Authored by Dale Nickey:

Beast Of Beast (Sex Drugs And Noise) 1982

Vocallist/Songwriter/Chanteuse Virginia Macolino paid her L.A. dues in spades. While leading the Prog-Punk outfit Virginia And The Slims through an 18 month club slog, she was poached by Orange County Euro-pop wanna-bees Berlin….. Not allowed to write for that group, she got fed up after recording one album and left the band only months before Berlin became international stars. Her answer was to take back control of her muse and form the band Beast Of Beast. The frustration she endured in her previous bands found expression in the spleen venting debut EP – “Sex Drugs and Noise”. Dame’ Macolino’s ‘Persian cat on a hot tin roof ‘ growl paired perfectly with the serrated edge scrapings of guitarist Roy Felig. On the vanguard of noise-pop before it became mainstream; “Sex Drugs and Noise” carries a hefty price tag on the collectible vinyl market.

