Garbage Days Revisited #93: Tigertailz - "Bezerk!" (1990)
"Forget about the crowd and turn it up loud!" - Tigertailz - Noize Level Critical We seem to have covered a lot of late '80s Brit glam bands in Garbage Days Revisited in recent weeks. Some of them have been genuinely cool low-slung scuzzy rock 'n' rollers ( Gunfire Dance ), some of them have been daft drunk rock 'n' roll hooligans ( the Babysitters , Soho Roses ). But I guarantee you this - there were none as downright silly as Tigertailz. Basically think Pretty Boy Floyd. But with better tunes. And also Welsh. I mean, you're at least intrigued by that, right? Tigertailz were formed in Pontypridd in the mid-'80s by singer Steevi Jaimz, guitarist Jay Pepper and bassist Pepsi Tate (possibly not their real names). A series of drummers came and went before the group settled on American ex-pat Ace Finchum in time for their '87 debut Young And Crazy . Hands up, it's a decent effort but the trouble is Jaimz's vocals. He's not a bad singe...