The Spectres
The Great Erotic Zombie Shakedown
© 2003 The Spectres
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Prime-evil psychobilly rock & roll
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- 1 The Great Erotic Zombie Shakedown
- 2 Hot Rod Hearse
- 3 They Won't Stay Dead!
- 4 Scratchin' (At My Coffin Lid)
- 5 I'm Your Zombie
- 6 Howlin'
- 7 Switching Heads
- 8 Fistfull of Pesos
- 9 Grave Digger
- 10 I'm A Monster
- 11 1-800-E.V.I.L.
- 12 Involuntary Commitment Blues
- 13 Top Fuel Armageddon
- 14 Satan's Honky-Tonk
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The Spectres stomp to a primitive beat, but they're no retro-minded nostalgia act. Their kill-for-thrills classic '55 chassis is powered by a fire-breathing punk & roll engine, and injected with a macabre sense of humor. No frills, no gimmicks, just revved-up, stripped-down devil music.
"Read it slow and loud, son: The Great Erotic Zombie Shakedown. Translation: frenzied psychobilly, horror tales and ghoul-eyed girls shakin' tail to songs like I'm Your Zombie and 1-800-E.V.I.L. What's not to love? The Spectres, Seattle's gift to hot rod raunch and dead wrecking music, continue to spread the Devil's gospel across the plains of North America with a third album of prime-evil rot 'n' roll music. The trio don't stray far from their legacy, though I loved country flourishes on Switching Heads and Satan's Honky Tonk, and the rattle bop mania of Top Fuel Armageddon. Crooner Jesse James knows how to tell a story; even when his fingers are burning up the fretboard, that's campfire heat in them songs. Too many good things here; get it or git gone! (5 skulls out of 5)" - Rue Morgue Magazine
"The Spectres' third full-length release is chock full of grainy B-movie themes, demonic dancing dames, and malignant creature rock as they tell tales of monsters, heartbreak, and insanity. What I've always liked about the Spectres is the gritty guitar sound coupled with a primal rhythm section that delivers a variety of tempos and moods. Songs like "Hot Rod Hearse" "I'm a Monster" and "Grave Digger" are highly combustible psychobilly tunes that burn themselves into your head. "Top Fuel Armageddon" has a little Cramps flavor, while "Switching Heads" is a slower eerie number in 2/4 accompanied by accordion and sousaphone that will give you chills. After that you get "Fistful of Pesos," an outstanding Southwestern instrumental with the bleak landscape portrayed in ponderous guitar work, building up into a bombastic drama, then calming again for another exotic interlude. Elsewhere, "Howlin'" is another moody track with slide guitar as they prowl through an even creepier take on the Little Red Riding Hood tale. "Satan's Honky Tonk" rounds out the disc with a song about that wretched dive in hell where "they're all out of pretzels and they only serve light beer." Here you get piano, steel, and a great old-fashioned country sing-along with great lyrics. Throughout the disc you get some familiar riffs worked in (Folsom Prison Blues, Munster's Theme, Hot Rod Lincoln) - sometimes they are situated playfully inside their own unique compositions, re-worked and re-imagined... all in all I think this is some of their best work both musically and lyrically, and something that merits acclaim. It's brimming with thrills, chills, humor and heart... albeit a blackened one with calamity clotted inside the ventricles." - Rock & Roll Purgatory
". . . enough fire, brimstone and pure adrenaline to resurrect a dead man." - BackFire
"It's gritty, grease-slicked devil's music; barbaric bare-bones rock 'n' roll at it's most intense, exciting, and exuberant!" - The Grindstone
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BEST RELEASE SO FAR !!!
author: CjThese guys rock [please come to Las Vegas and play live again[ !!! I saw them with Big John Bates approx. 3 years ago, and they tore it up live [maybe that's what they need next - a LIVE cd] !!! I really like each cd they released, however this is the strongest one due to the level of musicianship and engineering in the studio [best sounding cd of the bunch] !!
Have you been Satan's Honky Tonk?
author: Ball and Chain RadioA great follow-up to Blood, Sweat and Nitro. The Great Erotic Zombie Shakedown is filled with the same B-Movie themes as earlier works, but this time makes a more deliberate attempt to tap into a country sound. Psychobilly fans will not go wrong buying this one. For Psychobilly, Punk and Rockabilly, tune into Ball and Chain radio at www.live365.com/stations/punkrockpastor. Stay Psycho!!!!
badass!
author: voodooBest shit kickin tunes I this side of....wherever the hell I am. A must have! I cant go anywhere with out this CD!
Judgement Day Has Come! This CD Will Wake The Dead!
author: Mitchell RentzlerJudgement Day has come!! This CD will bring the dead out the ground and have them dancing their putrid butts off!!! Just don't forget the humor that hides in the lyrics. Great stuff!!!
Awesome CD. A pure adrenaline rush
author: RudyWhen you listen to this CD you are going to want to get in your car and haul ass!!! Just a WARNING. Enjoy
AWESOME
author: Mike JohnstonThis cd is GREAT..nice mix of old school and new school mixed!!
good stuff
author: JessicaThis is the first CD I've bought in a long time that I really love. Not only do the songs totally rock, but they're full of monsters and zombies and all that other good horror stuff. My favorite is Switching Heads, but I also dig They Won't Stay Dead and Hot Rod Hearse a lot too. Go buy this CD now.
quality rockabilly, smoke em if ya got em
author: sugarbeargreat band, great cd... hope to see more from these cats
a kick-ass cd
author: lance browni'm grateful that rue morgue magazine turned me on to these guys because i was missing out on some great music!their is'nt a bad song on the whole record and the production is good and loud.fistfull of pesos gets me wired up more than any song i've heard in a long time,and thats saying something! thanks for the kick-ass music.
Better than a cannibal orgy!
author: Gris GrimlyGhouls, hellish hot rods and throbbing bass. A combination of The Amazing Crowns, Elvis, and B Horror goodness only a Mad Scientist could assemble. May I die a 1,000,000 times before I'm deprived of this CD.