Growing up in the Washington DC area, how could you not know about Child’s Play?

Back in my radio days I got to do an interview with the band. John Allen (more recently of SR-71 and Charm City Devils) was a super-nice guy. I recall they all weren’t very happy with singer Brian Jack at the time. I also remember their manager talking to me about how they wanted to release the song “My Bottle” as a single but the record company was against it because it was a drinking song. He said that George Thorogood’s made a career out of drinking songs. I didn’t argue with the guy at the time, just listened, but I always remember thinking “well, his songs are about partying and good times… “My Bottle” sounds more like a problem alcoholic”.

/csb

Still, I always dug Child’s Play. They put on a good show, high energy, lots of fun. Just bad timing, what with Nirvana coming along….