“Baby Got Shot”
by Verbena
from the album Into the Pink
1999 Capital Records
Buy the album on Amazon.

I’m going to slide the time scale a little closer to the 21st century with this selection.  “Baby Got Shot” has a lot going for it:

• A drummer with a heavy foot
• Smokey-sounding female voice harmonizes on the chorus
• Female bass player – that’s just hot.

And it’s just heavy and catchy as fuck.  And it can’t be overemphasized how much the male/female harmonies on the chorus give the song its edge.  Subsequent albums from Verbena were sorely missing this.   But Into The Pink has a surplus of great tracks, highlights include:”Sympathy Was Dead,” “Pretty Please” and , “Monkey, I’m Your Man.”

It looks like the album is out-of-print and not available on iTunes or Amazon as a download, but you can buy a used CD on Amazon.