Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars! (Vinyl) Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith TOO-ZOOMA 03:18

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and a smooth mid-song rap from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip

Includes liner notes featuring interview by cult French bass player Francis Darizcuren

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Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars! (Vinyl) Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith TOO-ZOOMA 03:18The Hoodoo Gurus followed the excellent Stoneage Romeos with the equally good Mars Needs Guitars!, a second helping of Dave Faulkner's wonderfully skewed kitsch pop confections. While the band's basic approach hasn't changed all that much in the interim '60s era pop, garage rock, and cowpunk remain their key musical reference points Faulkner's skills as a songwriter have grown perceptibly: the opening "Bittersweet" is an absolute gem, with other