The Penetrators

In the late 70s, San Diego power pop band The Penetrators had what it took to "make it." Here's the big surprise ending: they never did.

They opened for the Ramones once and played some huge venues in SoCal. But it was their inability to grasp euphemism or metaphor that ended their career. (Come on people, it was a band called The Penetrators.)

I am posting a fun, sexually suggestive single they released in 1979, a precursor to the album cover that some think doomed them as a band-- the LP cover with pictures of 30 naked asses. (Why people were shocked by the naked asses album cover is beyond me. Seemed a perfectly natural progression for the band.)

As a bonus, The Penetrators made a few videos before they disbanded in the mid 80s. "Shopping Bag" is a good snotty one.

The Penetrators "Stimulation"