An official release date for COMPULSIONS' album Ferocious has yet to be announced, however Carlyle & Co. give their fans a quick sample with a video for “Dirtbag Blues,” an especially raunchy and rowdy new cut from the group’s forthcoming album. “[‘Dirtbag Blues’] is less than a minute long but it’s got enough sex, drugs... Continue Reading →
The CBGB was KEVIN K's own rock'n'roll highschool, a classroom in which students would carefully study the RAMONES, the DEAD BOYS and the NEW YORK DOLLS. This is an 18 song live retrospective CD of Kevin (and his brother Alan) K's years in New York City's rock'n'roll temple, from 1984 to 1997. It starts with... Continue Reading →
Drummer Marty E. (The DIRTY PEARLS) turns into a frontman in this NYC based band. Opener "Take Control" has a cool vibe (although I was afraid it would start with a U2 cover after listening to the drum intro!), somewhere in between early GUNS N' ROSES, BANG TANGO and The CULT. You sometimes get to... Continue Reading →
One of the rawest bands around is back with two new songs on a nice looking piece of orange vinyl (although there's three different versions available) and a cool old-school collage cover by Rock Rodine. If you're not familiar with BORN LOOSE, maybe you remember singer Larry May's former band CANDY SNATCHERS. Larry still has... Continue Reading →
Brooklyn's King Pizza Records have two new releases out: The Mad Doctors "No Waves Just Sharks" Noisy garage rock with sci-fi surf influences ("The Ballad of Jort Dad", "Dead Beach") that sometimes have a bit of a MUDHONEY feel ("Springwater Super Wizard", "Lords of Garbage.") Garage rock'n'roll fans will love "Justin's A Cop", "She's a... Continue Reading →
The SWEET THINGS have just released a fantastic 7” on Spaghetty Town Records. If you miss hearing songs in the vein of IZZY STRADLIN, old STONES, or JOHNNY THUNDERS, then this is the right band for you! Your biography said the band got formed after some drinks, and no one could really remember meeting up,... Continue Reading →
A new 8 song album by Albany (NY)'s sleaziest rock'n'roll band, The EROTICS. "Steroid and Cocaine" opens on a heavy rock note that will make you want to go for a furious headbanging session, before "Ain't Talkin' To You" takes you right into the US sleaze rock territory, where The EROTICS always excel. "Big Beautiful... Continue Reading →
CYCLOPE ESPION is the project of Thomaxe, you might have read some of his articles/columns in various 'zines, including ours, or if you're lucky enough to live in New York City, then you might have seen him play in a rock'n'roll club with his bands, or jamming with local rock'n'rollers. Thomaxe was a French teacher... Continue Reading →
In recent years, summa my stubborn old farmboy mechanic and over-caffeinated biker friends have stupidly told me how they still hate Morrissey, to which I've responded that "First Of The Gang To Die" was the second best Mott The Hoople song that Ian Hunter never wrote and that Mozzer was the only rockstar I knew... Continue Reading →
