This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Giant pompadours made of sponge. Day-glo Teddy Boy togs. Guitars shaped like guns and carrots. Female backup singers decked out like Elvis.
No, it’s not a new animated cartoon or kids’ series … well, not yet, anyway. For now, it’s a Danish goofball act called Cartoons, who take ’50s doo-wop, rockabilly, and surf, slap on some cartoon sound effects and merge it with pumping ’90s electronica. They call it technobilly. I call it Sha Na Na on Ecstasy. Your kids — and the dance club kids who ate up Aqua’s like-minded Barbie Girl — will probably call it the Next Big Thing. Heaven help us all.
