Dale Rowles (High Bass/Vocals)
Sven Breuel (5 String Low Bass)
Axel Boldt (Drums)
01.A Great Night Out
02.Pay To Play
03.John Deer Cap
04.Hairy Teeth
05.Nazi Gold
06.Blue Eyes Brown
07.A Star
08.To The Light
09.A Great Song
10.Good People Of The World
11.Kings
12.Groupie
Live Tracks 2019:
13.Labba Boy
14.Music Teacher
15.Groupie
16.Good And Bad Live
CD Booklet Short Story By LM Cooke.
Derbyshire based band with English and German members, formed early in 2007 with a pretty unique set up with 2 bass players and a drummer. Playing a mixture of Psychedelic and Classic Rock with Stoner and Blues influence, then add to that mix some quirky lyrics and clever timing changes and dress it up in Steampunk outfits.
They have a fearsome reputation live having played well over 1000 gigs in Hamburg, Berlin, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, London, Birmingham and tours across 2 continents. Epic Stage shows add Pole Dancers, Burlesque, Belly Dancers, Fun and Games and audience participation.
Aside from being musicians they are well respected due to their work on promoting Steampunk and arranging events Like the Steampunk Solstice, the Phoenix Alternative Festival, the Steampunk Illuminations and many more.
Drawing on a wide range of experience from not just the Band but our growing group of Helpers.
They also run www.steampunkrecords.com, helping and promoting other Bands in the Genre, via Non Profit Co-op, as well as Raising money for Charity.
They are not just 'another band' they are a movement with a huge following.
This is album number six, a seventh has just been completed and is due out later this year and features some guest performers.
The booklet contains a short Sci-Fi story by respected Steampunk/Fantasy author LM Cooke and tells of the bands adventures in space.
Onwards to the music...
Some funky fuzz bass work for 'Pay To Play' tells the tale that every musician will be used to, club owner takes the money you "may" get a beer if lucky.
'John Deer Cap' is a slow, Doom laden brooding piece with fantastic harmony vocals, the song explodes towards the end.
Well now 'Hairy Teeth' brings together some of those amazing qualities that make the band so unique, beautiful vocal delivery, slightly off beat drumming, screaming bass work full of fuzz and laden with swamp blues slide work.
BB go old school punk rock for 'Nazi Gold' if it were possible for Discharge to record with say Cream, then I guess it could sound like this one!
More heavy funk with melodic vocals and a tale of the human cost of drug addiction.
Loving the slow near acoustic sounding 'A Star', songs builds with minimal instrumentation to create quite a stunning overall sound, hints of psychedelia give it another layer to contend with.
'To The Light' has a dub feel, kind of reminds me of The Stranglers 'Peaches'.
Now Dale sings "I want to write a great song, not the same old shit" on 'A Great Song', the joke here might be that despite the comic delivery and the slightly off key, weird jazz meets a touch of Death Metal music it is well "A great song!"
Heavy Jazz rhythms, funked and fuzzy bass work, another great vocal performance and an excellent punch line to end 'Good People Of The World'.
'Kings' is a masterclass in how to take very serious and angry lyrics and merge them perfectly with melodic and heavy music, whilst 'Groupie' with its tongue in cheek lyrics prove that you can get near the mark, or perhaps go a tad further and still produce class.
The four live tracks are great, full of energy and that bass sound live is to die for, heavy fuzzed out, stoner/doom/psych, what a band!
Rating 10/10
For Fans Of: Mudhoney, Primus, Melvins, Electric Wizard, Monster Magnet
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