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Teen Feeding Frenzy!
Go-Kustom
By David A. Kulczyk
A few years ago, Kill Switch
... Klick mastermind d.A. Sebasstian
left Cleopatra Records and started
Go-Kustom Records. The label's
latest and best release, subtitled
"A Tribute to the Music Teens
Love," is a collection of
some of the best (or worst) songs ever
geared to the teen market.
Some are played straight; others take
the term "cover" to
new heights and subtle beauty.
Faith & Disease's gorgeous "Johnny
Angel," Courtney Hudak's
acoustic "Girlfriend" and
Introversion's 21st-century "Runaway"
all sparkle. Sebasstian
punks out the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There"
and turns it into
a stalker's song. Remora, [doll factory] and
Things Outside the Skin craft remakes of "Hangin' Tough,"
"Baby One More Time" and "Spice Up Your Life"
into nightmarish
visions of industrial
and somewhat danceable mayhem. Most
outrageous is 212 destroying the
Bay City Rollers' "Saturday
Night" into a mess of haywire
magnetic tape.