DENNIS HOPPER - R.I.P

Get your motor running
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way

Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once and
Explode into space

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racing in the wind
And the feeling that I'm under

Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once and
Explode into space

Like a true nature child
We were born
Born to be wild
We have climbed so high
Never want to die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild

THE LOCOS - Screwed Up

THE LOCOS Screwed Up cd 1999
No Time To Waste / Losing My Mind / I'll Be Back / Story Of My Life / Local Hero / Tried So Hard / Sun Ain't Burning / Inside Out / Now I'm Pretty Cool / A Better Man Than You / Screwed Up / Hangin' In The Bars / Straight To Hell / Hey Hey Bye Bye.
The Locos: T. Skei: vocals & rhythm guitar / N. Einarsson: drums / A. Leviäkangas: bass & vocals / J. Lindqvist: lead guitar.
Combining the nostalgic influences of the Nomads, the Ramones, the Cynics, and the Sonics, the Locos imported their pitch of snotty garage punk into their home country of Sweden. Upon their stage debut in 1996, the collaboration of Diesel Eye (guitar), Tommy (vocals/guitar), Nicklas (drums), and Arto GTO (bass/vocals) would spend the next two years gigging around the Scandinavian territory while also having the chance to play with the likes of the Hellacopters, the Hymans, and Gluecifer. Mi-Mo Sound Records eventually contributed to the release of the Locos' first full-length, Screwed Up, in 1999. Allmusic
"The name of this band says everything about their music and image.
Pop, punk with kick ass rock´n roll that hits you like a grenade.
A band that’s going to take a lot of air and spread their electric air pollution over us.
Their first album, "Screwed up" was released in April 1999. It contains 14 melodic and energetic smashing rock tracks.
If you like sleazy ballads, this is not your bag. But if you want more bpm for the money this is what you are looking for.
The single, with music video, "Hanging`in the bars" is the coolest rock song this year.
2 minutes of pure rock energy, sounds like the Sex Pistols in the 90´s.
Other "Loco" influences are "The Cynics" and "The Nomads".
Bust be a success! If this is the start where will it end..." Source
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SURCHARGE - Au bar chez Satan

SURCHARGE Au bar chez Satan cd 2005
Le contrat / La danse de Lucifer / C'est électrique / Les Black Dogs / J' graffigne / L'assaut / Né pour être millionnaire / Le retour de Suzy / Au bar chez Satan / L'abîme / Le last call.
Recorded & produced par Fire Lewis.
Surcharge: C. Carr: bass / F. Lewis: guitar / F. Volum: guitar, vocals / B. Wabo: drums.
En février 2006 Surcharge réalise un deuxième album, cette fois entièrement francophone, "Au Bar chez Satan" qui rassemble 11 tonitruantes pièces qui fusionnent le rock'n'roll au punk garage, au classic rock, et même au blues ("Last Call"). Tout comme "Rock'n'Roll Motherfuckers", ce nouveau disque a été enregistré live (dans un studio de Québec) afin de ne rien perdre de l'énergie singulière que dégage Surcharge. Inspiré par les nombreux bars miteux fréquentés au fil des années et par les gens peu recommandables qui s'y trouvent, le satanique quatuor rassemble des thèmes tels que le vice, la fête, le sexe, la tentation, la mort et le diable pour les étaler sur un rock solide et puissant qui leur est propre. "Au Bar chez Satan" assouvira les vrais amateurs de rock pur, simple et sans prétention. "L'Assaut", le premier extrait tiré du diabolique album a souvent résonné sur les radios du Québec.
Avec ces deux albums Surcharge était assurément un des plus "vrais" bands de rock au Québec. (L'histoire en a décidé autrement , le groupe s'est séparé en 2007) ... That’s it that’s all..." Source
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VA - Trash On Demand Vol. 1

VA Trash On Demand Vol. 1 lp 1996 Ultra Under Records 320 kbps
Jesse Hector & Gatecrashers: Carolina / Alter-Egos: She Can't Be Stopped / The Creamers: New Improved Me / Fifi & The Mach III: Rock N Roll Girls / The 69 Eyes: Ghettoway Car / The Spent Idols: No Broken Promises / Jeff Dahl: French Cough Syrup / Candy 500: Fox Force 5 / The Hangs-Ups: I Wanna Be A Hang-Up / Rick Blaze & The Ballbusters: Lookin' For A Kiss / Nuevo Catecismo Catolico: Self-destruction / Al Perry: Off And Running / The Remains: Russian Roulette.
"When I went to put this compilation together, I had one major thought. I hated most comps. It was always a case of too many piss poor badly recorded bands with one or two gema thrown in.
Throughout all my tours and correspondence I knew that there was no shortage of cool bands out there. So the idea here is that only the cream rises to the top. These are some of my personal favorites and I hope you'll love 'em as much as I do. Then go out and track down the rest of the records by whoever turns you on. It's worth the effort! The slab o' vinyl you're now holdin'in yer grubby paws is the rockin'est, sleeziest spuzz goin' down. Enjoy it ... and stay tuned for Volume II (& maybe Volume III)!!!"
Search & Destroy Forever - Jeff Dahl, Phx, Az. USA '95
J. Hector & Gatecrashers (U.K.): Carolina: "From the legendary UK outfit the Hammersmith Gorillas, here's something raw and rockin'..."
Alter-Egos (L.A.): She Can't Be Stopped: "Ah... Rich Coffee! ...the Gizmos, thee Fourgiven & The Tommyknockers... one of the most under-rated guitarists! Cross The Standells with The Ramones and you'll get the picture. Recorded just for this comp!
The Creamers (L.A.): New Improved Me: "...This new track ranks with their best! ... can you say "hi-energy"?
Fifi & The Mach III (Japan): Rock N Roll Girls: "Definitively one of Japan's bands..."
The 69 Eyes (Finland): Ghettoway Car: "The reigning kings of that sleazy Helsinki glam/punk scene...if you love Hanoi Rocks and Smack !" The Spent Idols (San Diego): No Broken Promises: "Close your eyes and you'd swear it was '77 all over again..."

Jeff Dahl (Phoenix, Arizona): French Cough Syrup: "Three chords and a bad attitude is out motto! I hope ya like it."
Candy 500 (Porland, Oregon): Fox Force 5 "...Ursula's voice has got to be one of the most powerful, emotional, downright sexy set of pipes I've come across (figuratively speaking). Beautifully, brutal and brand new!"
The Hangs-Ups (Newcastle, England): I Wanna Be A Hang-Up: "...16 Forever and The Campus Tramps come to mind and the Hangs-Ups have strong ties to both those bands. This new track was recorded especially fot this LP"
Rick Blaze & The Ballbusters (Worcester, MA): Lookin' For A Kiss: "...This track is exclusive for all you Dolls fans and showcases the Ballbusters snotty, trashy rock 'n roll quite nicely."
Nuevo Catecismo Catolico (Spain): Self-destruction: "...a real ripper. All the energy aggression and melody you could possibly consume."

Al Perry (Tucson, Arizona): Off And Running: " Here's a true living legend for ya with a little demented twang for your rock n'roll pleasure. He's been a mainstay and catalyst for the desert scene for decades. Here's a new track which was done without any overdubs. Live and raw onto tape. Just the way we like it!"
The Remains (Tokyo, Japan): Russian Roulette: "...Guitarist/singer H. Nakagome is rapidely gaining a well deserved reputation as "The japanese Johnny Thunders". Needless to say, I'm a big fan of their stuff. Here's a fun version of one of my favorite Lords' tunes. Recorded in Tokyo with me on rhythm guitar & backing vox. Gimme, gimme , gimme..."
Liner notes by Jeff Dahl
Cd covers by Max !!!

JOHNNY THUNDERS - Hollywood Babylon

JOHNNY THUNDERS Hollywood Babylon cd 2000
Pipeline / Blame It On Mom / Personality Crisis / I Can Tell / Dead Or Alive / Can't Keep My Eyes On You / Ain't Superstitious / Too Much Junkie Business~Pills / You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory / Eve Of Destruction / It's Not Enough / Lonely Planet Boy / The Wizard / Play With Fire / Green Onions / In The Midnght Hour / Sad Vacation / Little Queenie / Born To Lose.
Recorded live at the Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, January. 4, 1987
Johnny Thunders: guitar, vocals / Arthur Kane: bass / Jerry Nolan: drums / Barry Jones: guitar.
Johnny in great shape one night in L.A with the excellent Barry Jones (London Cowboys) on guitar, Arthur Kane on bass and one of drummers the most under-rated : Mr Jerry "cool" Nolan ! Excellent show with a good sound !

SACRED HEARTS - Temptation

SINGLES: SACRED HEARTS Temptation EP 1992 wav
Temptation / Bottle O' Whiskey / Good-N-Ready.
Recorded by R. Parker & G. Siegel. Artwork by The Pizz
Sacred Hearts: J. Escovedo: guitar, vocals / C. Trent: bass / B. Dusha: guitars, vocals / Baba: drums & vocals.
Just one single for this short live band... but Javier Escovedo (Zeros, True Believers, Will & The Kill, Chariot) & Bill Dusha (The Blondes) in the same california band, it's a good deal !

PERMANENT WAVE - Radar EP

SINGLES: PERMANENT WAVE Radar EP 1979 Bomp wav
Radar / Space-Age Rock Queen / Bed 4, 13th Floor / Beings in the Night.
Produced by Permanent Wave
Permanent Wave: W. Smith: guitar / T. Stults: lead vocals / R. Ferrero: lead guitar / W. Witkowski: bass guitar / F. French: drums / D. Henas: keyboards + M. Salmon: back up vocals.
Early Bomp Records release , by a great powerpop band.
Permanent Wave was part of the early Sacramento new wave scene.They have only released this ep on Abduction Records (1978) then licenced by Bomp (1979) but you can find another Permanent Wave song "Little Girl" on the Bomp compilation "Waves - An Anthology of New Music Vol 1" (1979).

PHYSICALS - Skulduggery

PHYSICALS Skulduggery cd 1978/79-2002
Breakdown On Stage / No Life In The City / You Do Me In / All Sexed Up / Be Like Me / Pain In Love / Got A Feeling / Meat Off The Bone / The Weight's On Me / Scum Surf Riders / Crying In The Alley / Should Have Been You (Live) / Lust For Life (Live) / Time's Up / Talk Talk / Get Me To The World On Time / Engine Of Romance.
Physicals: A. Lee Show: guitar, vocals / S. Schmidt: guitar / C. Sol: bass, vocals / S. Bye: drums.
After the Maniacs' nonstop punk ran its course, guitarist A. L. Shaw's Physicals adopted a more glam stance, at least on their "All Sexed Up" EP. The storming "Breakdown on Stage" sets the tone by saluting the New York Dolls ( in words, and riffs ) while Shaw indulges some choice Thunders-style plectrum swipes on the slower, yet equally intense "You Do Me In." But there's more to the story on this compilation, whose finest hour is "Be Like Me," a thunderous, anthemic slice of punk boosted by former Sex Pistol Paul Cook's production and drumming involvement. (Incredibly, "Be Like Me" and its B-side, "Pain in Love," sat unreleased for a year after the original session, until Big Beat finally issued both songs in 1980.) Eleven of the 17 tracks here are unreleased, which is a shame; they're prime slices of '70s second-wave melodic punk. Highlights include the Iggy Pop-ish drive of "I Got a Feeling" and "Crying in the Alley"; the stinging "Time's Up"; and "Engine of Romance," which features a great sax solo. Taut versions of Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" and Shaw's fist-in the-air rocker "Should Have Been You" flash tantalizing glimmers of the band's live prowess, while covers of the '60s garage nuggets "Get Me to the World on Time" and the Music Machine's "Talk Talk" inject some fun into the proceedings. Although the Physicals never rose above their parochial obscurity (their career highlight was an Irish tour supporting heavy metal kings Thin Lizzy) this effort remains a must-own glimpse of a lost band's unfulfilled potential. Source: All Music Guide

JOHNNY THUNDERS - Live in Bordeaux (16/10/83)

JOHNNY THUNDERS Live in Bordeaux (16/10/83) audience bootleg 320 kbps
Johnny Thunders Cosa Nostra en concert à la Salle des fêtes du Grand Parc de Bordeaux, un dimanche après-midi de 1983 ! Johnny était épaulé par Henri Paul accompagné de Charlotte ainsi que d'un batteur et d'un bassiste français dont j'ai oublié les noms... le concert a été piraté de la salle par le Vicomte qui animait à cette époque une émission rock sur Bordeaux...
Johnny Thunders Cosa Nostra recorded live in Bordeaux on a sunday afternoon of 1983 !
Part of artwork & transfert tape to cd: thanks to Marc!

SURCHARGE - Rock N' Roll Motherfuckers

SURCHARGE Rock N' Roll Motherfuckers cd 2004

Do The R&R Motherfucker / Enough Of U / You Ready ? / A Place To Go / Suzy Black Chatte / Let's Spill The Blood / Nasty Chicks / Le Boy Toy / Get Ya High / Cheap Love / I Just Wanna... .

Produced by Surcharge & Balmoral
Surcharge: C. Carr: bass / F. Lewis: guitar / F. Volum: guitar, vocals / B. Wabo: drums.
"Surcharge, assurément l'un des plus puissants bands du Québec, a vu le jour lorsque deux enfoirés de Québec, amoureux du rock dur ( F. Lewis , le "guitar-hero" et F. Volum , le râleur gratteux de Fender) décidèrent de former un super band de rock électrique.
Ils recrutèrent d'abord B. Wabo à la batterie, une véritable brute déchaînée destinée à détruire toutes les cymbales et les peaux qui se trouvent sur son passage. Ils optèrent ensuite pour C. Car à la basse, un louche individu, préalablement rencontré lors des virées nocturnes de Frank Volum dans les pires trous à rats.
Surcharge roule donc son rock solide depuis près de cinq ans partout dans la province, mais c'est seulement en mai 2004 que le quatuor s'est finalement décidé à lancer un premier essai "Rock & Roll Motherfuckers". Le percutant album, a reçu un accueil du tonnerre auprès des critiques et du public en quête de bon vieux rock'n'roll bien garage aux influences seventies. Ce disque bilingue, a permis au groupe de se tailler une place bien méritée parmi les meilleurs du genre au Québec, tant pour l'album en soit que pour ses prestations scéniques enflammées. Les deux extraits tirés de cet album, "Populaire" et "Il faut que ça cogne!" ont fait bonne figure sur un grand nombre de radios rock du Québec.Surcharge fait penser par moment (en plus heavy) à un autre canadien qu'on aime beaucoup ici! Pagliaro sortit en 1975 un formidable album simplement intitulé (("Pagliaro") qu'il doubla par une version anglaise légèrement différente ("Pagliaro I"). Un lp chargé jusqu'à la gueule de rocks teigneux dont "Louise", "J'entends frapper", la cover francophone du "Riot In Cell Block N° 9" des fabuleux Coasters ... ("Y'a une émeute dans la prison...On va foncer ce s'ra pas long ..."). Remember ?
Foncez donc sur ce cd et pour vous convaincre ce s'ra pas long!!!
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