The Barracudas
The Barracudas
Latest Release
- Make Your Yuletide Gay!
- December 2024
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Por Qué | ||
| 2 | The Eager Sabretooths | ||
| 3 | The Classic Stingers | ||
| 4 | Don't Let That Feeling Go | ||
| 5 | Shipwrecked! |
Albums
Dec 2023 • 1 song
Dec 2023 • 1 song
Nov 2015 • 15 songs
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- Northern Colorado's Classic Rock
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New York's Classic Rock
About
Biography
Born out of the punk explosion taking place during the late '70s in England, the Barracudas defied the prevailing ethos of the time to reach back to the groovy 1960s for inspiration. Early singles and half of their debut album, 1981's Drop Out with the Barracudas, merged good-time surf music with raucous garage rock good enough to fit on a Pebbles compilation. The other half of the album leaned in the direction of jangling folk-rock with songs that dealt honestly with the less-than-thrilling present. This was the direction further albums took, especially two cut in the early '...