Tag Roky Erickson
Never having heard of this US band before, I looked at the name and began to imagine Skepticism covering some disco hits. Thankfully that was short lived as the words ‘punk’ and ‘powerviolence’ (though I’ll be honest that genre name… Continue Reading →
Err…where to start. Ok, somewhere around 2005 when this was originally recorded and shelved by I assume Jimmy I guess. Or whoever the Californian behind this is. Yeah. Now it’s here. Just what the… what the Hell is it? Well… Continue Reading →
Dutch band Dool (apparently it means ‘wander’) have coalesced around ex- The Devil’s Blood bassist and drummer Job van de Zande and Micha Haringfrom respectively. As such they unavoidably bring a certain amount of baggage with them for me as… Continue Reading →
I have just been listening to Roky Erickson, Abba, Army Of Lovers and Depeche Mode. Why on earth I would be doing that is a good question even if I do own several albums by one of the artists on… Continue Reading →
There’s a moment on this album when I realised that US band Bloody Hammers share more than just a name with Roky Erickson; they also have that unnerving ability to sound as though they are speaking only to you and… Continue Reading →
The Devil’s Blood were special. I heard their demo and it blew me away with its blend of 70s psyche/occult rock infused by their love of artists like the great Roky Erickson and driving, song orientated metal with a touch… Continue Reading →
Even if the (I assume) influenced by Roky Erickson name doesn’t give it away, Bloody Hammers are another in the now saturated Seventies psyche/doom scene. The plus side to this is that unlike say, the metalcore scene, so far there… Continue Reading →