Sunday 26 November 2017

Attila + The Huns - Under The Bodhi Tree (Music Maniac Records 1991)



Another overlooked Garage-Psych Revival slab, recorded in late 80’s and released in ’91 by Music Maniac Records. This aren’t Attila & The Huns, the 60’s garage heroes, but actually Sheldon “Shelley” Ganz [The Unclaimed] with Lee Joseph and Sylvia Juncosa. Here you got fuzz drenched garage psych with pretty evident influences by The Music Machine, The Standells and Count Five. Get It!    Source

This is really the "long-lost" Unclaimed LP, released several years after its completion under this assumed name of Attila & The Huns. Band founder Shelly Ganz, disenchanted with his former band-mates, is the one who changed the band name for this release - he even prints co-producer and bassist Lee Joseph's name backwards on the sleeve as one last attempted insult. The LP itself is a worthy successor to the previous Unclaimed output, with better production & some tricky arrangements showing Ganz's musical growth. "Betty Cooper" is an especially pleasant folk-pop number, and the band's sound clicks on the cover of the "Village Of The Giants" movie theme. This isn't a spectacular outing - and the cover art is abysmal - but it serves as a successful close to the Unclaimed story under another name.  (Timothy Gassen)

01 - Hard To Find
02 - No Win Game
03 - Don't Love Me
04 - Well It's True
05 - Betty Cooper
06 - Village Of The Giants
07 - Let's See (The Eye)
08 - Great Mystery
09 - Teeny Bopper
10 - Haunted
11 - The Creeps
12 - Farmin' Man
13 - Bodhi Tree

Bass, Backing Vocals - Lee Joseph
Drums - Scott Forer
Keyboards [Guest] - Sylvia Juncosa
Lead Guitar - Dan Valentie
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Percussion - Shelley Kidd
Cover [Concept] - Hans Kesteloo, Shelley Kidd

Attila + The Huns - Under The Bodhi Tree (Music Maniac Records 1991)  320
 
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The Beat Killers - Beat.Broken.Bruised. (Purple Claw Records 2008)




Right on!!! Beat Killer Time!!!! New 'supergroup' outta Los Angeles with their awesome debut CD!!!! Just a look at the line-up will make your mouth smile: The Beat Killers include members of: THE FUZZTONES, THE RED ONIONS, JUAREZ CRIME SCENE, THE SPEEDIES, THE STAR MOUNTAIN DREAMERS, and THE HEXXERS!! I mean, that's an insane line-up, right? And what else could you expect than fuzzed out garage, Farfisa organ fueled, screaming, buzzsaw Garage as we here at soundflat HQ love it!! And so do you, so, please don't hesitate & BUY this CD only release!! Thanks!!!   -Source

Fast, furious and fun could have easily been the title of this one as it certainly sums it up quite nicely. Prime rocket fueled 60’s garage pounders that’ll get you up and dancing whether you want to or not. It’s got that good fast energetic beat, lots of fuzz, throbbing organ and all of the screams and snarls the recipe calls for to make your evening complete! 7 band penned originals and a ripping version of ‘Hey Joe’ all add up to some major fun. And one more reason to grab this one for your next shindig, Ex-Fuzztone/Speedie John Carlucci handles the bottom end in this combo… a current fave on Radio What Wave!   -Dave O’Halloran

The Beat The Killers, are a Los Angeles quintet composed of musicians from bands like the Fuzztones, Hexxers, Red Onions, among others, and this is his debut, "Beat, Broken, Bruised" it is without a doubt a record, that for its simplicity and intensity it could not escape me, "60´s garage rock", “fuzz/farfisa” and creaking surf guitars, are present on this record, but the “delivery” in the interpretation is of volume savagely "punk", opening the motto is given "feel the power of rock'n'roll" in "Killer Beat Strut," "Gimme a Kiss" is fabulous, composed of a guitar accompanied by deambulante farfisa that back in "Kids Are Getting Restless" and " What You Gonna Do! " which closes the record with "fuzz", adding it even more frenzy, causing us to lose the ability to hold back the heat inside, which in this time is no longer controlled, returning to take pleasure in listening again "Beat, Broken, Bruised".    -Francisco Ribeiro

Make no mistake, this is not a Beat band in the English Beat sense. Los Angeles' Beat Killers are an out-and-out garage punk band with such influences as the Stooges, MC5 and The Swinging Neckbreakers. The music is fast, aggressive and melodic with good, strong vocals. Of relatively current bands, they most remind me of the Seattle band The Makers, but with the addition of a farfisa/organ to the mix. The Beat Killers are relentless. Don't expect any ballads; these guys rock!   -Don@Amazon

Beat Killers - Beat.Broken.Bruised. (Purple Claw Records 2008) FLAC    320
 
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The Chains - On Top Of Things! (Get Hip Recordings 2002)



An incredible debut. Echoing the finest moments of Jordan/Wilson era Flamin' Groovies with hints of Rockpile and primo 60s R&B hounds like the Pretties or Stones, and armed with more than enough sonic propellant to keep the garage-niks creaming in their hipsters, this North of the 49th five-piece are - without a single doubt in my mind - gonna be making the top of anybody with any sense's must have and top-ten lists this year. And to top it all off the production is absolutely first rate. Fire, skill and the tunes to back it up! Hey, and when these guys tackle a classic like Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown" they truly make it their own. Absolutely brilliant. The band should be very proud of themselves.    -Source
 
After the fab MODern soundz heard on the Datson Four’s See! album, here comes another retro-sounding, though still hip’n’happenin’ band, that could easily be the missing link in the Canadian beat “chain”.
With Alex Boivin’s combination of garage snarl and soulful screams, carrying the “beast of Burdon through the Win-woods”, this one will do nicely, filling the gap after The Clique’s (UK) “self preserving big boss beat”.
Sharing the merits of those truly BIG bands of the early ’60s British beat boom, The Chains seem capable to make an otherwise plain r’n’b song into authentic sounding originals, like heard in the opening Her Name Is Love, You Don’t Know, whit it’s groovy 12-string solo or while “cheating” their way through the Disappearing Man.
Loving Man is like “The Beatles not letting Mohair Sam to fade away”, Try Try Try will definitely make you “run, run, run” through those mentioned Win-woods, while Look The Other Way and Nothing Left Behind are prime examples of frekbeatin’ fuzz’n’buzz “creations”.
While we’re at it, besides the freakbeat version of Eddie Cochran’s Nervous Breakdown, there are two more covers. If you think that you’ve already heard too many versions of Baby What You Want Me To Do and Fortune Teller, check out what might easily be THE ultimate takes on these songs, turning them into a pair of irresistible dancefloor mod-shakers.
The one track that seems like a stylistic digression from the rest of them is It’s Not The End, kinda Spectorizing the Searchers’ twang, making it the album’s “toppermost of the poppermost”, before they make you move-to-the-groove once again, with the closing Soulin’. Get into the “chain” and don’t let yourself be the “missing link”.    -Source
 
Chains - On Top Of Things! (Get Hip Recordings 2002) FLAC  
 
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The Detonators - Top Night Out (Black Market Music 2007)



Before Rock, there was Rockabilly, Blues, Rhythm n’ Blues and Country. The Detonators, through their original songs, reinvent the styles that made the mid to late 50s such a vital time in music’s history. Their inimitable sound is infused with the driving energy inherent in the music of their heroes - Chuck Berry, Little Walter and Hound Dog Taylor.
Formed in mid ‘97, and Melbourne based, original roots rockers The Detonators have released four albums... Enhancing their live performance reputation by aggressive touring, they have played Australia from coast to coast, and are now conquering overseas markets also. Multi award winning ‘The Dets’ have quickly earned a deserved reputation, as one of Australia’s most exciting, hard working, rockin' roots bands.
Their new release “Top Night Out” has a heavier, more rocking sound than their previous albums, while managing to stay true to their Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll sensibilities.
Their ability to produce a distinctly Australian sound while staying within both their genre and sound, is testament to the strength of their song writing and musicianship on this album.
Known locally as the high priests of roots rock ‘n’ roll, radio stations around the world are featuring this quartet’s original blend of door slammin', rubber burning, jump rock blues. Their videos have been shown many times on ABC’S Rage, as well as The Country Music channel, Noise TV and Asylum TV. They can be heard on radio stations around the country including the ABC.
Fans from all over, will testify to this bands top fuellin’ kick-arse live shows.
Original compositions from all members abound on each of their four releases. These are best described as a combination of flat chat rockabilly, laced with extra serves of twanging slapping roots rock ‘n’ roll, sprinkled with a touch of down home blues.
Their straight up rocking formula is a deceptive blend of fat hollow bodied guitar, slapping bull fiddle bass, shuffling stick & skin work, on the button vocals and top fuelling electric harmonica.    -Source

Reviews:  
Unbelievable... Heard this CD and thought "Wow" by myself. The Voice and the dirty Guitar - the Stuff I need. Good Songwriting and superb Guitar Playing.
This is the music I like - Oliver from good old Germany
PS: We like to hear this music in Germany too...   
-Oliver Neunzig

High octane, jump rock, rockabilly blues at its best from start to finish. Bolt your stereo to the floor and turn it up loud for a top night out.  (Pete Williams)

Get your kicks on route 66! Ohhh yheaaah! These guys play some really cool & mean rock'n'blues'roll! The first track " second in charge" make you're feet wanna move & shake! An from there on is no stop til' the end of the CD. Super cool singing & harp from James Moloney, hot guitar licks from Paulie Bignell and tight rhythm from Dave Phillpots and Eddie Fury. If you like good old rock 'n' roll like the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dr. Feelgood, Count Bishops (anyone knows them!) than this CD is for you (also check out their "Bombshell" CD). Killer CD!!!    -Markus Radio "Double Trouble" Germany

Members:
Rockbottom James Moloney (Vocals, Harmonica)
Paulie The Kid Bignell (Guitar)
Eddie Fury (Drums)
Doghouse Dave Philpots (Double Bass)

Detonators - Top Night Out (Black Market Music 2007) FLAC    320 
 
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Saturday 25 November 2017

The Evil Thingies - New Shapes In Sound 10'' (Tear It Up Records 2002)



Face it, mister King Koen never gives up! After his band Bonedaddy and his work for The Ewings he now found the time to put up The Evil Thingies. Call it super fuzz garage punk a go go, or call it the nu-psychedelic sixties rock trip to The Chesterfield Kings, The Lyres, Miracle Workers and The Fuzztones. New Shapes In Sound contains a collection of ten soon to be classics on perfect white vinyl and in the best sound you can get. Mono that is.    -René Vanes

Wow! It’s been since the Strollers and the last Satelliters LP that I have experienced such a great pure garage punk LP! The Evil Thingies are from Belgium and Koen Goossens is involved in here! He plays the fuzz and screams loudly and nasty! The album begins with two aggressive garage punk and quick tunes that will make you sweat. “I’ll Make You Pay” which opens the album, reminds me of The Pikes In Panik style (on the LP). Fast, furious, wild! Farfisa and fuzz are in every tune! “Enough Of Your Lies” is this true, authentic garage punk tune you will love from the first note. The “Lies” subject is my fave theme on the lyrics on every song and this one is a scorer! “Gotta Get A Grip” will be released as A Side on a forthcoming 45 by the Thingies and is on the same root as the two first two songs. Loud and fast. I would love to see the Evil Thingies live, as I believe that they would make a club go really wild and shaking all around. This one has harp too. The album’s A side finishes with Outside/Inside, a mid tempo garage punk stomper that reminds of Yard Trauma (always something reminds of something, okay, but I don’t mean that any band try to sound like any other but that’s a way to explain what I get from what I listen to). B-side starts with an instro titled “It’s A Thingie! Ok, here is Blue’s Theme in disguise, but who’s that, who doesn’t wanna shake to that beat of the pounding drums?! And then…follows the highest time of the album! THEE WYLDEST AND MEANEST! “Hung Up On You” is this, yeah! Mean garage punk! The next song is in the same style and then comes a powerful RnB tune titled “I’ll Make You Pay” with lotsa harp and fuzz. In the end comes “I Can Only Give You Everything”, the all time fave song of Koen Goossens. Check out links pages to visit his site for this song. The whole LP is splendid. I don’t think that there is more to write than tell you straight: Go Now & Get That Piece Of Wax Or Give Up Listening To Garage Punk Tunes For Good!  10 out of 10!    -Source 
 
Evil Thingies - New Shapes Of Sound 10'' (Tear It Up Records 2002) FLAC    320   
 
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The Flaming Sideburns - Hallelujah Rock 'N' Rollah (Bad Afro Records 2001)



Released in 2001, Hallelujah Rock 'N' Rollah is the second full-length release by the Flaming Sideburns for Denmark's Bad Afro imprint. As the turn of the millennium revival of garage rock was brewing in Sweden, Finland's Flaming Sideburns were creating a buzz of their own thanks to their raucous, fun, and skintight rock & roll attack that blends the singsongy hip-shaking of the Rolling Stones with the roar of the MC5. The remarkable thing is that the Sideburns manage to avoid sounding overly derivative or stale -- which is clearly no small feat, as evidenced by the current influx of by-the-numbers garage rockers currently boring the jean jackets off of audiences around the world (and that includes Sweden, kids). In 2002, Hallelujah was released Stateside by Jet Set Records under the oh-so-modest title Save Rock 'N' Roll. While that album didn't spark the sort of fever the Hives' did, it certainly kept the flames burning. Although repackaging efforts like this aren't usually worthwhile, Save Rock 'N' Roll proves to be a rare exception as a few of Hallelujah's more lackluster numbers ("Underground Confusion," "Shake In," and "Testify") are traded out for full-on scorchers ("Lonesome Rain," "I'm in the Moon," and "Sweet Sounds of L.U.V.") making it a rock-solid record from start to finish. One of the keys to the Sideburns well-honed attack is that they pile on numbers that rock out, and just when the listener thinks the band is about to peak, they throw in a midtempo Stones/Velvet Underground slow burner like "Stripped Down" or "Flowers" that eases up the pace just long enough for them to regroup before rocking out once more. Brilliant. The Sideburns serve up red-hot guitar lines and slinky bass breaks so effortlessly that it allows frontman Eduardo "Speedo" Martinez to be the star of the show, with his swaggeringly confident vocals that exude the sort of playful cockiness that makes guys like Mick Jagger great. Even the Argentinean howler's occasionally awkward turns of a phrase sound cool with his rolling accent (see "World Domination" for head-scratching lines like "On top of an iceberg/Got no medication/You want medicine?/That's out of the question"). Although they never had a hit in the U.S., they did garner a bit of airplay in the form of a car commercial. A snippet of "Street Survivor" was used in a 2002 Toyota Camry ad campaign. Somewhere, a young marketing intern is probably giggling with self-satisfaction at this unlikely feat. 
(AllMusic Review by Karen E. Graves)

Immer wenn man denkt, man hätte schon alles gesehen und gehört und so allmählich die Schnauze voll hat, zum Beispiel von Schweden, die einem den Rock´n´Roll erklären wollen, dann kommt so eine Band wie die FLAMING SIDEBURNS daher.
Die haben dann dochmal ihr erstes Album auf die Reihe bekommen, nachdem man schon angesichts ihrer Singles und der Split-Scheibe mit den HELLACOPTERS wissen konnten, wie gut die sind. Also: Schweden ja, Klischees nein, also fast nicht...
Das hier ist wirklich exzellent groovender Rock´n´Roll mit ´ner gut souligen Komponente und einem exzellenten Sänger, wobei man Eduardo Martinez einfach anmerkt, dass er gebürtig aus Südamerika ist, wo man eben nicht ganz so unterkühlt ist wie in Nordeuropa.
Stellt euch eine Mischung aus HELLACOPTERS, ROYAL BEAT CONSPIRACY, THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES (bei "Flowers" verdingen sich Ebbott und Ian als Hintergrundsänger), ROLLING STONES und MC5, minus den Superlativfaktor, dann kommt man dem hier gebotenen ziemlich nahe.
Klasse Debüt, das mich auf Anhieb begeistern konnte.
(Joachim Hiller @ox-fanzine.de)
 
Flaming Sideburns - Hallelujah Rock 'N' Rollah (Bad Afro Records 2001) FLAC    320

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Goodchilde - Elizabeth's Talking Straight Into My Head (Rubber Stamp Records 1993)



Bio (Myspace) 

Back in the early 90's when Grunge was King and Britpop was yet to lend awkward kudos to Cabinet Ministers with "Cool Britannia", Medway's "Premiere Party Band" Johnny and The Bandits decided to ditch the cover versions (well, almost!) and write some of their own tunes.

After all, Johnny Barker and Glenn Prangnell had both written for The Kravin' A's and prior to that The Daggermen (Johnny) and The Offbeats (Glenn) so it almost seemed rude not to. Along with former Prisoner and James Taylor Quartet bassist Allan Crockford (taking lead guitar duties here) and former Daggermen and JTQ drummer Wolf Howard, the band morphed into Goodchilde and from 1993 to 1998 they played many gigs including a number in Europe. They recorded two albums- "Elizabeth's Talking Straight Into My Head" (1993 vinyl only) and "Straight Out The Fridge" (1995 cd only)- and one single, "Sarapeutic" b/w "Chips With Everything" (1996 vinyl only). There was one other single recorded but, alas, never released- "E-Mail Female" and "Hang-Up" (1996) would have made a brilliant swan song.

After their amicable split in 1998 Glenn Prangnell became Groovy Uncle, writing and recording his own material, Johnny Barker formed Sergeants Mess and joined Billy Childish for a spell as The Buff Medways bassist. These days he is playing original material with the brilliant Vandebilts. Wolf Howard also played with The Buff Medways and then Musicians Of The British Empire (another Billy Childish project) and continues to paint and write poetry. Allan Crockford went on to play bass for The Solar Flares (alongside Wolf and Graham Day) from 1999 to 2004. He currently plays lead guitar with powerpop combo The Stabilisers and bass guitar for the brilliant Vandebilts. Goodchilde remain fondly forgotten so give them a listen.

                                                       
                                                    -Source
 
Tracklist: 
01 - Good Child
02 - Elizabeths Talking
03 - Believe In Humanity
04 - Inability
05 - In The Night
06 - (A Bit Like) Christine Keeler
07 - Starts To Fade
08 - Automation
09 - The World And His Wife
10 - Easy Ride
11 - Helpless
12 - Outgoing Tide 
 
Goodchilde - Elizabeth's Talking Straight Into My Head (Rubber Stamp Records 1993)  320 
 
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Friday 24 November 2017

The Hawks - Down On My Knees (Twang! Records 1992)


 

Classic 60's Sounding Neo-Psychedelic And Garage-Beat From Berlin

Neben den What...For! die aufregendste deutsche Neo-Sixties Band. Live waren sie sowieso unschlagbar! Und vergleichen mit den an Pretty Things und frühen Who orientierten What...For! sollte man die Hawks eigentlich eh nicht. Großartige virtuose junge Musiker, deren Sound den Doors ebenso wie den frühen Deep Purple, Brian Auger und Eric Burdon verpflichtet ist. In Frankreich lagen ihnen die Fans zu Füßen. Eine bessere Band mit Sixties Orientierung hat die deutsche Rockszene bislang nicht hervorgebracht. Aber stilistische Grenzen gibt es inzwischen ja wohl kaum noch. Leider haben auch diese Berliner Hoffnungsträger nicht die nötige Ausdauer gehabt, die man heute im Musikbusiness braucht.

01 - Down On My Knees
02 - I'm Gonna Take Her
03 - Earl Of Bloody Knives
04 - American Hero
05 - Might Be New?
06 - Ready To Gallopp
07 - Remoteness
08 - I Can't Stand It Anymore
09 - Trip To India
10 - Time Goes By
 
Hawks - Down On My Knees (Twang! Records 1992) FLAC    320
 
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The Insomniacs - Out Of It (Estrus Records 1997)



"Out Of It" is the debut album for this trio from New Jersey, released in 1996 for the Estrus records after a few singles. This album is a garage-rock jewel with mod-pop melodies that print in the head from the first listening, it contains very well-tuned quality pieces and energy that keeps you constant on the entire disc. Listen to songs like "Feel, Feel, Feel, Get Yourself Home," "God I Need It," or "Do not Turn Away," and I'm sure they'll conquer you right away. Without a doubt one of the most beautiful discs I've heard in the 90s.    -Source

The masters of Garage/Pop MODulation are back in action with their second full-length slab of fuzz infected inamorata with THE INSOMNIACS "Out Of It" LP/CD. Fifteen tuff tracks of sugar-coated arsenic and buzz-pop bliss about lost loves and missing cigarettes recorded at NYC's famed Coyote Studios and mixed by Tim "Soul Man" Kerr. The sessions took a supernatural turn when guitar tracks would spontaneously erase only to be replaced by the sound of a conga drum. Exorcising the "evil conga" from the mixing desk entailed a bizarre ritual involving a (dread) lock of Tim Kerr's hair, black girl incense, and shrimp chips. When the sweet, fishy smoke cleared, the sound was pure rock and roll. That¹s right...ROCK N' ROLL! The Shoes, The Easybeats, The Small Faces ...THE INSOMNIACS got the songs, the hooks and the balls to meet their influences head on without the slightest flinch. So prepare yerself for absolute fuzz/pop perfection with THE INSOMNIACS "Out Of It" LP/CD.    -Source

Insomniacs - Out Of It (Estrus Records 1997) FLAC    320

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Sunday 19 November 2017

The Jaybirds - Going Our Own Ways (Ilsa Records 1998)


Long-time music supporter and promoter Manfred „The Elk" Breiner notes on the rear sleeve of the Jaybirds' debut. "About three years ago four lads met by accident. They had one thing in common: a desperate love for 60s R & B by the likes of early Stones, Manfred Mann or John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers. Their passion was so strong that they started their own band..."
And that's how most garage bands are born, out of a desire to add to the legacy formed by their heroes. The Jaybirds do a good job of paying homage to their R & B roots fathers, and should be commended for sticking predominately to original material rather than simply regurgitating old standards.        (Timothy Gassen in "Knights Of Fuzz")

Here's a band that "fools" us a little bit.. Hair like a rebellious mop top, the sound, some album art and even the promotional clips make us believe that it is a band "born and raised" in the 1960s.
However, this is not the case with The Jaybirds from Austria. The band formed in Vienna in 1989 has Bernhard Gold on vocals, Norb Payr and Pat Nagl on guitars, Markus Zöchling on bass and Thomas Schmitzberger on drums. They are acclaimed as one of the best bands to make a mod / r'n'b / freakbeat sound in Europe, and they certainly deserve all the praise.
With songs ranging from The Standells and The Sorrows to The Leaves, also featuring compositions from the band itself, this album is certainly the best option for anyone who wants to know the band and what is the best export from Europe.
    -Source

Jaybirds - Going Our Own Ways (Ilsa Records 1998) FLAC    320

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Kilroy! - Introducing Kilroy! (Freak Me Out Frank Recording Company 2005)



Introducing Kilroy! is the debut album by this young swedish act. Excellent 60's mod'n'beat'n'soul, a blast of the highest quality. Inspired by acts like the Small Faces or The Who. Already with the first title "She's Mine" it becomes clear, the VOX Jaguar organ is the backbone of their sound. And that is a lot of fun. A shaker for the summer partys.

01 - She's Mine
02 - Lake Orangatanga
03 - Falling Forward
04 - Smiling Faces
05 - Heart Of Stone
06 - Golden Days
07 - Cold & Blue
08 - Question Mark?
09 - What Could It Be?
10 - The Ballad Of Johnny Cool-Guy & The Chainsaw Girl
11 - Ain't The Weather Nice? 
12 - Velvet

Kilroy! - Introducing Kilroy! (Freak Me Out Frank Recording Company 2005) FLAC    320 

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Saturday 18 November 2017

The Last Of The Bad Men - Ride! (D.H.D. Records Division 2008)



The Last of the Bad Men are an international punk rock super group, the brain child of pro-skaters/tattoo artists Art and Steve Godoy. Coming fresh off the heels of their previous band, The Exploding Fuck Dolls, the Godoy brothers recruited punk rock soldiers from around the world. Daniel Creadon of Cleveland Ohio’s The Curb Slappy’s was enlisted for vocals. Deniz Tek of Australia’s legendary RADIO BIRDMAN accepted guitar duties and Troy Zak of Canada’s The Daggers came on as the Bad Men’s bassist.   -Source

Given the geographical distance between the members (Australila, Canada and the States), it's a wonder this band even exist, never mind that they're fucking good. Last of the Bad Men are the perfect blend of old school punk rock'n'roll and a more contemporary sound. Guitars squeak and squeal at all the right moments, the rhythm section is steady as a rock and the vocals have the perfect amount of snarl, sneer and melody to make for a great listen. Tracks like "City Action" and "Day to Ride"” would make the perfect soundtrack for rolling around on a skateboard or heading to the beach. This is rock'n'roll done right.  -Source

The Band
Art Godoy - Guitar/Vocals
Steve Godoy - Drums
Troy Zak - Bass
Danny Creadon - Vocals
Deniz Tek - Guitar/Vocals
The Bad Girls - Backing Vocals

Track Listing:
01 - Creeper
02 - Full Pipe
03 - City Action
04 - Day To Ride
05 - Hit 'Em Again
06 - 1959
07 - Phone Junk
08 - O.C.D.
09 - Bottle Rocket
10 - Ferocious

The Last Of The Bad Men - Ride! (D.H.D. Records Division 2008) FLAC    320

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Wednesday 15 November 2017

The M-80's - Love Don't Like You (The Lost Record) (Parish Records 2013)



Here another fab garageband "The M-80's" with a lost record. This album was recorded in 1992 and just released in 2013. A 13 song recording remastered from cassette.

The M-80's were a young viceral garage-punk band from Norfolk, Virginia. In 1987, as a slap in the face to the hair metal bands of the era, Eddie Pierce (vocals, harmonica, and maracas), Witt Drawls (guitar), Rob Katherman (bass), and Rusty Floyd (drums) pulled deep from old punk-rock playing music of the MC5, The Stooges, and even deeper to underground 60's bands like Q65, The Gants, and The Pretty Things. The boys also began writing their own music inspired by these groups and released 3 7” records “That Ain't All”/”Sweet Mr. Brown”(Criminal Records), “You've Been Told”/”What I'm After”(Get Hip) and a full length record titled In A Fury (Get Hip Records) in the can by 1991…
In 1993, The M-80's-In A Fury CD was finally seeing the light of day from Get Hip Records. Also 7” “Seeing Things/”Split”/”Bad Woman”(Estrus Records), The M-80's-Self Titled CD, and the inclusion of “57 Nomad” on The Estrus Gear Box were all being released. So the band decided to change their name from The Stepping Stones back to The M-80s with Eddie Pierce (vocals, harmonica, maracas), Gary Roadarmel (guitar), Johnny Cassidy (bass), and Rusty Floyd (drums). They then hit the road in support of these releases, as well as showcasing their new material. The guys played all over the east side of the country from Michigan to Florida getting tighter, kickin' ass and blowin' shit up!
During this time period, the group went into Mid-Ease Studios with Randy Kling in Norfolk, VA and recorded a brand new M-80's record. A 7” was released from this, “Slit My Wrist”/”Hell's Kitchen” (Dionysus Records), but the rest of this record sat dormant for 21 years as the group disbanded moving to different parts of the world.
Recently, a video was posted to YouTube that the M-80's did for local TV with this lineup containing two songs from that shelved record. “Just Like Ms. Taylor” and “Love Don't Like You” were the tracks used. This sparked Gary Roadarmel to pull out his old cassette of the board mix and remaster it digitally in his studio (Boogalee Studio) in Louisiana. Gary has been in close contact with Johnny Cassidy, who now resides in Utah on releasing this long lost record to the public.
The M-80's - Love Don't Like You is a 13 song recording remastered from cassette. It is being released to CD and digital download from Parish Records in Ponchatoula, LA to the world on December 10th, 2013. No touring or reunions are being planned. Love Don't Like You is just a little time capsule of a damn good rock and roll band.    -Source

The M-80's - Love Don't Like You (Parish Records 2013) FLAC    320

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New Salem Witch Hunters - Colonial Root Cellar (Get Hip Recordings 1998)



Cleveland garage rock veterans' latest (only their 4th album); organ drenched sound, great songwriting and craftmanship with '60s inspiration and '90s delivery.    -Source

The New Salem Witch Hunters’ second full-length album for Get Hip–their fourth overall–shows a further refinement of the band’s sophisticated garage rock sound. Blending catchy melodies with a garage-pop twist and plenty of Seeds-worthy organ arrangements, the Hunters’ ever improving songwriting talents have yielded their most accessible album to date.  If there’s any justice in the music biz (which there probably isn’t), this record will make them stars.    -Source

NEW SALEM WITCH HUNTERS are
Dave Atkins: Vocals
Tom Fallon: Guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Herwick: Bass
Jim Wilson: Organ, piano, backing vocals
Dave Swanson: Guitar, backing vocals
Sam Petrello: Drums

New Salem Witch Hunters - Colonial Root Cellar (Get Hip Recordings 1998) FLAC    320

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The Otherside - In A Haunted House (Inbetweens Records 2000)



First volume in a new series 'The Knight Of Fuzz', in which the best bands of the 80's garage scene will get their full output compiled on CD. THE OTHERSIDE were pioneers of the Dutch garage scene releasing 2 (now impossible to find) EP's. Guitarist Marcel Kruup went on to greater things in bands like THE KLIEK and TREBLE SPANKERS.    -Source

This anthology collects everything from the Otherside's two EPs and compilation appearances, as well as adding half a dozen previously unreleased live songs. When a 1960s garage revival CD kicks off with an especially anemic version of the Yardbirds' classic "Heart Full of Soul," the heart in fact sinks in anticipation of music that fails to live up to its predecessors even more than most revival recordings do. And when the Otherside take on both classic and obscure 1960s covers, as they do on about half of this CD, the results are indeed disheartening facsimiles of the originals, lacking in tightness, authority, and of course originality. Sometimes they don't seem to have learned, or bothered to learn, the correct chord changes for some of the most challenging passages. Fortunately, there's modest compensation in that the group wrote not-bad original tunes that, unlike most of their garage revival peers, drew heavily from the British Invasion. It's refreshing to hear a more pop-inclined slant to this genre, which usually goes right for the Chocolate Watch Band/Standells/Sonics/Seeds vibe and treats deviation from those inspirations as treason. It still sounds pretty weedy, though, down to the thin sitar sound on "Puppy Dog."
- AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

Otherside - In A Haunted House (Inbetweens Records 2000) FLAC    320

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Pozor Vlak - Go! (Tiki Inferno 2000)



Pozor Vlak (=Attention Train) are 4 guys from Magdeburg/Germany playing stoopid instrumental 
Rock 'N' Roll (FUZZ/SURF/PUNK/TRASH).

   Spiros Pelekis in Rumble Skunk Fanzine #2 in 2007
Howdy friends! Do you like the twanging sound of the surf guitar, the monotone-hypnotic beat of old garage punk and rock'n'roll records, the ultra trash production, or the crunching "cycledelic" fuzz sound known from these cool black'n'white biker-movies?! And all this without any vocals? Very fine!!


Then you are invited to listen to the music created by four instrumental PSI Agents better known under the codename Pozor Vlak, featuring Tarras Nanoc: drums… Prof. Vlakow: bass … Der Schwarze Ritter: percussion …Commandante: guitar... . Pozor Vlak was
founded in the lazy summer days of 1996, influenced by great bands and artists such as  The Phantom Surfers, Link Wray, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Dick Dale, The Ventures, Ramones, Thee Headcoats and other leaders of the rock'n'roll biz. Their task was to teach a chart-music addicted youth how to have fun with primitive, instrumental rock'n'roll music. Difficult task he...? But our four brave PSI Agents use their sense for simple, intense melodies and cheapo entertainment. 

They use all their "knowledge" about the music of the golden era of the 60's and trust in the power of their sacred weapons (guitar, bass, drums & percussions). So, in the late 90's they shared the stage with a lot of cool rock'n'roll fellows like Thee Headcoats, Space Hobos, The Kilaueas, King Khan & His Shrines, Tiki Tiki Bambooos, Butch Meier and others... Just a question of time till some instrumental dusty diamonds "made with Pozor" were banned on vinyl "GO!" The music of that record were brought to the people via a "mass suggestion programme", means radio airplay by John Peel, Tom Hinders -"Tsunami Soul Show", Phil Dirt's - "Surf's Up!"). 


Their debut album "GO!" released in 2000 by Tiki Inferno Rec., and contains excellent pieces of raw, fuzz-instros like "250.000 Biker", "Kamschatka", "Space Terrorists", "Der Mullah Von Kashmir", "Camping", "Highway Patrol", the killer tune "Taifun Burger" And "Frosty Family", "Oriental" etc…. 
 
 ... read the rest of the story via the scans.

Pozor Vlak - Go! (Tiki Inferno 2000)  320
 
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