Milk Milk Lemonade

n 1986, when the Mr. T Experience released their first record, their blend of punk rock and pop was a complete anomaly. In the mid-eighties, no one could imagine a punk group covering a song by the Monkees. The dominant aesthetic of hardcore and metal crossover didnt allow a band to be witty and irreverent or melodic and tuneful. But MTXs pop-punk had a past and a future. Their sound was the offspring of the simple tune-heavy punk rock of the Ramones, who styled themselves as a rougher update of 60s pop and 50s greaser doo-wop during the mid-70s, creating a potent blueprint for the developing punk scene.