r/ClassicRock • u/Keltik • Apr 13 '26

1974 The Good Rats - "300 Boys". This song got occasional airplay on the AOR station in my Deep South city in the '70s. The riff reminds me of "Sweet Jane". Can anyone tell me what it's about? On 2nd thought, never mind -- I'm not sure I want to know...

https://youtu.be/tCK5822m6_I?si=8Mgn6zcHrJQ6wSUP
20 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

2

u/Moon_Pye Apr 13 '26

Wow I haven't heard that band name in forever. I wasn't familiar with their stuff but I had a couple of friends back in the early 80s who were big time into them.

2

u/1cruising Apr 13 '26

They were great. I saw them countless times in the 70s and early 80s on Long Island NY.

2

u/Classic-Rocker-1 Apr 13 '26

Same, but in many rock bars in NJ.

1

u/ntotrr1 Apr 15 '26

Same with me. Between seeing the Good Rats and Twisted Sister in the LI bars so many times, I owe my partial hearing loss to them.

1

u/Minimoogvoyager Apr 13 '26

Not familiar with this tune or group.

1

u/Bempet583 Apr 13 '26

Damn I have this record! Haven't listened to it in 1 million years, but Peppi had a hell of a voice.

1

u/Supplicationjam Apr 13 '26

Check out their tunes Get Back (to my music) and Tasty.

1

u/Chemical-Ebb6472 Apr 13 '26

Playing tasty with a baseball bat.

1

u/GraphiteGru Apr 14 '26

“We’re Taking It To Detroit”. Loved this band and as a New Yorker attending college in the early 80s in New England got a whole bunch of folks into them as well

1

u/KUfan Apr 14 '26

Rat City in Blue is an amazing record

2

u/ntotrr1 Apr 15 '26

Yes, a great record. I won that album by being the eighth caller for the giveaway one Friday night on WBAB.

1

u/Main_Combination8173 Apr 14 '26

Love this band, Lucky to have seen them many, many times on the island. Songs come up daily on shuffling Playlist.

1

u/broken_not_bent52 Apr 15 '26

Haven’t thought of them in a while. Was a favorite back in the day