History is littered with bands who inexplicably never got a record deal. In the mid-to-late ‘70s as labels scrambled to sign punk bands – or what they thought were punk bands – it seemed obvious that the New York-by-way-of-Los Angeles band the Mumps would get a deal. Their singer, Lance Loud was one of the world’s first reality TV stars; they regularly played at the epicenter of punk and new Wave in the 1970s (CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City); and more importantly, the band could write cleaver, memorably quirky songs. Despite releasing two singles, “I Like To Be Clean” and “Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That,” – two fantastic, odd ball pop numbers that alone should have justified an album deal – one never came and the band broke up. Over the years there have been bootlegs ...
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