Rocktober '10s Song #12: "Put Your Money On Me" by The Struts (2014)

Another band that I couldn't possibly exclude from a '10s Rocktober is The Struts.  They formed in Derby, England in 2012, and put out their first EP in April 2014, followed by their first full-length album, Everybody Wants, a few months later in the UK.  Everybody Wants was then re-released with an updated track listing in North America in early 2016.

They play pretty much straight up rock and roll, with clear classic rock and glam rock influences.  I found out about them probably in early 2016 around the time Everybody Wants was released in the U.S.  Then I had the pleasure of seeing them at Lollapalooza in 2016.  They were playing a relatively early slot one of the days, but I tell you this:  anyone who was there, regardless of whether they knew who The Struts were at the beginning of that show, walked away a Struts fan.  These guys were arena ready and had the crowd at their fingertips, getting people to wave their arms and sing along to songs most of the crowd didn't know.

I've seen them five times since then, and the most memorable was the day before Halloween (Devil's Night, for you Detroiters) in 2017 at the Bottom Lounge here in Chicago.  They opened up for themselves as the Gin & Tonics, dressed as Oasis, and played a set of Oasis songs before coming back out as themselves.  Fantastic.

The song I'm going with is "Put Your Money On Me."  This is one of those songs that they had the crowd singing along to at Lolla in 2016.  When lead singer Luke Spiller sang "I bet your body's so sweet," you better damn well believe he had the crowd all singing "oh yeah!" in response, even though it was the first time most had heard it.  It's a catchy, glammy song that can't help but become an earworm.

Hear me know and believe me later:  If The Struts come to your town, go see them.