Showing posts with label rockabilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rockabilly. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2008

V.A. BORN BAD IN JUNGLE FEVER (2008)



BIZZARE INFLUENCE
ARTIST`````VARIOUS ARTISTS
ALBUM`````
BORN BAD IN JUNGLE FEVER
GENRE``````PROTO-ROCK, EARLY ROCKABILLY, ROCK & ROLL, PROTO-PUNK, PSYCHOBILLY

YEAR````````2008

DESCRIPTION:

This is a selection/mixed bag of 12 volumes of the brilliant "Born Bad" compilations, Monkey Madness compilation and Jungle Fever discs.

Some of these artists you may know (Wanda Jackson, The Groupies etc.) but some are true unknown gems of the past age. I was thrilled to find out that many of these songs are included on the fabulous "Songs The Cramps Thaught Us" compilations which are dealing with the birth of psychobilly music that made The Cramps sound so damn good.

Jungle Fever and Monkey Madness songs are added just to spice the mix up estheticaly and give it a bit of needed innocence and ridicule since most of these songs are bizzare underground failures that were strangely influental on many music movements in America in those days.

TRACKLIST:
01 The Groupies - Primitive
02 The Cherokees - Uprising
03 Phantom - Love Me
04 Kai Ray - I Want Some Of That
05 Alfred E Neuman - It's A Gas
06 Novas - The Crusher
07 Frantics - Werewolf
08 Rumblers - Boss
09 Jody Reynolds - Fire Of Love
10 Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
11 Wanda Jackson - Funnel Of Love
12 Andre Williams - Bacon Fat
13 Kip Tyler & His Flips - Jungle Hop
14 Link Wray & His Ray Men - Fat Back
15 Readymen - Shortnin' Bread
16 Rivingtons - Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow
17 Mel Smith & The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt
18 Sonics - He's Waiting
19 R Lewis Band - Get Off The Road
20 The Highlights - Ah So!
21 The Continental Cousins - Kana Kapila
22 The Peeple - Hi Yo Camel!
23 The Revels - Conga Twist
24 Brother Bones - Monkeyshines
25 Prairie Ramblers - Monkeys Is The Cwaziest People
26 Andre Williams - The monkey speaks his mind!
27 Hoosier Hotshots - Like a Monkey Likes Coconuts

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Friday, November 30, 2007

V.A. - THE ULTIMATE 50's AND 60's ROCKIN' HORROR DISC (2003)


SHIT. YOU SHOULD BE SCARED
ARTIST`````````````VARIOUS
ALBUM`````````````ROCKIN' HORROR DISC

GENRE`````````````EARLY ROCK n' ROLL
YEAR```````````````2003


MY VIEW:
This is definetly not the "Ultimate" compilation on this subject but it still carries a lot of fun, romance and most importantly - underground sounds from forgotten artists of that age. Werevolves, zombies, vampires and all sorts of dangerous places and situations are here to scare and entertain your bored ass.

MY VIEW:
Is Ultimate 50's and 60's Rockin' Horror Disc really the ultimate '50s and '60s rockin' horror disc? No, considering it's missing well-known classics of the genre, like Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You," and Jumpin' Gene Simmons' "Haunted House." But for a compilation of obscure mid-'50s-to-mid-'60s songs that mixed rock & roll with horror novelty lyrics and sounds, it does a pretty good job. And these 20 items are indeed obscure -- LaVern Baker (with "Voodoo Voodoo") is the only famous artist, though avid rock & roll fans will recognize a few of the others, like Bunker Hill and Kip Tyler. As tunes go, they're usually nothing to shout about, often confining themselves to stock basic early rock & roll progressions and arrangements, though sometimes with the ominous minor-key patterns common to monster-movie soundtracks.

Most of the time, though, it's rather wholesomely giddy romps through the lands of monsters, cemeteries, and ghosts, about as scary as a Halloween costume, but about as fun to put on.

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

MAD SIN - SWEET AND INNOCENT? LOUD AND DIRTY (2003)





ROCKABILLY/PUNK/ROCK/HARD-CORE
/ PSYCHOBILLY/TRASH DESTRUCTION - BRILLIANT
ARTIST`````````````MAD SIN
ALBUM`````````````SWEET AND INNOCENT?
GENRE`````````````PSYCHOBILLY
YEAR```````````````2003 (RECORDED 1998)

MY VIEW:
This is my favourite Mad Sin record. It was a breaking point for the band (they signed a major label with this album) and it was a breaking point for me (entering psychobilly sound), so I keep this album quite close to my heart.




BAND BIOGRAPHY:
from wreckingpit

If you thoroughly look back on the story of MAD SIN it is surprising that the band still exists without any split-up, collective suicide or at least regular internal fights. Founded 1987 by Köfte, who just dishonorable left school, Punk- and Rockabilly- guitarist Stein and four-week-bass-playing Holly, they struggled around with the help of some mates, who organized gigs in several shady bars of berlin. The daily booze was financed through gigs as streetmusicians in shopping-malls, where they played Rockabilly-, Country- and Blues-Songs to get the tourist's money.

Without any suspections about the business MAD SIN signed their first record-contract 1988 with a dubious figur of Hamburgs underworld - the result was an album which became a classic in the Psychobilly scene. Despite of the problems MAD SIN was getting more and more known. Their travelling brought them also to Holland where they got in touch with the Indie-Label 'Count Orlock' which released their masterpiece 'God Save The Sin'. This record showed for the first time the typical mixture of Rockabilly, Punk Rock, classical Hardcore and a lot of Psychobilly, which became pretty fast the trademark of the quartet. What followed were gigs with Bands like Faith No More, Gwar, Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, Meteors and many more, and with their enthusiastic sound, Köftes oustanding stage madness and an explosive live-show that includes firespitters and similar attractions MAD SIN got fans of all kinds on their side. Because MAD SIN didn't want to live longer on the level of social security they soon forgot all doubts when Polydor lured with an unbelievable mass of cash. As soon as possible they went to Hamburg to the hand over of the money case and short after it to Malta to record an album.The result was ''Sweet and Innocent? ... Loud and Dirty!!!'' which was recorded in August 1998, some airplay and many on open air festivals. MAD SIN and the Polydor label couldn't get along very well. They thought the band was too excessive and not mainstream enough. To MAD SIN it seemed like a joke when they received another big case of cash from the label, just to leave again. But they still had loads of gigs to do and after 12 years they took the step of a second guitarerro.

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