STN
sou'wester
A rather dull bunch, if I remember correctly. All you need to know about them is they have a song called 'Joe Strummer's Wallet' and you'll have the measure of them.
The Cramps
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A rather dull bunch, if I remember correctly. All you need to know about them is they have a song called 'Joe Strummer's Wallet' and you'll have the measure of them.
john eden
male pale and stale
CDR would be great.
As STN is reluctant to namedrop here I have racked my brains and remembered that my mate Chris features on the cover of one of the Klub Foot LPs in the midst of a breathtakingly awesome stage dive. Unfortunately I haven't been able to google it tho.
STN
sou'wester
Ha! I take a hugely dignified attitude to my many extremely significant celebrity chums, though I would like to point out that my mate Steve's mum is on the gatefold of Fireball by Deep Purple. She looks quite hot.
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
'Escalator' by The Stingrays is great, if anyone's got a copy I'd like it.
'Destination Zululand' and 'Zulu Beat' and 'Wreck-a-party rock' by King Kurt
Up to 'Can Your Pussy Do The Dog' by The Cramps - the Cramps are great because she's one of the best guitarists in the world.
I like 'My Daddy is a Vampire' by The Meteors, but wouldn't expect anyone else to.
Coffin Nails and The Guana Batz deserve a mention for being pretty good live, Demented Are Go were hysterically funny for the first 10 minutes of seeing them, and made a career from that.
The Flaming Stars are playing the Luminaire in June, with Andy Weatherall DJing, which should be a pretty good rockin night.
I stopped going to the Klubfoot cos of the racism and a guy standing next to a guy who was passed out on glue on the floor going '10 pence a kick, 10 pence a kick' and when I looked a him quizzically, he went 'It's Ok, he's my mate', and I thought 'oh just get me out of here'.
'Destination Zululand' and 'Zulu Beat' and 'Wreck-a-party rock' by King Kurt
Up to 'Can Your Pussy Do The Dog' by The Cramps - the Cramps are great because she's one of the best guitarists in the world.
I like 'My Daddy is a Vampire' by The Meteors, but wouldn't expect anyone else to.
Coffin Nails and The Guana Batz deserve a mention for being pretty good live, Demented Are Go were hysterically funny for the first 10 minutes of seeing them, and made a career from that.
The Flaming Stars are playing the Luminaire in June, with Andy Weatherall DJing, which should be a pretty good rockin night.
I stopped going to the Klubfoot cos of the racism and a guy standing next to a guy who was passed out on glue on the floor going '10 pence a kick, 10 pence a kick' and when I looked a him quizzically, he went 'It's Ok, he's my mate', and I thought 'oh just get me out of here'.
My favourite thing about "Rats' Revenge" is that when you turn over the 7" to listen to Pt. II, it's just almost exactly the same song, fading in from where the last one left off. Great tune!
I quite enjoy the Cramps, but it was only after getting over the disappointment of my initial expectations, based purely on association and visuals.
All the scariest looking people (to my 14-year-old self) had Cramps T-shirts, and I figured the music must be really scary and crazy. When I heard it it was a bit of a let-down. "this sounds like elvis" I thought.
but the raw aspect (and the guitar playing) got to me, particularly as I started following the Hasil Adkins/ Link Wray /etc etc sounds...
All the scariest looking people (to my 14-year-old self) had Cramps T-shirts, and I figured the music must be really scary and crazy. When I heard it it was a bit of a let-down. "this sounds like elvis" I thought.
but the raw aspect (and the guitar playing) got to me, particularly as I started following the Hasil Adkins/ Link Wray /etc etc sounds...
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I think Louise has a copy of Big Beat From Badsville (as do I) which is about 10 years old and is pretty good. Not sure how it compares to their early stuff but I can't imagine their sound has evolved too much over the years - why tamper with a winning formula, sort of thing.
I'd be interested to hear some really old stuff next time I'm over at yours, if you fancy digging it out.
Martin Dust
Techno Zen Master
STN
sou'wester
Indeed, I was talking about the Stingrays, but my laziness when it comes to quoting people has led me to be misunderstood.
I used to be a huge fan of The Cramps, up until A Date with Elvis (my musical tastes changed shortly after that release). What I liked doing was tracking down/stumbling across tracks they have either covered, ripped off, or taken lyrics/riffs from. Obviously this has been made a lot easier with the release of the STCTU/Born Bad compilations. Whats interesting is the band I got heavily into straight after my psychobilly faze, was Spacemen 3, a band who claim The Cramps as an influence, and a band also noted for their sampling of lyrics and riffs from other artists.
And the Stingrays a dull bunch? I don't think so, they are one of the only bands from that era to be still worth the time, a great band.
King Kurt were a lot of fun live, the incident mentioned earlier was recorded and released on a 12", it featured the singer urging a young lad who was at the time being man handled by one of the bands strippers, to 'sherman on her thrups'. I believe the father was interviewed in one newspaper saying he will be taking his son down the STD clinic.
although a good live act, I have to say they were pretty poor on vinyl.
Btw, you were always going to have racist elements in the Psychobilly scene, it did derive from the Rockabilly scene. An exception were a band called the Ricochets, they were at the forefront of the rockabilly/psychobilly crossover, and featured Sam Sardi, (who went on to help form the Guana Bats), and his brother. There weren't many bands doing the rockabilly circuit back then with asian members.
Saying all this, the Psychobilly umbrella was used to cover a hell of a lot of bands/music. Much of it being more garage/psych. Towards the mid/late eighties, Psychobilly became a more aggressive scene, bands like Skitzo turned into a thrash metal band, and you would see a few boneheads at Coffin Nails gigs.
And the Stingrays a dull bunch? I don't think so, they are one of the only bands from that era to be still worth the time, a great band.
King Kurt were a lot of fun live, the incident mentioned earlier was recorded and released on a 12", it featured the singer urging a young lad who was at the time being man handled by one of the bands strippers, to 'sherman on her thrups'. I believe the father was interviewed in one newspaper saying he will be taking his son down the STD clinic.
although a good live act, I have to say they were pretty poor on vinyl.
Btw, you were always going to have racist elements in the Psychobilly scene, it did derive from the Rockabilly scene. An exception were a band called the Ricochets, they were at the forefront of the rockabilly/psychobilly crossover, and featured Sam Sardi, (who went on to help form the Guana Bats), and his brother. There weren't many bands doing the rockabilly circuit back then with asian members.
Saying all this, the Psychobilly umbrella was used to cover a hell of a lot of bands/music. Much of it being more garage/psych. Towards the mid/late eighties, Psychobilly became a more aggressive scene, bands like Skitzo turned into a thrash metal band, and you would see a few boneheads at Coffin Nails gigs.
john eden
male pale and stale
I've now got hold of "Songs the Cramps Taught Us" vol 1 on CD and am very much enjoying it (the born bad stuff seems to be out of print and mainly vinyl, hence expensive). Some mad tunes on there...
The RE/SEARCH "Incredibly Strange Music" interview is really great as well - very evocative.
There are a load of references in the book as a whole to "Collectors" with a capital 'C' who run around with price guides and ruin the fun to be had in charity shops. I thought that was quite interesting - very pre-ebay!
john eden
male pale and stale
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
Nice piece John! There was also a great album called 'Rockabilly Psychosis and The Garage Disease' which I'd recommend copping if you ever see it, lurid pink cover, as they do.
THE CRAMPS were the first 'real' rock n' roll band to pop my rock cherry live..I saw them as a teenager during their 'A date with Elvis' tour and that blew my mind. Two 50's porno-style babes on bass and guitar a freak in a vinyl outfit singing and a dude in shades playing the same beat over and over...
I love the Cramps stuff, but some of their 80s records were marred by a shitty gated drum sound..
Poison Ivy Rorsach is simply one of the greatest female guitarists of all-time when you listen closely. she plays with subtlety and finesse, especially those fiddly 50s rockabilly riffs.
I love the Cramps stuff, but some of their 80s records were marred by a shitty gated drum sound..
Poison Ivy Rorsach is simply one of the greatest female guitarists of all-time when you listen closely. she plays with subtlety and finesse, especially those fiddly 50s rockabilly riffs.
john eden
male pale and stale
thanks for the tip, I can feel myself slowly getting sucked into all this stuff and it's a nice feeling...
Buick - yeah her guitar stuff is amazing, really intense but not showing off.
noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
In my ongoing excavation of old issues of The Wire I just happened to reread their 'invisible jukebox' from about five years ago. There's a great tale about when the singer from Guitar Wolf met them he just said, 'Poison Ivy! Genius in pose and in action!'.
Classic in their own way,
saw them a few times back in the day, probably at CBGB's, Peppermint Lounge.
Their ensemble look was definitely striking , the guy with the hair hanging down over one eye !
The shows and the sound didn't change alot,
they came to rock and always delivered.
Everybody came out when they played.
saw them a few times back in the day, probably at CBGB's, Peppermint Lounge.
Their ensemble look was definitely striking , the guy with the hair hanging down over one eye !
The shows and the sound didn't change alot,
they came to rock and always delivered.
Everybody came out when they played.