BANG BANG BAZOOKA - "Hell Yeah!!!"

CLCD64252- CRAZY LOVE RECORDS.

Well, Hell Yeah! Right On! A new BANG BANG BAZOOKA record! And it's about
time, if you ask me. I mean: 17 years?!? What's up with that, huh? Yeah
exactly, so let's not waste any more time shall we?
Well okay then:  Let me get straight to the point. I'm happy to inform you
that this baby rocks like a MOTHERFUCKER!!! Trust me: I shit you not!
And what's more: all the old ingredients are still there. This band works
its way from Country (Dutch Mountain Breakdown) to Psychobilly (The Butcher)
and then back from Rockabilly (Rockabilly Guy) to Punk (City Boy, a cover
from fellow Rockcity punk legends The Flying Spiders) so easily... it's
intimidating! Now, in the past there have been folks who were unable to see
the big picture (and aren't there always?), and of course they had their
mouths full about BANG BANG BAZOOKA: they were either Too rough for
Rockabilly; too pure for Punk; too cool for Country; too hard for Rock; too
Rock for Roll; too hot for your honey; too sexy for your sister or too fast
for your grandma... well, whatever! Believe me: you name it, and these
guys've heard it! But times have changed, every punkband does a country
album, every Slayer-fan is into Johnny Cash, and it seems like most people
have gotten their heads out of their asses, so the time is right I would
say...
Now, some of you may ask: In this day-and-age where
everybody-and-their-mother is re-forming, coming back together and doing
reunions: Is the world really waiting for yet another 'come-back / reunion'
record by a band so old that they've completely forgot how to cut the
mustard? Well I say HELL YEAH! And that's for 2 reasons. First of all: Bang
Bang Bazooka never really split up. Okay, there may have been a year-or-two
where somebody accidentally forgot to show up for practice; this band has
always been and remained a strong force on the Eindhoven ROCK & ROLL scene.
And reason number 2: These guys still understand what real ROCK & ROLL is
all about. They got their schoolin' way back when  the KING & the KILLER
still called the shots. Back when the air was still clean, and ROCK & ROLL
still dirty; when ROCK & ROLL was still played by REAL MEN and REAL MEN
only! Back when RIGHT was RIGHT, WRONG was WRONG; and RHYTHM 'n' BLUES was
still RHYTHM 'n' BLUES!....that's when! Long before NU-METAL, EMO-CORE, or
any of those other insults-to-the-trade had started to go around and
basically RUIN SHIT! But hey... I digress....
All I was asked to do was to tell you why this is a great record, and even
though I'm pretty sure I just have, I'll tell you again just to be sure:
THIS IS A GREAT RECORD! Having said all this, I'd like to finish with the
words from a famous philosopher: May the streets run red with the blood of
the non-believers!

Cheers & keep it stiff, Von Bartmann (connaisseur extraordinaire)

 

 

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Bang Bang Bazooka – Hell Yeah (Crazy Love)

Achtung, Musikalischer Exkurs- Bei nichtgefallen einfach überlesen: Es gibt Dinge, die kann man einfach nicht ersetzen oder kopieren! Der Klang einer Gretsch Gitarre gehört dazu! Clean gespielt entfaltet dieses Brett seine gesamte Klangvielfalt, dass jedem, der schon mal `ne Gitarre in der Hand hatte, das Wasser in der Hose zusammenläuft. Dem gleich ziehen Bang Bang Bazooka hier auf diesem Album. Spielerisch auf unheimlich hohem Niveau wird hier routiniert gerockt, dass man auch den Vergleich mit Herren wie Brian Setzer nicht scheuen braucht. Teilweise, da bin ich mir sicher, hätte der gute Mann ebenfalls seinen Spass an dieser Scheibe!! Am Ende der 12 Titel bleibt der Eindruck eines hochprofessionell eingespielten Tonträgers, der vor allem wartet Live & in Farbe dargebracht zu werden. Klar, die Titel hier klingen Tipp-top, aber hier hört man förmlich `raus, dass diese Nummern live „richtig" entpackt werden wollen!! Wer die aktuellen Brian Setzer / Brian Setzer Orchester Sachen mag, der sollte sich dieses Album schnellstens sichern! Wer mir das nicht glaubt hört „City Boy" / „Dutch Mountain Breakdown" / „Rockabilly Guy" (hat mich ziemlich an „Really Rockabilly" der „13" von Brian Setzer erinnert-in positiver Hinsicht schließt der genau da an) / „Evil Women" und „Dragon Tattoo". 6/7