No Go for Ex-Go-Go’s : Check List ****<i> Great Balls of Fire</i> ***<i> Good Vibrations</i> **<i> Maybe Baby</i> *<i> Running on Empty </i>

**HOUSE OF SCHOCK. “House of Schock.” Capitol.

* 1/2JANE WIEDLIN. “Fur.” EMI/Manhattan. Talk about your whole being greater than the sum of its parts! The Go-Go’s makes for a classic case. That group wasn’t just noteworthy because it was all women, or even because it brought “new wave” to the Top 40, but because it made spirited, clever, involving pop music. But now with the release of these two albums, that makes five records issued by ex-Go-Go’s that carry little of the spunk and verve of the original group.

“Fur” is the perfect title for Wiedlin’s second solo release: Like a teddy bear it’s warm and cuddly, but with no teeth or claws. Part of the blame goes to producer Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, O.M.D.), whose synth-pop is all fluff and no character. But most of the blame must go to Wiedlin. As one of the Go- Go’s’ songwriters, she came up with some of the group’s best material; here she sounds like a pre-packaged pop assembly line. What in the world is this former Valley Girl doing writing and singing a trite pseudo-hip-hop number like “Homeboy” that sounds like a Lisa Lisa throwaway?

Drummer Gina Schock fares better on her first time out in front, but not better enough, as her partnership with bassist Vance De Generes falls generally in the generic Heart-like metalized pop vein. Schock herself sounds like she’s still learning how to sing and tends to push her voice too much, and there isn’t much in the band’s playing to lend personality to the fairly average songs. (House of Schock performs at the Roxy on Monday.)

With two blah albums by Belinda Carlisle (with collaboration from Charlotte Caffey), two by Wiedlin and one by Schock, that leaves only Kathy Valentine and her new band World’s Cutest Killers to salvage the good name of the Go-Go’s. Keep your fingers crossed.