The Pedestrians might have been Tucson’s first proper punk band (whatever that means), but they weren’t the only band working with the 70s punk/new wave sounds around this time. This comp., which I found on a recent job cleaning out a ranch near Sonoita, has a couple bands that probably sounded pretty fresh in a dusty town like Tucson in the late 70s. The Serfers, who would later become Green on Red, play the song Green on Red which sounds like Greg Sage playing with Human Hands. The Pills offer up a punchy power pop tune. The Street Pajama (great name!) song starts off like a good Blondie tune that slips into a really bad smooth jazz tune. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels do a cool boogie woogie cowpunk tune about getting busted for drugs in Mexico. Freestyle, featuring legendary Tucson guitar amp doctor Markovich, delivers a cool glam-metal tune. Most of the rest work in pretty bad 70’s pop rock or yacht rock territory that sounds like typical 70s crap. All this was recorded for KWFM radio. You can find out about the station and a lot of these bands as well find full live sets by The Pills, The Serfers, and others here. It’s an interesting site and makes the place seem like it was WKRP In Cincinnati over at KWFM.
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