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The Sloths Return to the Sunset Strip, 60 Years Later, and This Time It’s Personal
The Sloths played the Whiskey a Go Go Sunday night, opening for Love, and it’s entirely possible it was one of the last chances to see them play.
I had last seen the Sloths perform in approximately 1965, a bunch of teenage boys dragging their electric guitars and drums into my family’s guesthouse, where they banged out “Satisfaction” over and over again, but also rehearsed original songs like their single “Makin’ Love.” Influenced by the raw, bluesy rock of the time, they played on bills with Love, the Doors and the Seeds, making an impression on the L.A. music scene that was small but significant for a bunch of teenagers from Beverly Hills High. And Tommy McLoughlin of The May Wines, a horror film director (“Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives”) who does double duty as a snarling, writhing lead vocalist, is an energetic frontman for the reincarnated band.
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