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State: QUEBEC
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 

The Cockroaches
The Cockroaches (Real Big North)
These greased-up bop cats have been playing the local haunts for quite a while and manage to squeeze in all the sweat, beer and blood that their live show is known for on these 15 tracks. This is grade-A rockabilly without the poseur trappings, with just the sparse trio setting and minimal overdubs just adding to the punch. An upright thumping bass keeps the pulse while a twangy Duane Eddy/Chet Atkins guitar and a Charlie Feathers Appalachian croon/holler hovers overhead. Songs like "I'm Gonna Bop 'Til I Sleep In My Grave", "Shoobydoowa" and "Easy Tiger" are just too good to pass up. 8/10 (Johnson Cummins) CD launch with Gogo Pleasers, Walnut Kids, DJ Choyce at Quai des Brumes on Fri., Feb. 22, 9:30 p.m., $7

 

For true blue fans of everything Buddy Holly to the Cramps, this is modern rockabilly at it's finest.  The vintage aspect of music is respected from the beginning to the end:  from the lyrics about pretty little fillies, makin' music and dancing to the way the guys recorded the album.  Opener Walk My Walk is a winner up-tempo piece and instrumentals like Easy Tiger show off the trio's musical strengths.  Sure we've heard this before, but rarely done this well.  4.5/5

Nika Vee, Nightlife Magazine

..>  ARTICLE - 21 février 2008
Olivier Robillard Laveaux


Âgés d'à peine 20 ans, les trois membres des Cockroaches n'ont peut-être pas vécu la révolution rock des années 50, mais ils en saisissent toute l'essence sur ce premier album éponyme. On y retrouve la sensibilité country de Johnny Cash, l'énergie rockabilly de Buddy Holly et l'attitude festive contagieuse de Chuck Berry. Bref, un album ramené par Marty McFly lors de son dernier voyage en 1955, qui contraste avec tous ces courants rock indé au goût du jour.  4/5

The Cockroaches , du bon rockabilly...

Musicomane dans l'âme.Lorsqu'un j'entends parler d'un nouveau groupe ou un nouveau talent,musicale.Je prends le temps de faire des recherches,sur internet.Par des extraits audio,sur leur site officiel,compagnie de disque ou sur www.myspace.com. The Cockroaches, avec son rock and roll,rockabilly. Un be bop de highschool,''mid-50's,mid-60's'',m'a simplement renversé. Scoobydoowah,électrisante,bop till i sleep in, énergisante,the cat's ass,entraînante et la coloré,you can't walk.D'excellentes chansons,au style retro,avec un son moderne.Intéressant comme ce genre de rock and roll,ne se démode pas. Ce jeune groupe aux nombreuses influences,Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Johnny Burnett .....devrait connaître du succès,avec les 30-50 ans.Musicomane dans l'âme.Lorsqu'un j'entends parler d'un nouveau groupe ou un nouveau talent,musicale.Je prends le temps de faire des recherches,sur internet.Par des extraits audio,sur leur site officiel,compagnie de disque ou sur www.myspace.com. The Cockroaches, avec son rock and roll,rockabilly. Un be bop de highschool,''mid-50's,mid-60's'',m'a simplement renversé. Scoobydoowah,électrisante,bop till i sleep in, énergisante,the cat's ass,entraînante et la coloré,you can't walk.D'excellentes chansons,au style rétro,avec un son moderne.Intéressant comme ce genre de rock and roll,ne se démode pas. Ce jeune groupe aux nombreuses influences,Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Johnny Burnett .....devrait connaître du succès,avec les 30-60 ans . The Cockroaches, un groupe de dance-party. J'ai hâte de les découvrir sur un album studio!!!!!

Denis Cyr, La Voir

 

As invigorating as is the rail-splitting neo-50's trio frolic, one locates rarer reward in these Canadians daring avail of 1960's pop persuassions.  Few today make that move, the Cockroaches do so with charm.

Rockabilly Magazine

Friday, January 25, 2008 

When The Cockroaches were unleashed on the crowd they made La Sala Rosa feel 1955 again. This rockabilly trio might not all be of legal drinking age everywhere in North America but they have the spirit of early Rock 'n' Roll in them to such a degree it makes you wonder if they weren't cryogenically frozen decades ago when they fell off the Buddy Holly/Jerry Lee Lewis caravan. Stand-up bass, big-ass Guild guitar, simple drum kit and three strong voices belt out some great in-your-face old school that had the crowd roaring. From my perch stage-left leaning on the speaker columns it was great to see the crowd swaying to the music, dancing and laughing. .....[Eddy Blake] owned the songs, the audience and the venue, twirling his bass, climbing up on it and tossing himself and his instrument all over the stage without missing a lick.

-Indie Can review for La Sala Rosa, Jan 05, 2008