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A critique on society
In the 1967-68 period, around the time of Sgt. Pepper, The Laymen, soon to be called Khazad Doom, after having been together about two years, recorded an album of songs called CHERRY TOWN in Dave Skipton's basement with a single two-track recorder borrowed from Dave's mother, a substitute teacher at the time.
The songs, written by Jack Eadon, the band's leader, were a critique on society and metaphorically addressed issues like: conformity; the value of non-conformity, a popular societal trend at the time; the value of happiness; the futility of sadness; the certainty of death, a new concept to young teens; the value of love, in immature and mature forms; and the skeptical view that teens had of "grown-ups" and the adult responsibilities they were inevitably headed for. Cherry Town, the town in the clouds—not a subtle symbol—was a place where citizens stayed perpetually high and avoided the uncertainty associated with growing up. |
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