More Action!!!

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Comeback studio album by the American garage rock band ? and the Mysterians released on May 25, 1999 on Cavestomp Records.

Fans may lament that the owners of ? & the Mysterians’ original recordings are refusing to license a CD release of the band’s material, but the group knew how to capitalize on a bad situation. They reunited and released a series of albums of re-recordings of their oldies. Often, these were live records, but More Action is a studio recording that features the classics, along a handful of newer songs, plus a multimedia video. Cleverly, they titled this album More Action, which will certainly make the diehards think of the band’s second album Action, but this should not be confused with the original album. As far as re-recordings go, these aren’t bad at all, and while the double-disc set has its share of filler, it rocks surprisingly hard — hard enough to make it a worthwhile listen for ? and garage rock aficionados. [Stephen Thomas Erlewine]

Featuring great covers of Lyres. Stones, Alan Vega, It’s All Meat… Enjoy!

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Action!!!

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“1967. album from Question Mark & The Mysterians. Hailing from Saginaw, Michigan, this group of Mexican-American teenagers will forever be anointed as the garage band s garage band, with all the bona-fides collectors of ’60s cool cherish the name, derived from a Japanese horror film; the sound, an insistent, three chord beat powered by that unmistakable Vox organ tone; and, of course, the sunglasses-shod Question Mark himself, who claims to have been born on Mars and lived among the dinosaurs in a past life. This album didn’t see any chart “action,” but did notch a couple of hits with ‘Girl (You Captivate Me)’ and ‘Can’t Get Enough of You Baby’.”

This is my favorite LP by ? & The Mysterians this time in glorious MONO + 10 Bonus trax. Enjoy!

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