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Over about a five year period of recorded activity, The Functional Blackouts were able to create a trebly mixture of punk and noise that knowingly could only have culminated in a break up. There could be no other summation to this racket. And well, that’s what happened, but if some other avenue would have been explored, listeners may not have been privy to The Very Best of the Monkees. Not necessarily a “Best of…” compilation, but pretty close, this collection aims at bringing unreleased versions of album and singles tracks to a full length format. It’s an interesting way to end a career – although players from the Blackouts continue to haunt Chicago dives, scaring casual show goers to no end.