Skunks / Earthquake Shake / Can’t Get Loose

Last Laugh

In the great punk-rock-lyric-as-sex-metaphor sweepstakes, 'Earthquake Shake' by the SKUNKS is outpaced only by 'Horizontal Action' and 'Jerkin'' by The Drive (masturbation definitely being sex with someone I love). Canonized on Bloodstains Across Texas and rightly regarded as one of the Lone Star State's mightiest monsters, Austin's finest proceeded to cut a slew of other good-to-great records over the next few years; however, their best and most essential moment remains their first. 'Earthquake Shake' and the b-side 'Can't Get Loose' capture the Skunks' at their sex-obsessed peak and no punk rock collection—no matter how weekend casual—can be called complete without it.

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