ROCK’N’ROLL, BLUES, PUNK, GARAGE ROCK

THE EXPERIMENTAL TROPIC BLUES BAND (Be)
DOPE CALYPSO (Hu)

Budapest, Corvintető Bisztró
2015. 03. 11. > 21:15 (pontos kezdés!!!)

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Annak, hogy ilyen vadállatokat láthatunk vendégül, mint ez a három, első ránézésre egész normálisnak tűnő belga. Tizenpár éve bizonyítják Európa és az USA klubjaiban és fesztiváljain ennek az ellenkezőjét. Mármint azt, hogy nem egészen normálisak. Sajnos itthon nem túl ismertek, bár lehetnének. Csak azért gondolom így, mert mondjuk, tegyük fel, a Jon Spencer Blues Explosiont szerető kb. ezer jó magyar emberből 999-nek muszáj, hogy tetszenek ezek a belga srácok is! Hisz hasonlóan tömény, sok mindenből táplálkozó modern rock’n’rollt játszanak ők is.

A zenekar 1999-ben alakult Liégeben, unaloműzés és szórakozás gyanánt. Állításuk szerint 2006-tól vált komollyá az egész. Akkor indult be az igazán intenzív turnézás, és jelent meg második nagylemezük, a Hallelujah, egy jó erős bluespunk/rock’n’roll album, bár az egyik számban (Garbage Man) már ott van a Suicide (szinti-punk alapzenekar a 70-es évekből) hatása. Pontosabban ez a dal a Suicide és a Cramps összegyúrása. A lemez nyitószáma:

A következő nagylemez a Captain Boogie. Na itt már elszabadulnak a dolgok. Millió hatás érezhető, Bo Diddleytől Bob Logig, Hasil Adkinstől a Jon Spencer Blues Explosionig minden. Feltűnik egy kis hip-hop, egy kis funk, némi cajun (amerikai francia folk Lousisana mocsaraiból), és persze BLUES! De miután végighallgatod a lemezt az marad meg benned, hogy ez egy jó tömény rock’n’roll album volt. Tovább / Read more »

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SKIP JENSEN GROUP (Can) – Supersonic Rock n Roll
THE HANDS (F) – Hard Psych Garage
ODDDS (H) – Fuzz Punk

2015. JANUÁR 29. CSÜTÖRTÖK, 21:00
PONTOS KEZDÉS!!!
BUDAPEST, CORVINTETŐ
(Blaha Lujza tér, Corvin Áruház, bal oldal)

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SKIP JENSEN GROUP

Az, hogy elhívjuk Skip Jensen-t (született Serge Gendron) koncertezni, azóta vágya az RNR666-nak, amióta az RNR666 koncert szervezéssel is foglalkozik, ennek lassan tíz éve. Skip Jensen január 29.-én három tagú zenekarával, a Skip Jensen Group-pal lép fel a Budapesten. Tavaly januárban adták ki első nagylemezüket, majd egy kislemezt, és készítettek egy videóklipet:

Saját meghatározásuk zenéjükre igen találó: Supersonic Rock’n’Roll. Bluesból, észak-amerikai folkból és persze jófajta elszabadult rock’n’roll-ból összegyúrt muzsika. Őszinte, egyszerű és tiszta, hasonlóan mint grafikai munkái, képregényei. Aki szereti az Oblivianst, a Bassholes-t vagy a The Mojomatics-et ezzel a koncerttel nem nyúlhat mellé. Ki is ő, honnan indult? Kicsit bővebben. Tovább / Read more »

There were lots of fanzine in Hungary in the late 80s and 90s. In our new series we cut album reviews out from these.

Straight Edge came from Győr. It was a relatively long-lived fanzine in the 90s. Its last issue(s?) was released together with Második Látás.

The Revco comes forward with more and more shameless, looser and better music from record to record. Of course with such a crew as that is working with Jourgensen… There are the big part of Ministry, Chris Connelly (Ministry, Murder Inc, Pigface), Louis Svitek (M.O.D. , Mindfunk, Pigface) Duane Denison (Jesus Lizard, Pigface, Tomahawk), Timothy Leary, etc.  If Rod Stewart listened to his Do Ya Think I’m Sexy from Revco, then he surely made a mess under himself in his joy, or in his pain.

1. Gila Copter 0:00  2. Creep 5:56  3. Mr. Lucky 14:48  4. Crackin’ Up 19:29  5. Sergio 26:00  6. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Rod Stewart cover) 32:35  7. The Rockabye 38:13  8. Butcher Flower’s Woman 45:40  9. Dirt 50:40  10. Linger Ficken’ Good 55:50

There were lots of fanzine in Hungary in the late 80s and 90s. In our new series we cut album reviews out from these.

Szűkbőrű (Tight-skinned) was a short-lived fanzine in the early 90s in Miskolc.

Szűkbőrű # 1, 1991

Kim Deal has fed up (with banana – how the Hungarians say), quit the Pixies for a while and teamed up with 3 crazy women. The outcome is a wonderful album. The influence of Pixies is perceptible here and there but it doesn’t typical. The record is lots ruder and harder than any Pixies album. I get excited from that how the guitarist caress the strings. And Kim proves: she is not only a good bassist but her voice is splendid and is also good at lyrics.

Note: The fourth crazy woman was a man. Breeders have started as a project of Kim Deal and Tanya Donelli (Throwing Muses) in 1990. Later Jospehine Wiggs (Perfect Disaster) joined them on bass. Immediately before the recordings the sound engineer Steve Albini recommended Britt Walford (Slint) as drummer, who was playing on the album under the pseudonym Shannon Doughton.

1. Glorious  2. Doe  3. Happiness Is a Warm Gun  4. Oh!  5. Hellbound  6. When I Was a Painter  7. Fortunately Gone  8. Iris  9. Opened  10. Only In 3’s  11. Limehouse  12. Metal Man

There were lots of fanzine in Hungary in the late 80s and 90s. In our new series we cut album reviews out from these.

Második Látás (Second Vison) was one of the first Hungarian fanzines. It started as Mély Vágás (Deep Cut) in Debrecen in 1987 before two years the fall of communism. It produced a police investigation because to publish any printed matter without permission of Ministry of Interior was illegal at the time. So the title was changed to Második Látás in order to deceit the police. Then the editor Mihály Rácz moved to Budapest. Második Látás became the No 1. musical fanzine with tons of review.

CICCIONE YOUTH – The Whitey Album, LP, 1988 (Blast First Records)

The Sonic Youth’s album which was released under the name of Ciccone Youth wouldn’t be a lucky case as the first meeting with the band.  The wily musical jokes of the album become understandable in the light of their previous albums. It is unbelievable impudence as they surrounded their Madonna cover with masterful fake disco songs, always make mess of it with overdrive and slides, and as the cold drum riffs and string tears whip the soul of Chichonne youth which is locked in electronics. The album alloys the old tradition of Sonic Youth with sound of the new era.
„If somebody does the same thing for 5 years, then he can be called hippe for 5 years… the time has come to begin a business career, that is humpie pumpie bumpy.”

(Második Látás#2, 1989)

1. Needle-Gun 00:00  2. (Silence) 02:26  3. G-Force 03:33  4. Platoon II 07:11  5. MacBeth 11:30  6. Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby 17:00  7. Burnin’ Up 22:30  8. Hi! Everybody! 26:21  9. Children of Satan/Third Fig 27:20  10. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu 30:26  11. Addicted to Love 33:20  12. Moby-Dik 37:09  13. March of the Ciccone Robots 38:11  14. Making the Nature Scene 40:06  15. Tuff Titty Rap 43:21  16. Into the Groovey 44:02  17. MacBeth (Instumental) 48:36

is a rock’n’roll band from San Diego, California. During their European tour they will make a show in Budapest at RNR666 Party soon. It’s a good occasion for a short interview with the founder Wesley  Doyle. 

I think you have some garage rock impressions, but The Bloody Hollies play simple rock. What’s your opinion about the recent garage rock wave? What kind of bands do you listen at present?

There was a lot of good stuff that came out over the past 10 years. I really only liked stuff that I thought was original though. And originality and „garage rock” don’t really seem to mix a lot these days. I’m still a really big fan of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. They were one of the bands that made me want to start my own. I listen to DEVO, Led Zeppelin, Gary Numan, AC/DC, Queen, probably the most. But I listen to a lot of hip hop. Everyone in the band still listens to Notorious B.I.G.

Originally you are come from Buffalo, but some years ago you moved to San Diego. Maybe it’s the most remote city from Buffalo within US. Why San Diego?

I used to be in the Marine Corps and used to come out here a bunch when friends of mine were stationed here. So it wasn’t really that foreign of a city to me. I always liked it here and it was kind of a natural transition. Plus I can’t complain about the weather.

How can you find the new band mates after the move?

It was really easy; I think I replied to an ad online by Joey looking to jam with someone. Originally I just wanted Joey to come to SXSW with the existing band and be a 2nd guitar player. Eventually it just kind of worked out and we ended up replacing Mike Argento with Matt Bennett. I consider myself pretty lucky to have been able to find them so easily

In the 90s in San Diego was an independent record label, the Vinyl Communication. It released the records of Tit Wrench for example. Do you know them?

I don’t know them. There are a few record labels out here including Swami Records which is run by Jon Reis who is the singer from Rocket From The Crypt. San Diego is known for really nice weather, beaches, tourism, etc, but you’d be surprised that there are actually a ton of pretty cool rock n roll bands.

What’s your favorite Buddy Holly song?

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Euro Tour Aug-Sept:  Netherlands, Germany, France, Serbia, Hungary, and Italy.

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