Any surviving punk band and its members have to feel honored in being part of the Dangerhouse roster, the short-lived Los Angeles label responsible for capturing the first-wave West Coast punk scene. The Avengers, The Dils, and Bags can attest to that. Los Angelesâ Eyes were let in thanks to labelheads David Brown and Pat âRandâ Garrett both of Black Randy & The Metrosquad, whose Blackettes also included important female key players Exene Cervenka (X), Alice Bag (Bags), Lorna Doom (Germs), and Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin (both of The Go-Gos). Itâs a given Eyes become part of both the Dangerhouse and first-wave California punk legacy. The title track and anti-drug p.s.a. TAQN (âTake A Quaalude Nowâ) speaks for the entire e.p. in terms of leisurely power-pop structure and energy. Thereâs no time to rest when Joe Ramirezâs sqeaky vocals and David Brownâs organ (so reminiscent of another Los Angeles punk band The Screamers, whom never released a formal album ever) keep it moving with no breather. Youâll feel that even more on âDisneylandâ. Supposedly Ramirez also has a fascination with bees, too? Thereâs âResearch Beeâ and âGo-Go Beeâ, which is totally worth it to hear him sing the chorus in a funny manner. TAQN has it all, donât let anyone tell you otherwise or theyâre wrong.
Formerly a 7âł released as âTAQNâ and âTopological Liesâ, Artifix and Dangerhouse joined forces to re-issue this in 2009 as an expanded 10âł with compilation tracks âEwinetokâ and âDisneylandâ, and the previously-unreleased âResearch Beeâ and âGo-Go Beeâ, unmixed. TAQNâs track sequence is also the exact same from Eyesâ 2âł master tape.
