After releasing a slew of singles and EPs, the
Johns' debut LP consists of the political pop damage that had made their earlier chunks of noise so much fun. Opening with the supremely odd "Teenage Nightingales to Wax,"
Atom Drum Bop is loaded with skewed, herky-jerky, unabashedly leftist rock & roll. At the bottom of the jacket it reads, "Rock N' Roll Versus Thatcherism," just in case you were unsure as to how they felt about things. A great record that got lost amid all the glossy Britpop bands of the time with silly haircuts and even sillier names (that means you
Kajagoogoo).