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The Frantic Vermin

The Frantic Vermin have finished recording their debut album and are looking for a label. If you dig Psychobilly with an "old school" twist (I mean they aren't a metal band with a double bass) this guys are for you. They're not totally newcomers, having started under the name of the Alleycats in 1982 as a rockabilly band then morphed into the Frantic Vermin in 1986 (and appeared on Cool Cat Go Ape on Big Shot Records) before disbanding around 1988. They recently reformed and are as tight as ever. Check their website or their facebook or go to soundcloud to listen to clips from the forthcoming album.

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New article on line: Marti Brom http://www.jumpingfrom6to6.com/marti-brom-article.html

#Marti brom #Rockabilly #Barnshakers #Modern rockabilly #Country & western #western swing #High Noon #Jet Tone

Article

New article online: Kim Lenz http://www.jumpingfrom6to6.com/kim_lenz_article.html

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Interview

New interview online: Clint Bradley of the Blue Cats.

http://www.jumpingfrom6to6.com/itv_clint-bradley.html

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Review

Blind Rage and Violence - the End Of Rock’n’Roll [2012] Switchblade Records SW-001 The Strutter - UFO On Farm Road - Blind's Big Bonanza - Treat Her Wrong - Headless Chicken - Cat-O-Nine Crawl - We Got A Band Reputation - That Thing Hoodoo - Blind Fought The Po-lice - Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Blue - Bacon Lube - Who Loves You Three Ways, Baby - The Shiv - Broke-Ass Blues - She's So Fine, I Wish She Was Mine - Your Last Date

Blind Rage and Violence is a brand new band inspired by Link Wray. The members use aliases but I strongly suspect to be Blind Rage like he was the Donut Prince in the Go Nuts and Jethro “the double-neck Daddy-o” Presley in the Keystone Boys. Like wise Chain Link on bass and Hot Link on drums could probably be Pete Curry (the album being recorded at his studio) and Deke’s partner in crime Chris Sugarballs Sprague. With such a band name, it’s not a surprise to find them play powerful Rock’n’roll mixed with garagey Punk and, as said before, Link Wray inspired stuff (Headless Chicken, for example, being an obvious reference to Run Chicken Run). It’s mostly instrumental with occasional vocal numbers. There’s no song credits but some tunes are easily recognizable though appearing under a different name or with adapted lyrics to match the concept of the end of Rock’n’roll. Thus, Blind Fought the Police, That Thing Hoodoo and Who Loves You Three Ways are respectively instrumental versions of I Fought The Law, That Thing You Do and Love Me Two Times. The same treatment applies for the vocal numbers, Roy Head’s Treat Her Right becoming Treat Her Wrong. You get the idea? One will also find covers of Gene Vincent’s Baby Blue and the Easybeats’ She’s So Fine (an earlier version of this song appeared on Deke’s rarities album, Mr Entertainment). Far from being the end of Rock’n’roll, Blind Rage gives the genre the excitement he needed for years!

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Review

Leroy and the Rockets - Rockabilly Rollercoaster [2012] Prestige Elite Records CDSGP 1313 Challenge - Dianne And The Gypsy Queen - The Old Man Is Down The Road - Swordfish - Memphis, Tennessee - Goin' To Chicago - Remember Me - Summertime Blues - It's All About Me - That's Life - Livin' This Way - Dangerous Man - Shaking All Over - Witchcraft - Love Roulette - Strange Business - When You Were Mine - Zippin' Pippin - Bad Moon Rising - Mars Attacks (Venus)

Rockin’ Rocket 88 has lived, here comes Leroy & the Rockets. But if the name changed, the line-up and the quality remain the same. There’s just a slight evolution in the sound, something like a more modern approach. Of course this is still roots oriented music, mostly rockabilly but with elements of blues (Goin’ To Chicago), hillbilly (Memphis Tennessee and Summertime Blues with a fiddle) and obvious references to the pioneers like Elvis (Dianne and the Gypsy Queen) or Johnny Cash (Remember Me), and they kept the fiddle and the doublebass But they really aim to create a brand of music for the 21st century. To achieve their vision they asked Stevie Paul to produce the album. Paul is as far as you can imagine from the Rockabilly world having worked with Rod Stewart, Mary J Blige, Toni Braxton, Edwin Starr, Mike & the Mechanics to name but a few. His fresh approach mixed with the band’s background result in a brand new sound something like a mix between the Blue Cats from the Tunnel era and Chris Isaak’s rockingest material. With artists as Kitty Daisy and Lewis or Imelda May touching a large audience, it would be justice that a band which plays this music for more than 25 years, even if it was under another name, obtains a little recognition.

#xs #leroy and the rockets #rockabilly

Review

Wild Rooster - Take It Off Part Records – 693.001 Sweet Revenge / Tennessee Zip / Demon Riders / Fancy Dan / Forever Ted / Ride On Rebels / The Only One / Take It Off / Sisters In Crime / Tore Up / Motorbike / Won't Waste My Time / Raw Deal / Southern Rose

Despite a very distasteful cover (front and back) I really enjoyed Wild Roosters’ latest effort. These Swedish guys are on the scene for quite some time having played with Snakebite, Crossfire or Wild Bob Burgos. As you can easily guess with this pedigree, they play Teddy Boys rock’n’roll with a sound close to Cavan’s Our Own Way Of Rocking. They have good originals and also give a breath of fresh air to well chosen covers (including Burgos’Ride On Rebels). You’ll find the usual anthems about bikes (Motorbike, Demon Riders), girls and Teds with the soon to be a stage classic “Forever Ted”. They sure won’t change the face of Rock’n’roll, but you’re guaranteed to have a good time.

#xs #wild rooster #rockabilly #rock'n'roll #teddy boy

Review

Red and the Pepperpot Boys - Rock-A-Bye Honey [1998] Tomahawk Records- CD011743 Rock-A-Bye Honey – Cabin In The Hills – Crazy Little Mama – Just Tell Me Lies – The Color Of Her Eyes – Heart Like A Wheel – Go! Go! Go! – Used ToBe – Walk A Mile – Please Don’t Break My Heart – High Time – Drink! Drink! Drink! – Pin-Up Peggy – Midnight Cruise

If you dig the kind of bands one can find on Vinylux (Flea Bops, Go Cat Go, Boom Boom Cats), don’t look no further, this record is for you. In fact Red and the Pepperpot Boys can be seen as an early incarnation of the Flea Bops as they share the same singer (Ronnie Joyner) and lead guitarist (Preston LeBeau). And to pursue the Vinylux connection the drums (a light brushed snare) are played by Bill Hull, guitar player of Go Cat Go. Chris Bosch completes the line-up on string bass. If you’re not too thrilled by wild and desperate rockabilly and prefer it more like Sam Phillips defined it at Sun, “Rock-A-Bye Honey” is made for you. The sound is mostly acoustic with just a slight electrification on the lead guitar just like they did it in the fifties. It’s a safe bet to say that if you like early Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Carl Perkins and of course Elvis’ Sun sides you’ll love this platter. Ronnie Joyner is a superb songwriter (13 of the 14 songs are originals) who can craft little classics, and icing on the cake he has the perfect voice to sing them. Issued in 1998, this album really needs to be rediscovered.

#xs #rockabilly #red and the pepperpot boys

Review

Scotty Baker - Just Like That [2011] Press Tone Music 50 Buick - C'Mon And Fight Me - Broke On payday Again - Just Like That - Tell Me Why You Love Me - Tyre Kickers - Suddenly Alone - Just Can't Style My Hair - Jacky And Dave - Not Today - I'm Past My Prime - Set Me Loose On That Blonde - That's The Way I Like It - Doin' Time On The Passenger Side

After Pat Capocci, Ezra Lee and the Rechords (to name but three), Australia’s latest Rockabilly sensation is called Scotty Baker. With his warm and deep voice, his capacity to write solid originals and a strong backing band, this guy is dangerous! His debut album, featuring 14 self penned songs, covers a wide range of style. One can hear a bit of Johnny Cash influences with the boom-chicka-boom Rockabilly of C’Mon and Fight Me or Just Like That, a talkin’ blues ala “Boy Named Sue”. Next to that one will find straight Rockabilly (Jacky and Dave, Set Me Loose On that Blonde), honky tonk with steel guitar (Broke on Payday Again), pumpin’ piano rock’n’roll (Tell Me Why) and bluegrass with banjo and (Tyres Kickers). Believe me, the whole album is flawless but if I had to pick some highlights it would be the hilarious “Just Can’t Style My Hair” (with the memorable “I’d rather look like Yul Brynner than David Hasselhoff”), “Not Today” (something like a cross between Hank Williams and Johnny Jano), “Suddenly Alone” that captures the spirit of Elvis’ early ballads like Harbor Lights or Tomorrow Night and “Doin’ Time On the Passenger Seat” a five-minute stroller that closes the album with class. I really hope to hear more from that guy soon.

#Scotty Baker #xs #press tone #australia #rockabilly #honky tonk

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Shaun Young - Red Hot Daddy [1997] Goofin Red Hot Daddy ~ She Still Loves Me ~ If I Can't Be Your Lover ~ What's The Deal Jack? ~ High Voltage ~ Phantom Rock 'n' Roll ~ Hey Flat Get It ~ I'm Slippin' In ~ The End Is Near ~ How Can I Turn Her Away ~ Beg Steal & Borrow ~ Foolish Pride ~ Right Here, Right Now and Forever ~ Rickety Shack

Between two High Noon albums, and after his debut 10”, Shaun Young, lead singer of High Noon, took some time to record his first full length featuring 12 original numbers and two covers (High Voltage and I’m Slippin’ In). It was recorded in two sessions with two different bands. One took place in Helsinki in Finland with the Barnshakers for backing band, during which they cut Red Hot Daddy, High Voltage and Ricketty Shack. On this three tracks the sound is more Rock’n’roll than Rockabilly with the addition of a saxophone and a piano on Jano’s High Voltage. The remaining songs were recorded in Shaun’s studio in Austin with Kevin Smith (string bass), Chris Miller (steel), Dereck Peterson (lead guitar), Tjarko Jeen (lead guitar) and Lisa Pankratz sharing the drums duties with Young. The core of this recording is made of Texas rockabilly quite similar to High Noon in style and quality but there are some subtle differences. For exemple She Still Loves Me evokes Gene Vincent’s Catman, If I Can’t Be Your Lover (I Don’t Want to be your Friend) is a superb honky tonk in the style of Hank Williams. Another honky tonk, but with an earlyBuddy Holly feel in it is How Can I Turn Her Away. Young also makes good use Miller’s steel guitar to achieve spooky effects on Phantom of Rock’nRoll a rockabilly. But the best song, by far, is Beg Steal and Borrow featuring Dave Bedrich on trumpet (from the Big Town Swingtet) who gives to the song a full Texas swing sound. Superb album from start to finish.

#xs #shaun young #high noon #rockabilly #goofin

Review

Johnny Knife & the Rippers - Sinister Street [2012] Part Records Part CD 6102 Teddy Boy Five - Heads Or Tales - Break Up Today - Growl - My Old Man Is A Square - Be Bop Teddy Girl - Mysterious Night - Jack The Ripper - Don't Take Your Love From Me - Riot At leister Square - Fiddler On The Roof - Texas calls You Home - Sinister Street - Gonna Type A Letter - Dankee Belle - Saturday Night At The Duckpond - At The Ace London Rocker

Johnny Knife and the Rippers are a 1/3 Norwegian-2/3 German powerful rockin’ trio formed by John Sindre Lynhaug (aka Johnny Knife) on lead vocals and electric bass, Christian Hockmouth on guitar and Sven Schürmann on drums. These three guys are solid musicians having respectively played with three famous Teddy Boys bands: Rebels Revenge, the Town Rebels and the Foggy Mountain Rockers. And it shows in the final result.It’s a very tight album that mixes influences from the late 50’s/early 60’s British rockers (with covers of Johnny Kidd, Billy Fury and Screamin Lord Sutch) with the sound of the mid 70’s Teddy Boys bands. Take your drape jacket and your creepers and bop to the sound of Johnny Knife and the Rippers.

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Out Of Luck - Greetings From Outbackville Part Records Part-CD 6100.001;part records Greetings From Outbackville - 49' Plymouth - Ain't Got No Job - Rockabilly Rocker - Black Kat - Midnight Drive - Johnny Ultracool - Out Of Cash - Josephine - Into The Valley - I Wanna Kill - Psycho Fantasies - Sunrise At The Foggy River - Cruisin' - Rainy Day - Love Is An Expensive Affair - Several Ways To Die

Out of Luck is a terribly good and powerful trio who plays revved-up rockabilly that often borders on old-school psychobilly. This album is a subtle balance between the early recordings of the Meteors, Guana Batz and even Mad Sin and more traditional rockabilly stuff with some Reverend Horton Heat in between. The original songs (all but one) are very well written. The sound is also particularly good with a very natural and warm recording of the double bass (not that horrible sewing machine sound one can too often hear in that style of music). As a bonus they included six live tracks to convince you to see them on stage. It’s good to see bands like Batmobile or Skitzo (to name but two) reform, but this music needs new blood, and with band like Out Of Luck the future seems assured.

#xs #psychobilly #neo-rockabilly #out of luck #Part records

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The Quakes – Planet Obscure [2012] ORREXX - REXX005 Dark shadows - Die too young – Promise - It’s a curse - Streets are so lonely - Don’t follow me - This night – Wildcat - You’re a joke - Anti social girl - Festa do estica e puxa - All about you

After 25 years or so of existence, The Quakes still led by the inexhaustible Paul Roman release their 7th studio album and they don’t seem to run out of inspiration. Very few bands can claim that. Roman’s song writing is still sparkling, full of creativity with a superb ability to write complex songs with strong melodies. “Planet Obscure” is in the very same vein as their previous album (the excellent Negative Charge) with some nods to earlier material. Thus “It’s A Curse” sounds a bit like an updated version of “you’re Dead”. Talking about their debut album, there’s a tribute to the band’s first drummer, Dave Hoy, tragically killed in an accident. The lyrics are well crafted too, avoiding the endless clichés of bats, zombies, graveyards and so on, a thing the Quakes never really did. Most of all, Roman doesn’t seem to care about tags, in that he’s similar to Alan Wilson of the Sharks. Rockabilly, Psychobilly, New Wave, Hillbilly, Brazilian pop… if it’s good to his ears, he incorporates it to create that great Quakes sound that is instantly recognizable. This is all that, and more, that you’ll find on Planet Obscure.

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Review

777 -Ghost Train [2012] PART-CD 689-002 Leave It Behind - Sexafull - Rebel Yell - Ghost Train - Radar Love - Boys Who Dance - Summertime Souvenir - Last Night - Tachycardia - Chernobilly Twist - Come Together - The Woodpecker Song

Ghost Train is the brilliant second album from this German trio. In 2009 Unleashed their debut album was full of promises; it’s nothing to say that Ghost Train confirms all the hopes placed into that band. For this record they benefit of a better production with a fuller and a bigger sound that blasts through your speaker like a rocking thunder. Their music sounds like a mix between Brian Setzer 68 Comeback Special, the Reverend Horton Heat and the Quakes, with elements of Chicago Blues, metal (ah that powerful guitar on the Beatles’ Come Together), latin beat, twisted western soundtrack (Ghost Train), country jazz (Woodpecker Song) and surf with a Russian beat (Chernobilly twist). The choice of the covers is very good too (Billy Idol, Golden Earring, Beatles, Andrew Sisters). Highly recommended.

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Ravenna & the Magnetics Rockabilly Fools/Tennessee & Texas [2011] Part-CD-691.001 Bound To The Sound - Rockabilly Fool - Waterproof Love - I Like Your Kinda Love - Hypnotized - Headaches & Heartaches - Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Bang Bang - Willin' & Ready - Good Love - Hot Pink Cowboy Boots - Changing All Those Changes - I Need Your Love - Swamp Sally - Tennessee & Texas - Find My Baby for Me - The Turning Tide - Surefire Shaker - Lonely Weekends - Waitin' To Come Back - I Never Lie - Nite Owl - Feel So Good - Baby That's All Right - 6918 Peach - Vibrate Very good idea from part to reissue on one cd this two album, too often overlooked and neglicted in modern rockabilly history. Ravenna and the Magnetics formed in the late 70's and disbanded in late 1982. The first 14 tracks represent the bands' debut album recorded at Rockin' Ronny Weiser's studio. At the time they went under the name of the Magnetics and were a tight rockabilly combo with Ravenna (aka Freda Johnson) on vocals, Tom Bergham on guitar, Jeff Poskin on second lead guitar and vocals, Steve Grindle on slap bass and Tom Svornich on drums. Both Ravenna and Poskin sang lead sharing the vocals duties equally and writing the stuff they sang, with occasionnal help from Bergham and Grindle. This brings a great variety to the album. Ravenna has a strong voice, in the style of Sparkle Moore and Janis Martin. One can also hear the influences of Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly (covered twice with Rock Around With Ollie Vee and Changing All Those Changes) with a contemporary twist. After a few line-up changes, the band recorded Tennessee & Texas. They had lost Poskin who left to form the 88's but added a saxophone and a piano. As a result Ravenna sang lead throughout and the sound of the band morphed from straight rockabilly to piano led rock'n'roll, most of the original being written by pianist Richard Hogan. Two songs taken from a single complete the set. Retrospectively it's hard to imagine that in the wake of the Rockabilly boom initiated by the Stray Cats they didn't have more exposure. They could easily have national chart success. Maybe they were too raw at places and Rollin Rock's distribution probably couldn't handle a national distribution (that's why the Blasters moved from Rollin Rock to Slash). On a sad footprint to the band's hiistory, Ravenna passed away 1996, at the very young age of 42). It's good to see that her talent is now available to a brand new generation of young Rockabilly fans who will enjoy the Magnetics' music and perpetuate her legacy. The cd comes with a thick booklets full featuring the original liner notes written by Ronny Weiser, a band bio by Tom Bergham, a detailed discography and additionial infos from Bernd Holzapfel and Paul Diffin (Sugar Ray Ford, Blue Cats) who played with the band during their European tour (many rare photos included too). Get yourself this piece of Rockabilly history.

#rockabilly #part records #ravenna and the magnetics #xs

Review

Lil Mo and the Monicats - Whole Lotta Love Whole Lotta Love – Little Heart Attacks – When Girls Sings – Pain and Misery – Waiting and Wanting – Lovely Miranda – Three Cool Cats – Real Gone Jive – I Can’t Help Myself – Trouble In Mind – Too Much Time With Your Tears

Monica Passin (aka Lil Mo) and her deliciously sweet voice are back for another terrific album and, like on her previous recordings, she’s backed up by her partner in rhymes Hank Bones who plays a wide array of instrument (guitars and basses of all kinds, bongo, snare, cornet, dobro…). Another key element is Drina Seay who lends her voice to the beautiful harmonies you can hear on this album. This is really amazing how the voices of the two singers perfectly blend together! (so much that to be honest I first thought that Passin had doubled her vocal track). Russ Wilson completes the line-up. The singer penned five originals and the remaining songs come from Marty Robbins (Pain and Misery), the Coasters (Three Cool Cats) and the Nettle Sisters (Real Gone Jive). One can also find a cover of “Trouble in Mind” (that is hard to associate to just one artist). The team Arty Hill and Linda Hill (who also wrote Mascara Tears for Marti Brom's latest album) and Austin songwriter Terry Joyce have contributed one song each. It is a very varied and rich album. Musically you cross the land, from the country to the town, from the Honky Tonk sound of “Little Heart Attacks” to the direct-from-the-Brill-building melody of “When Girls Sing” (with reference to Ellie Greenwich in the lyrics) and “Too Much Time With Your Tears”. There’s also some Texas hillbilly swing with “I Can’t Help Myself”, Hillbilly bop and Rockabilly with “Real Gone Jive” and the Everly Brothers/Buddy Holly influence can be heard on “Whole Lotta Lovin” and “Waiting and Wanting”. “Lovely Miranda” and its Latin beat tells a little slice of life settled in New York. That’s funny how simple but well crafted lyrics can create pictures in your head. I love this album so I wouldn’t mind writing more but Bill Kirchen has said it better than me on his introduction: “Monica is a rare triple threat, a chanteuse who can rock and write songs that you swear you grew up with.” I couldn’t agree more. Get it at Cdbaby and be sure to visit Lil Mo’s website at www.themonicats.com

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