The Goons

Bad Excuse (Torque)
by Mark Phinney

I believe The Who claimed that the kids were alright. If that means rip-roarin’ basement punk, the kids in The Goons are alright, and then some. These boys have a goal – to get the kids kickin’ each others’ asses. I fell into this mini-LP at full throttle. “Mall Attack” caught my eye and eventually my ears, taking me back to my own mallrat days. These days, the youth of the world want to hang out and drink and tune out to good clean screaming and yelling. And more power to the Goons for doing it so well. By the way, love the name… killer.