{"id":21034,"date":"2014-01-31T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T17:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=21034"},"modified":"2014-01-31T13:17:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T18:17:39","slug":"fully-formed-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/fully-formed-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully Formed Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the AUX function in the car, my wife’s been playing car DJ with her iPhone and music. One song that recently came on was The Pretenders<\/strong>‘ “Mystery Achievement.” I have very vivid and fond memories of this album in high school, driving around with my friends, doing nothing, with this as our soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Hearing it again also had me thinking what a stunning debut this was. As if this band was in hibernation for years before releasing it; it’s that polished. I always loved the guitar playing and rhythm section, too. And though I suspect Mr Mod feels Martin Chambers<\/strong> is akin to Rick Buckler<\/strong><\/a>, his fills are so good and he really chugs them ahead.<\/p>\n

I’ve been wracking my brain to come up with another band that was this good this early. The Clash got better and Costello’s debut was just a sketch of the greatness to come. So sad to think of how good the Pretenders might have been. Sniff.<\/p>\n

Any debut contenders to take the crown?<\/p>\n