Rawkabilly
Self produced demo Trail To Hell - That's
Right - Under Vultures - Lonely Nights
Hailing from Germany this trio plays a
mixture of wild rockabilly and what is
now called old school psychobilly which
tends to be rare this days with bands
that are playing either authentic
rockabilly or modern psychobilly with
nothing in between. They arent
really newcomers as they started in the
80s, had an album on Tombstone
Record in 1989 (Outlaw) and supported
acts like The Guana Batz, The Stray Cats,
The Keytones and The Frantic Flintstones.
On hiatus for a few years the band is
back and is ready to rock your house. The
slap bass led mid-tempo Trail To
Hell has a fine cowboy ballad feel.
The singers voice on this one
reminds me a bit of the dutch bands The
Tigermen and their song Gone, Gone,
Gone for those who remember them.
Thats Right is maybe
more classical, a fast rocker with a
psycho edge but nonetheless very pleasant.
Under Vultures is a new version of a song
from their Outlaw lp, and has that fine
80s neo-rockabilly in the chorus I
like so much with backing vocals and stop-starts
with slap bass solos. This too short demo
ends with Loneley Nights a
slow tempo with a bluesy feel. The
overall production work is very well done
and the songs are all written by the band.
Now, lets hope theyll soon
have a full length, with added as bonus
their now deleted first album.
.Fred "Virgil"
Turgis