Screaming Blue Messiahs
The Screaming Blue Messiahs, ‘Gun Shy’ 1986. This band were a phenomenal live beast. Vinyl couldn’t quite capture it but there’s some crunchy fun here. Main man Bill Carter played his axe like Wilko Johnson. Helluva noise for a trio. Rockabilly from hell with punk attack. Lots of dirty blues riffs and licks, Cramps-ian drums, rumble bass. ‘Wide Blue Yonder’ is stomping tribal drums and keyboard wash with juicy axe waxing. ‘Holiday Head’ reverb, big chords, big bass. ‘Smash The Market Place’ suffers from too much 80s production but the guitar slashes away happily. ‘Just For Fun’ fast throbbing drums and twanged guitar. ‘Let’s Go Down to The Woods’ is funk slap with singalong chorus, and guitars. ‘Talking Doll’ big drums and more demented twang and riff. ‘Twin Cadillac Valentine’ fast shuffle beat and guitar atmospherics. ‘President Kennedy’s Mile’ Countryfied rockabilly slap. ‘Clear View’ a chunky fast R&B riff. ‘Killer Born Man’ slow and moody. Nasty. Like I said, this stuff was blistering live, especially compared to bedwetting Indy bands like the Lemondrops and Gigolo Aunts. They shoulda been contenders…
Screaming Blue Messiahs
The Screaming Blue Messiahs, ‘Gun Shy’ 1986. This band were a phenomenal live beast. Vinyl couldn’t quite capture it but there’s some crunchy fun here. Main man Bill Carter played his axe like Wilko Johnson. Helluva noise for a trio. Rockabilly from hell with punk attack. Lots of dirty blues riffs and licks, Cramps-ian drums, rumble bass. ‘Wide Blue Yonder’ is stomping tribal drums and keyboard wash with juicy axe waxing. ‘Holiday Head’ reverb, big chords, big bass. ‘Smash The Market Place’ suffers from too much 80s production but the guitar slashes away happily. ‘Just For Fun’ fast throbbing drums and twanged guitar. ‘Let’s Go Down to The Woods’ is funk slap with singalong chorus, and guitars. ‘Talking Doll’ big drums and more demented twang and riff. ‘Twin Cadillac Valentine’ fast shuffle beat and guitar atmospherics. ‘President Kennedy’s Mile’ Countryfied rockabilly slap. ‘Clear View’ a chunky fast R&B riff. ‘Killer Born Man’ slow and moody. Nasty. Like I said, this stuff was blistering live, especially compared to bedwetting Indy bands like the Lemondrops and Gigolo Aunts. They shoulda been contenders…