Anyone who is familiar with Oakland based wunderband the Lovemakers already knows a little bit about Trevor Childs. Before the Lovemakers, Scott Blonde had a band called Applesaucer, which was led by Blonde and co-songwriter Trevor Childs. Applesaucer was welll known in the Bay Area for their Weezer like sound and ripping live shows, and before their untimely demise played regular gigs at Slim's, the Fillmore, and other respected Bay Area venues. Ultimately calling it quits, the both Blonde and Childs went on to make music on their own terms: Blonde formed the Lovemakers, signed with Interscope, and brought 80's pop music back with a hit record, and Childs hunkered down in his studio to write songs and record on his own time.

Childs record "Terrified" is probably the most socially relevant of the bunch, definitely retro, definitely a pop record, and a highly entertaining listen. His love of Zombies, Beach Boys,Syd Barrett, and other late 60's pop-eroos shines thru, but is also partnered with some good old fashioned Berkeley liberalism and an overall sense of a guy looking at society saying "what the fuck is going on here?". The album starts with the title track Terrified, which points out "anybody who's got god on their side, makes me terrified" amidst a host of clever lyric twists about our fear-oriented society, and then leads into a Neil Young meets Beach Boys track called Don't Get Old, both cute and melancholy at the same time. The record follows with a hilarious song about a guy with a Death Wish, a totally nihilistic JOhnny Cash sort of tune, and the record only gets better and better from there. The record seems to be wrttien from the point of view a redneck who moved to the coast and is utterly confused about what to think anymore. Someone who just wanted to lay back, drive a classic car, burn alot of gas, drink beer, and be in love, but who realized the world is lot more complicated.