{"id":22871,"date":"2016-07-28T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22871"},"modified":"2016-07-27T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T00:25:40","slug":"redd-kross-side-eyes-announce-7-inch-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22871","title":{"rendered":"Redd Kross + The Side Eyes announce 7-inch split &#8216;Songs that Chargo Taught Us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Southern California punks\u00a0The Side Eyes\u00a0and longtime power-poppers\u00a0Redd Kross have announced a\u00a0split 7-inch out this Friday, 7\/29, via In The Red Records.<\/p>\n<p>Aptly titled &#8216;Songs that Chargo Taught Us&#8217;, both Redd Kross and The Side Eyes cover early punk songs\u00a0written by Charlotte &#8220;Chargo&#8221; Caffey of The Go-Go&#8217;s. Listen to\u00a0The Side Eyes&#8217; cover of Caffey&#8217;s pre-Go-Go&#8217;s band The Eyes via Soundcloud\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F275483318&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=8a8886\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On one side, you&#8217;ve got the rising young contenders\u00a0The Side Eyes\u00a0belting out their amped-up version of <em>Don\u0092&#8217;t Talk to Me<\/em>, a sordid classic by The Eyes, the prescient late-\u009270s Hollywood punk trio that featured singer-bassist Charlotte Caffey (who went on to join the Go-Go\u0092s), drummer D.J. Bonebrake (X, the Knitters) and singer-guitarist Joe Ramirez (Black Randy &amp; the Metro Squad).<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, you&#8217;ve got the longtime champions of power-pop supremacy and glam-punk anarchy,\u00a0Redd Kross, also paying homage to Chargo, a.k.a. Charlotte Caffey, with their unexpected transmogrification of Screaming, an early obscurity by the\u00a0Go-Go\u0092s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001GoFU7kS2FTFiVN_DRZ0hW0X8aK4AzIssjwW2sH_zgDbJ3TaN2FlS2Cay2LI1Vv3MdusGzpRr1bHoG-QpgoHSEgMkxH4slgYc0cSIQL-ORVoPhEioVQsmiT3yLGmC2t8r9HREk8KPnPX2RRLLP0nsvHDcf3TUz8R43CpaWajMBhyraOlj7uIiYf0LCd8a91a6LQ-23N0q8wtwK7QAufJDHLcP01_HuF-nZQP4S5u9681VsdNibrOIxhlgT2QWhCloZJ3vRy0DizSDbNZkJouojfzMDHyDeUe6O0yS5opXwUcE89ZIO4vAgg==&amp;c=-dKcIzuMJcNaoZHQv5rqgDd1ggmcbIE5ohrzowenBYZiby4tO7VJ-A==&amp;ch=BtwR1nKJZLSO0a_P1m9FQ3QWzbp5AUzwQHAWHb31TSbqpVWpcOxg_w==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Order &#8216;Songs That Chargo Taught Us&#8217; via In The Red<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on the proto-riot-grrrl anthem <em>Don&#8217;t Talk To Me<\/em>, the 21-year-old\u00a0Side Eyes\u00a0singer\u00a0Astrid McDonald\u0097 daughter of Charlotte Caffey and Redd Kross&#8217; Jeff McDonald has a preternatural presence and belts out her vocals with charismatic assurance and melodic ferocity. Astrid&#8217;s headbanging bandmates \u0097 rampaging guitarist Kevin Devine and ominously rumbling bassist Chris Devine give <em>Don&#8217;t Talk to Me\u0094<\/em> a thundering hard-rock makeover, thrashing out the riffs in convulsive waves of volume and power as drummer Nick Arnold maintains the original&#8217;s throttling punk pace.<\/p>\n<p>People sometimes forget that the Go-Go\u0092s were a legitimate fast-&amp;-furious punk band before they evolved into a more pop-minded outfit on their major-label albums.\u00a0Redd Kross emphasizes just how fierce the early Go-Go\u0092s were with a savage new update of <em>Screaming<\/em>, which was co-written by Caffey with fellow Go-Go\u0092s guitarist Jane Wiedlin.<\/p>\n<p>Redd Kross guitarists Jeff McDonald and Jason Shapiro (Celebrity Skin) juice up the song\u0092s wicked sidewinding riff with metallic crunch, and Jeff and his brother-bassist Steve McDonald bring out the hook that was buried in the Go-Go\u0092s 1979 live version (as documented on the 1994 compilation\u00a0&#8216;Return to the Valley of the Go-Go\u0092s&#8217;) by emphasizing the melody with close sibling harmonies.<\/p>\n<h5>The Side Eyes\u00a0upcoming shows<\/h5>\n<p>8\/06 Palm Springs, CA &#8211; Ace Hotel (Burger Oasis)<br \/>\n8\/18-21 Los Angeles, CA \u0096 Echo Park Rising<br \/>\n8\/25 Santa Ana, CA &#8211; Constellation Room<br \/>\n9\/03 Los Angeles, CA \u0096 The Echo<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1383.photobucket.com\/albums\/ah284\/spencermotormouth\/ReddKross%20chargo%20cover_zpscpv4tgo7.jpg?resize=375%2C375\" alt=\"Redd Kross Songs that Chargo Taught Us sleeve\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" name=\"Image2\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1383.photobucket.com\/albums\/ah284\/spencermotormouth\/SideEyes%20chargo%20cover_zps1g6dsu0i.jpg?resize=376%2C376\" alt=\"The Side Eyes Songs that Chargo Taught Us sleeve\" width=\"376\" height=\"376\" name=\"Image3\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n(Redd Kross \/ The Side Eyes split 7&#8243; artwork)<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Track list<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Side Eyes &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Talk To Me&#8221; (The Eyes cover)<br \/>\nRedd Kross &#8211; &#8220;Screaming&#8221; (The Go-Go&#8217;s cover)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rising Southern California punks\u00a0The Side Eyes\u00a0and longtime power-poppers\u00a0Redd Kross have announced a\u00a0split 7-inch out this Friday, 7\/29, via In The Red Records. Aptly titled &#8216;Songs <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22871\" title=\"Redd Kross + The Side Eyes announce 7-inch split &#8216;Songs that Chargo Taught Us&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30,1907,4165,39],"tags":[56,5275,4694,5274,3368,5273],"class_list":["post-22871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-punk","category-vinyl","tag-56","tag-charlotte-caffey","tag-in-the-red-records","tag-redd-kross","tag-split","tag-the-side-eyes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TheSideEyes_zpsjycaa1yn.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5WT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42572,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42572","url_meta":{"origin":22871,"position":0},"title":"The Melvins and Redd Kross join forces for the \u2018Stop Your Whining Tour\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Underground Rock Dreams Do Come True Alright noise freaks, punk misfits, sludge heads, and lovers of the beautifully bizarre \u2014 clear your calendars. 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