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A twelve track distillation of punk-damaged-pop and desperate teenage rock 'n' roll, The Checkers' debut album Make A Move nails the new wave nirvana of Blondie, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Nikki & The Corvettes, and the Avengers (not to mention all your favorite Stiff 'n' Bomp 45s) in thirty action-packed minutes. Propelled by the vocals of the incomparable Julie Vox (aka renowned rock photographer Julie Pavlowski) songs like "The Nerve," "Seeing Spots," "User," and the irresistible "You Dont Wanna Know" explode with plenty of bubbly bad girl spunk, frenetic energy, overdriven blasts of trebly guitar, and hooks galore. Elsewhere, the band digs into their bag of tricks and pull out a pair of surprising covers in the form of "Observer" (a gem-of-an-obscurity originally done by a pre-luftballon Nena's band The Stripes) and Felony's lost early '80s classic "The Fanatic."
Originally released during the hot 'n' sticky So. Cal. summer of 2003, the initial pressing of Make A Move sold-out almost immediately, thanks in part to the band's intense live shows as well as worldwide radio airplay and an endless stream of gushing reviews in every punk/fashion/weekly rag imaginable. This re-release features a remix of the album by guitarist G.G. King including newly-recorded bass tracks with bassist Shawn Munoz, stunning new Tom Neely-designed artwork, and two bonus cuts. After one spin, you'll know why Make A Move has been called everything from "an almost perfect power-pop/pop-punk record in the '70s tradition" (Teenage Depression) to "a gum-smacking power-pop masterpiece" (Now Wave).