Hello Again Kats & Kittens, Friend & Fiend,
“Can you say Shitzu on TV?”
Lost a goodie….Funnyman FRED WILLARD…RIP.
MR. WILLARD on Fernwood Tonight with the incomparable MARTIN MULL.
ONWARD!
Time we reported on the banging of heads……rock hard, HARD ROCK…. not for the squeamish…
Iceland’s BRAIN POLICE are here to arrest your ears & they will…no need to fight it…witness this heavy sludge band, standard lineup, Vox, guitar, bass, drums… JENS ÓLAFSSON Vocals, GUNNLAUGUR LÁRUSSON Guitar, HÖRÐUR INGI STEFÁNSSON Bass, JÓN BJÖRN RÍKARÐSSON Drums. say those fast thrice…Haven’t put anything out recently…mostly got to “medium warm” in the early aughts…Witnessed them twice at the ICELAND AIRWAVES Fest. a few back…they are powerful live…big heavy sound. The band name is from a FRANK ZAPPA song “Who Are The Brain Police” MOTHERS OF INVENTION 1966 Debut LP FreakOut.
Here’s two, title track to Beyond The Wasteland album…then from Electric Fungus, “Paranoia”. Get the tunes at DEEEtroit record label below
Portland, Green State, has heavy too…RED FANG…formation 2005, fairly good reviews, people likey….they play for LETTERMAN, 2014, LATE NIGHT band leader PAUL SHAFFER sits in with his organ (we mean his instrument…hmmm? …this could go on)…for “Blood Like Cream” see below from 2013’s Whales & Leeches LP.
Enter FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH….these Lost Wages, Oasis State, Kats know how to rock the stage…since 2005 they have been bizzy, 8 LPs…some call this Groove Metal, sounds like heavy Rock to this reporter…
here’s “Generation Dead” from the 2011 American Capitalist LP.
Ready to CLUTCH? They’re next with two…Molded in 1991, Frederick, Mary’s Crab State…got in cahoots with BAM MARGERA of JACKASS fame…some of the tunes ended up on the MTV second gen, Jackhole fest..12 albums in they still beat the bushes…also a side project, THE BAKERTON GROUP (all instro-jam band)…find it, much fun.
First from 2005’s Robot Hive/Exodus duo LPS, “Burning Beard”. + “Electric Worry” off From Beale Street To Oblivion, 2007
Aussie wanderers WOLFMOTHER are a fine addition here…witnessed these Kats at SXSW some time ago….big sound power trio, reminiscent of BAND OF GYPSIES…Revolving door of artists, the only constant is singer ANDREW STOCKDALE…been compared to early ROBERT PLANT/LED ZEP days.
Here’s a single release but later on the 2009 Cosmic Egg LP, “New Moon Rising”.
MIKE VALLELY is of interest… born in the recesses of JOIZY, “Skateboards are Kool”, skated out of JOIZY on a skateboard to Commonwealth of VeeGinny, Pro STACY PERALTA takes notice, makes deal, heads west, Long Beach, LALA…Pro skating, makes name, makes fame, helps form WORLD INDUSTRIES, likes music, starts band, then another REVOLUTION MOTHER. Witnessed this raw skate rock in Austin…we remember a very sweaty time…from the 2005 Glory Bound LP…”Above the Crawl”.
REV.MO. reminded this reporter of another tight RAWK band we witnessed in Austin on the same day….Tucson, Border State’s…LOVE MOUND….nice guitar work here…they seem to have faded, the OG website is gone…maybe the desert ate them….from the Blackbird LP, here’s “Blackbird”.
Time for scary masks! It’s SLIPKNOT! These lunatics from Dez Moyns, Corn State, are a thing to behold…nightmare making… SHAWN CRAHAN’s clown party started late ‘90s, went up or down from there depending on your POV….Grammy win Best Metal 2006…they mean business & deliver the business too…
One from 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind album. Indeed we agree….”Birth of the Cruel”. We can all thank KISS for this…
We strip down with THE BLIND SHAKE, Minneapolis, Cold State’s low-fi rockers…the BLAHA bros. turned to a Baritone guitar for the low end riffs…jumpy right? From the Seriousness LP, “Man Leaves House”.
Ending with lunacy….MASKED INTRUDER….these silly saps are fun…. ”who are they? don’t know, don’t care “…always under those sauna making ski masks”…so hot, yes they are……Madtown, Cheese State is where they hail…
We offer “Stick ‘Em Up!” from their debut self titled LP, 2011 we think. Then below from the Masked Intruder III album, 2019….”All My Love” vid…. love these Kats…
Not sure why bands wearing masks today was a thing…..what could that be about?….masks….hmmmmm….
Thanks for listening, until tomorrow.
Peace & Distance.
