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Freaks
With The Savage Beat
Golly Gee Records GGR 1039
Straight
Home - I Can Beat Your Drum - Strangled -
Bones By My Bedside - No One Knows Where
My Wild Seeds Are Sown -Tell Me Pretty
Baby - You Put Me On - Sidewinder Crawl -
I Take What I Want - Like What, Me Worry?
- Lets Dance - Knockin On
Gravestones - Bones By My Bedside (Mad
Maraca Mix)
Caution! Wild stuff here! If you think
the baritone guitar on Johnny Horton
records is your limit in term of
modernity, this record is not for you.
But if youre looking for a good
sixties garage punk with a healthy dose
of Bo Diddley and rockabilly music, dont
go any further, you found what you need!
Who are The Hexxers? No less than (Rockin)
Ryan Sagat on vocals and his partner in
crime the multi-talented Rip Carson (guitar,
bass, drums). The opening song, Beau
Denturess Straight Home
with its powerfull riffs is the kind of
song Wild Billy Childish could have
played.I Can Beat Your Drums
seems directly taken from a Songs
The Cramps Taught Us compilation,
imagine something reminiscent of The
Sparkles. Strangled proves
theyre not only good at playing
this music, but they can write it to.Ryans
vocal sounds like a possessed Screamin
Lord Sutch on this one. No One
Knows... is probably one of my best
loved ones with tons of fuzz (I love fuzz).
In the middle of the album, there are two
more rockabilly influenced songs, then
back to wildness with «Sidewinder Crawl»
I Take What I Want is another
favorite of mine, featuring label owner
Mel on percussions and both Ryan and Rip
on vocals. Throughout this album Ryan
proves his vocal has nothing to envy of
Gerry Roslie. Just imagine what they
could deliver live? But, hey, wait!!!
Theyve just released a live album
called Buried Alive.
Fred "Virgil" Turgis |
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Buried
Alive
Golly Gee Records GGR 1047
Magnify
(Marlin Bar) - I Need Help (Marlin Bar) -
Bones By My Bedside (Marlin Bar) -
Superstuff (Marlin Bar) - Castin' My
Spell (Marlin Bar) - Sidewinder Crawl (Marlin
Bar) - Like What, Me Worry? (Marlin Bar)
- Buried Alive (Marlin Bar) - I'm Your
Evil Witchman (Fright Night) - I Need
Help (Fright Night) - Bones By My Bedside
(Fright Night) - Let's Dance (Fright
Night) - Like What, Me Worry? (Fright
Night) - Go Go Gorilla (Fright Night) -
Sidewinder Crawl (Fright Night) - Buried
Alive (Fright Night) - Strangled (Fright
Night) - Knockin' On Gravestones (Fright
Night) - Castin' My Spell (Fright Night)
You all know The Hexxers, if not read the
previous review. If you do, I have a good
news for ya : The Hexxers are back with
their own brand of garage and trash stuff
mix with a rockabilly attitude and a bit
of surf. And this time its the
perfect support to judge of their
wilderness : a live album.This record is
made of 2 different shows (19 songs)
recorded in April and June 2005.But dont
worry, except for their soon-to-be-if-not-already
classics (Like What, Me Worry ?
Sidewinder Crawl) and some
covers you dont have many songs
played twice. The first 8 songs, recorded
at The Marlin Bar, feature a fith member
with the presence of Don Sagat on farfisa.
He adds nice effects and one could only
hope hell be on their next studio
album. The sound is rather good on the
whole album but not too clean (this is a real
live)and you can hear the audience (and
the interference between Ryan and the
audience). The remaining 11 were recorded
one month later. I do prefer this show
because Ryan Sagat or should I say
Dambala seems crazier than ever.
Even if they dont play exactly the
same music, you can compare them to The
Cramps by their roots, the abandon in the
vocal and their primitive (and pure)
approach of Rocknroll. And
like Lux and Ivys band, they also
cover The Sparkles Hipsville
29BC (renamed here I need
Help). Good live album are hard to
find, so grab yourself a copy and dont
forget : if its too loud, youre
too old !
This cd comes with a nice comic book,
drawn in a Hunt Emerson style by the team
at Haunted Highway, telling us the REAL
story of the Hexxers.
Fred "Virgil" Turgis |
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