The Dogs: A French (Punker) Confusion
There’re about fifty bands named something like the Dogs – an LA band, the British Slaughter and the Dogs. The list goes on. It’s an obvious name, but there’s a French group using the animal as its name that hasn’t even achieved Killed By Death status. And there’s not really any good reason for that.
As early as 1973, the Dogs were aping a revved up rock and roll stance easily matching any of the Stateside proto punk caterwauling we’ve all grown to love. Admittedly, the Dogs don’t include too much of an adventurous attitude in its music. Toronto’s Teenage Head might be a good aural equivalent. But that’s a bit unfair even if the Frenchies’ “My Life” sounds like those Canucks while they were covering the Boys.
