I've loaded several of The Meteors' albums onto my iPhone for my drive to Georgia this week. I can't think of much better driving music. It's loud, fast and fun ... just the stuff to keep hundreds and hundreds of miles of pastoral landscapes from dulling my senses.If you've never heard The Meteors, you might start with "From Zorch With Love, the Very Best of The Meteors (1981-1997)." It includes a nice survey of their tunes, which mix rock and rockabilly in much the same way that The Cramps have always done. The Meteors are probably a lot campier, though, and that's just fine by me. I love to laugh when I'm driving alone. I'll have to put on some George Jones before I get to Georgia, though; The Meteors' raucous tunes filled with references to monsters and devils would scare my mama.
