Just why would an album be titled Rock & Roll Is Dead when the contents within are good old-fashioned ock & roll? Undoubtedly, it's because one of Sweden's most popular ock acts, the Hellacopters, is displeased with the state of ock music. So it would be a highly logical guess that the title is aimed at all the homogenized ock acts running amok on the charts. While most "retro rockers" have no problem replicating the sonics of yesteryear, it's when it comes to penning memorable tracks like their heroes that they usually run into a stumbling block. But the Hellacopters are one of the exceptions -- as evidenced here by such standouts as "Monkeyboy," the very Stonesy "Leave It Alone," and "Murder on My Mind." And as with most modern-day garage revivalists, the Hellacopters can't resist slipping in a few "bash and wail" numbers as well ("Bring It on Home," "Put Out the Fire," etc.). For those seeking garage rock patterned after late-'60s ock & roll (MC5, the Stooges, a dash of the Stones, and the Amboy Dukes), Rock & Roll Is Dead may just be your choice album of 2006 -- although it was issued a year earlier in the Hellacopters' homeland.
Ok, for those who are new around here, this is what's going on, each month this year since Feb I have been creating a iTunes play list of stuff that has caught my ear this past month... somewhere along the way I started posting a commentary on each track.. this month rather than wait until the end of the month to look back and write about each track I have tried to write about each track as I a...
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The Night before the Fall Friday night and the faithful gathered at Debaser medis in the Medborgarplatsen area of Stockholm for a night before the fall weekend. There was trivia, hanging out, and a band the Crypt kicker 5 (http://www.myspace.com/cryptkicker5) were present to officiate the start of the end… which was kinda strange considering The Hellacopters are a Hi Energy Garage Punk ban.
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Ok, for those who are new around here, this is what's going on, each month this year since Feb I have been creating a iTunes play list of stuff that has caught my ear this past month... somewhere along the way I started posting a commentary on each track.. this month rather than wait until the end of the month to look back and write about each track I have tried to write about each track as I a...
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