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New York\u2019s Bush Tetras had a no wave link, via guitarist Pat Place\u2019s association with James Chance, but the band\u2019s sound was neither frantic nor disjointed enough to be properly categorized with those bands. They played scrappy post-punk, with fellow Americans Pylon and Konk and Brits Delta 5 and Au Pairs as close contemporaries. If there\u2019s any one song the Bush Tetras are known for, it\u2019s 1980\u2019s \u201cToo Many Creeps\u201d \u2014 the band\u2019s most representative song and also the catchiest, made by the kind of jagged rhythms, slicing guitars, and sniping vocals that were used throughout their short lifespan. Perhaps the song wasn\u2019t quite insistent or hypnotic enough to become a smash single of the new wave era (released on the small 99 label, its reach was limited), but it could be argued that Romeo Void wouldn\u2019t have become popular without knowing about it. That band\u2019s \u201cNever Say Never,\u201d a genius single in its own right, seemed to take a couple cues from the Bush Tetras; during a 2003 episode of VH1\u2019s Bands Reunited<\/em> series, Romeo Void guitarist Peter Woods matter-of-factly confessed to being inspired by the sound of Place\u2019s guitar.After Place, bassist Laura Kennedy, drummer Dee Pop, and singer Cynthia Sley made their debut with an EP centered around \u201cToo Many Creeps,\u201d signed with the U.K.\u2019s Stiff label, and recorded another EP, Rituals<\/em>, produced by the Clash\u2019s Topper Headon. The live cassette Wild Things<\/em>, which included a cover of John Lennon\u2019s \u201cCold Turkey,\u201d was released by ROIR in 1983.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/i192.photobucket.com\/albums\/z149\/pengy1966\/pengy1966%20stuff\/KYPP503.jpg\")
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