Mighty Mofos

These were accused to be derivative, mediocre, negligibly talented, and woefully unhip, fortunately non-e of the naysaying prevented the Mighty Mofos from having big fun, recording some sweaty, ebullient music, and tearing up live stages round the Midwest, mostly in the Twin Cities. The band’s founders, Billy and Ernie Batson had been an excellent duo, funny, unpretentious, however seriously interested in their stone. Billy sang business lead, Ernie played extremely loud, muscular acoustic guitar that would possess sounded just good in the tiny Encounters or MC5. They produced a hype in the past due 70s/early 80s as the Hypstyrz, liberating a gritty, garage-rock fueled LP (Hypstrization) in 1980. The changeover from Hyspstrz to Mofos occurred in the middle-80s, culminating in the discharge of Sho’ Hard, a rampaging chunk of fun that, without a liberating like a Mofos live display, was a wonderful romp through quick pop as well as the blurt of garage area rock. In addition, it included a cover from the MC5’s “Rocket Reducer (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)” that destroys the initial.