I feel a bit more on home ground with this post compared to some of my more recent ones as this group were just starting off when I was first getting into punk and I see them as having a lot in common with some of the other groups I was into at that time that were playing melodic pop/punk music – such as Snuff, Seneseless Things, Hard-Ons etc.
The Doughboys were a Canadian group and included John Kastner, the ex-lead singer from the Asexuals. In fact I would say The Doughboys were more of a natural continuation of the Asexuals as their type of catchy pop/punk – as well as the recognisable singing – had more in common with those early Asexuals releases than the later Asexuals alt/rock style stuff.
These are the first two albums: Whatever (1987) and Home Again (1989), which are probably the more ‘punk’ sounding as the next two albums Happy Accidents and Crush continued in the pop/punk-indie direction.
01.Tradition 02.Stranger From Within 03.Can’t Find The Day 04.The Forecast 05.No Holiday (From Living) 06.You’re Related 07.I Remember 08.Senseless Murders 09.You Don’t Know Me 10.I Don’t Wanna Know
01.Buying Time 02.No Way 03.I Won’t Write You A Letter 04.Waiting Away 05.White Sister 06.Numbered Days 07.In My Head 08.Today 09.Never Sleep 10.She Doesn’t Live There Anymore
