progress, Irving Plaza (New York City)

April 21, 1995

- Bob Gajarsky

The Rake's Progress, New York's answer to the question "Where has the good rock and roll gone?", returned home to their roots recently to headline a triple bill including the groups Sons of Elvis and Too Much Joy.

Effortlessly sliding through a set comprised mainly of original songs, they played most of the songs from the debut E.P. Cheese Food Prostitute, while injecting their unique blend of punk, grass roots pop and fundamentally based rock and roll into every tune.

Los Angeles' influential modern rock station, KROQ, recently added the Rake's "I'll Talk My Way Out of This One" into their rotation, which should give an idea of the buzz that this five man band is creating around the country.

For fans of the Rake's Progress who want to get on the band's electronic mailing list, they are on Internet. The e-mail address is rakenroll@aol.com and, between now and the release of their Almo Records debut (Altitude, in July), expect to see the Rake's own World Wide Web site come to fruition.