CD Review: The Boogers, “Road to Rock”

Jan 28, 09 • In Music

The Boogers – Road to Rock (2008, Spire) purchase this CD (Amazon) Putting together a kids’ version of a band whose music celebrated eternal adolescence might seem like a rather pointless thing to do, but don’t be so quick to write off the Boogers — as it turns out, making Ramones-inspired music for grade schoolers is a pretty good idea, and Road to Rock (patterned, from the cover on down, after Road to Ruin) is a lot of fun. Now, having said that, I have to add that I’m not really sure who the audience is for this stuff, or if there even is one. Musically, Road to Rock has all the attitude you’d expect from a band that bills itself as “the anti-Barney” and “the Wiggles’ worst nightmare,” and packs 20 songs into its