Garbage Days Revisited #54: New York Loose - "Year Of The Rat" (1996)
"And it doesn't make me give up my old teenage lament, which now and then holds true..." - New York Loose - Trash The Given Chance In a way, this week's GDR is pretty much a straight continuation of last week's as New York Loose were formed out of the ashes of the Throbs when their bassist Danny Nordahl hooked up with former Circus of Power guitarist Gary Sunshine to give the whole rock 'n' roll game another go. Bringing in a young blonde punk girl Brijitte West up front, NY Loose (along with others of this era like D Generation) were the sound of New York sleaze moving with the times and adapting to the post-grunge climate. I vaguely remember NY Loose getting a few mentions in Kerrang! back in the day and they got a lot of comparisons to early Blondie due to Brijitte's image and vocal style but they were a bit of a spikier proposition, owing as much to the tuneful earworms of the Buzzcocks or the Only Ones as they did to Debbie Harry and co. The ...