Billboard

June 17, 1995

Single Review
Edited by Larry Flick

ROCK TRACKS

SMOKING POPES Need You Around (3:42)

PRODUCER: Phil Bonnet

WRITER: .1. Caterer

PUBLISHER: not listed

REM IXER: Thom Wilson

Capitol 79607 (c/o Cema) (cassette single)

Several modern rock stations have already begun to spin this hard-driving pogo-punk rocker from an indie 7-inch pressing. Band from the suburbs of Chicago is ready to take on the world with major-label support and a solid remix by Offspring producer Thom Wilson. Bouncy, guitar-anchored ditty owes as much to the vintage pop of Buddy Holly as it does to more obvious influences like Green Day and Morrissey. Sounds like a winning formula. From the album “Born To Quit.”