COLD BLUE REBELS US TOUR DATES (w/ The Rocketz)

10/19 – Coaster’s Bar & Grill (Ft. Walton Beach, FL)
10/20 – Durty Nelly’s – (Gainesville, FL)
10/21 – Unofficial Rev. Hort Heat After Party – Goon’s Alley (St. Petersburg, FL)
10/22 – The Monterey Club – (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
10/23 – TBA (Orlando, FL)
10/24 – TBA
10/25 – The Mill – (North Charleston, SC)
10/26 – Black Cat Lounge – (Fayetteville, NC)
10/27 – 37th & Zen – (Norfolk, VA)
10/28 – J.B. McGuinnes Pub and Grille – (Newcastle, DE)
10/29 – Kustom Kreepfest – Europa (Brooklyn, NY)
10/30 – Roxy and Dukes – (Dunellen, NJ)
10/31 – TBA
11/1 – TBA
11/2 – 3rd and Walnut Bar (Lansdale, PA)
11/3 – Boondocks Club (York Haven, PA)
11/4 – The Shrunken Head (Columbus, OH)
11/5 – Annabelle’s Bar & Lounge (Akron, OH)
11/6 – The Underground Lounge (Chicago, IL)
11/7 – TBA
11/8 – The Bomb Shelter (Milwaukee, WI)
11/9 – Southgate House (Newport, KY)
11/10 – 3rd St. Dive – (Louisville, KY)
11/11 – Lindbergs – (Springfield, MO)
11/12 – Blackthorn Pub (Joplin, MO)
11/13 – Rogue Pizza Company (Fayetteville, AR)
11/14 – Downtown Lounge (Tulsa, OK)
11/15 – TBA
11/16 – TBA (Amarillo, TX)
11/17 – The Gasworks (Albuquerque, NM)
11/18 – Cinnabar Nightclub – (Flagstaff, AZ)
11/19 – Webers – (Reseda, CA) w/ Koffin Kats & The Rocketz

Upcoming So Cal Dates:

12/2 – Webers – (Reseda, CA)
12/3 – Happy’s / Dee’s B’Day Party (Chino Hills, CA)

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Imagine yourself walking through an apocalyptic 1950s Hollywood. An ominous wind howls down empty streets. A bone white moon hangs in the sky. The unsettling calm is replaced with the the sound of engines revving and tires squealing. The moon turns to blood. The scraping of shuffled feet draws near. In seconds you’re surround by pompadour-bedecked greasers and buxom undead vamps with low cut tops and the worst intentions. The upright bass begins to thump out a rhythm. Guitars wail. You don’t seem to mind that your brains are now becoming a meal.

For the undead rockabilly / psychobilly set amongst you, get yourself prepared to rock with the Cold Blue Rebels. Blood, Guts, N’ Rock & Roll is the brand new release from straight from Hollywood’s freshest dug graves.

Musically, the Cold Blue Rebels (CBR) run the psychobilly spectrum from the Stray Cats sounding, “Cold Blue & Beautiful” to a more straight up punk sounds of “Brain Food” and the Mad Sin-esque tones of “Drenched In Black”. Frankly it is nice to hear this amount of variety in what can often be a rather one-trick-pony sub genre.

Blood, Guts, N’ Rock & Roll does have, for better or worse, the trappings of the genre: zombies, zombie hookers, death, blood, gore, presented in a 50s horror film style. For what it’s worth though, a good part of the charm of psychobilly is the revision of the rockabilly culture with the horror kitsch spin; fast cars, fast guitars, switch blades, and the undead. … you know, right?

Pound for pound a damn fine effort for a bunch of undead.

For fans of: Stray Cats, Mad Sin, Elvis Hitler, Gene Vincent’s Ghost

Tracks:
1. Procession Of The Crypt Keeper
2. Cold, Blue And Beautiful
3. Hell Block 13
4. Worm Hole Hooker
5. Pumpkin King
6. Big Boss Man
7. Lil’ Grave Robber
8.Sock Hop Strangler
9. Brain Food
10. Zombie Love
11. Drenched In Black
12. Riot In Cell Block #9

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With the release of our debut CD this week, I am proud to announce the release of Cold Blue Rebels’ third video, “HELL BLOCK 13″. It’s a Horror-Punk classic filmed in California ghost town, Pioneertown. We also shot onstage at the world famous Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip!

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Legendary Psychobilly band-deluxe, Mad Sin, is back with a brand new release.  Burn and , released on 04/23/2010, marks the eleventh release from these German born psychos.  It has been twenty three some odd years since Mad Sin was born out of youthful ideals and punk rock attitude.

Twenty three years appears to be the magic number for breathing new life. While 2005’s Dead Moon’s Calling was no slouch of a release, it lacks that vitality that is apparent on Burn and Rise. It appears that unlike a lot of bands who somehow keep trucking over the years, spewing out increasing blandness and living off their past, Mad Sin keeps getting better and stronger. I think that it is fair to say that Burn and Rise is my favorite release yet.

From what I understand, 2009 was a rough year for Mad Sin, including the death of friends, infighting amongst the band and a brush with death for Koefte Deville. Life in general and a hard living rock-n-roll lifestyle were taking their toll. Yet after all the hardship, the band persevered. They rallied and came back to record a power-house of a release; a true testament to the idea that what doesn’t kill you just makes you stronger.

The nineteen tracks in total (with intros and outros and all that rot) don’t fail to impress with speed, intensity, demon fueled guitar riffs, characteristic vocal inflections and a very full solid sound. Despite the darkness and gloom that is so closely associated with the genre, Burn and Rise is spewing forth with brand new life.

The last word is this, Mad Sin is an integral part of the core of Psychobilly today and Burn and Rise is a juicy bit of blood red icing on a coffin shaped cake.

–Jerry Actually

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Devils Brigade was conceived in 2000, when bassist Matt Freeman began writing songs with Tim Armstrong between Rancid tours.  This led to a few EPs and some songs on Hellcat’s Give Em The Boot compilation, but the project was put on the back burner when Rancid began touring and recording again.  Years went by and after Rancid took a break from touring on the Let The Dominoes Fall record, Matt got the itch to reactivate the project with a new studio album.

“The original concept for this record was going to be a musical,” says Freeman.  “Tim had been kicking around an idea of doing a musical about the building of the Golden Gate Bridge.  He had the title “Half Way To Hell Club.”  This was based on the name for the bridge workers who fell off the bridge while it was being built and fell into the safety net that was between them and the ocean.  We grew up in the East Bay looking at that bridge and it has always been a part of our lives.  Six of those songs ended up on the Devils Brigade record.  The other songs were all original Devils Brigade songs from the first demo.  We thought they were still good and we should record them again.”

In early 2010, Matt and Tim entered the studio with DJ Bonebrake from the influential punk group X and recorded twelve quick tempered songs featuring Matt’s signature, snarling vocals along with his snap, thumping upright bass, which shine through on roots driven punk tracks like  “I’m Moving Through,” “Who’s Gonna Save Your Now” and “My Own Man Now.”

“It was a great vibe in the studio,” Matt adds.  ”The record has a real live and loose vibe.  Loose in a good way.  Tim’s guitar style blended really well with DJ and everything clicked very quickly.  We had a lot of fun making this record.  I am going to take it out on the road whenever I can when Rancid is not doing anything.”

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Fronted by flattopped bandleader Kim Nekroman and his beloved coffin bass, the Nekromantix and their furious sinister sound will help ignite this depraved rock and roll freak show as it detonates in the heat scorched metropolis of Phoenix on October 29th, before rocking the fleshpots of Las Vegas and descending on the decadent streets of Hollyweird and beyond.

While many fans mourned the cancellation of band’s anticipated Halloween shows with Horrorpops, the trio promises to more than make up for it with a ghoulish once-in-a-lifetime Halloween extravaganza at the legendary Hollywood Palladium. From there, Nekromantix and their fiendish cohorts will careen across the United States leaving a path of shredded creepers and ringing ear drums before retiring to the darkened confines of a recording studio to create a follow up to their absolutely devastating album “Life Is a Grave & I Dig It!”

Tour Dates:

THU, OCT 29, Dodge Theater PHOENIX AZ
FRI, OCT 30, The Pearl /Palms Concert Theater LAS VEGAS NV
SAT, OCT 31, The Hollywood Palladium LOS ANGELES CA
TUE, NOV 3, San Jose Events Center SAN JOSE CA
THU, NOV 5, The Great Salt Air MAGNA UT
FRI, NOV 6, The Fillmore Auditorium DENVER CO
SUN, NOV 8, The Brady Theater TULSA OK
TUE, NOV 10, Austin Music Hall AUSTIN TX
WED, NOV 11, Verizon Wireless Theater-Houston HOUSTON TX
FRI, NOV 13, Verizon Wireless Theater-Houston DALLAS TX
SAT, NOV 14, Uptown Theatre KANSAS CITY MO
SUN, NOV 15, The Pageant ST. LOUIS MO
MON, NOV 16, Murat Theatre INDIANAPOLIS IN
TUE, NOV 17, Akron Civic Center AKRON OH
THU, NOV 19, Eagles Ballroom MILWAUKEE WI
FRI, NOV 20, Roy Wilkins Theater ST. PAUL MN
SAT, NOV 21, IA Val Air Ballroom DES MOINES
SUN, NOV 22, Aragon Ballroom CHICAGO IL
TUE, NOV 24, Broadbent Arena LOUISVILLE KY
WED, NOV 25, The LC Pavilion COLUMBUS OH
FRI, NOV 27, The Fillmore Detroit DETROIT, MI
SAT, NOV 28, The Sound Academy TORONTO ON
SUN, NOV 29, 2009 Metropolis (Canada) MONTREAL QC
TUE, DEC 1, NEW YORK NY Hammerstein Ballroom
WED, DEC 2, House of Blues- Boston BOSTON MA
THU, DEC 3, Mohegan Sun Arena UNCASVILLE CT
FRI, DEC 4, The Electric Factory PHILADELPHIA PA
SAT, DEC 5, 9:30 Club WASHINGTON DC

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/nekromantix
www.hellcatrecords.com

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Here’s a headline: Bristol’s Bolsheviks’ Bring It! … “Ok”, you say, “smart guy”. “What is it that these Bolsheviks are bringing?” Well sir, it’s the muthafukin’ rock and roll for one and for two refer to number one. Seriously though, Action Reaction, the new CD from The Bolsheviks is hard to place but hard to put down at the same time. It is an eclectic mix of sound. I hear flashes of spacial sounding guitars ala Voivod and hard driving bass lines akin to Hogan’s Heroes. Hell they even remind me a bit of the Cadillac Tramps on track 6 “Stole My Name”. With all that is a crazy mash up of haunted house psychobilly grooves and an undeniable mod rock Clash factor. Though in all fairness I have no idea if these blokes ever listened to either of those bands, I do know there is a bit o’ psycho in ‘em. The Bolsheviks formed in 2005 from the remnants of bands such as Lux, Rout and Misdormeanour. The wide-ranging prior influences of the collective memebers comes together for what works out to be a damn good CD. Apparently the band forewent any digital recording on the CD and went full analog. This decision lends well to the rather basement dwelling / garage haunting vibe that Action Reaction is all about. 11 tracks that combine punk, rock, psycho and and a strong retro vibe. If you can find them on this side of the pond, by all means do. Otherwise I suggest packin’ up the fam and moving to jolly ol’ England to catch some of this.

–Jerry Actually

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