Garbage Days Revisited #55: The Little Roosters - "The Little Roosters" (1981)
"Hey Mr Preacher, you're gonna die before you're heard!" - The Little Roosters - People Break Down We've dealt with some fairly obscure bands in the last year or so of Garbage Days Revisited but the Little Roosters must surely be one of the most unknown to date. Formed from the ashes of the first incarnation of '77 punks and oi godfathers Cock Sparrer by guitarist Garrie Lammin, bassist Steve Burgess and drummer Steve Bruce following Sparrer's initial break-up in 1978, they managed to sign to Polydor, got none other than Joe Strummer to produce their album only for it to not even see the light of day in their native UK. Although they're forever associated with Oi, the truth is that early Sparrer definitely had a bit of a glam-punk tint to their sound - if anything to these ears their early records sound more like a '77 version of Slade with the big boot-stomp drums and chantalong choruses. Not to mention their cover of the Stones ' We Love Yo...