Tuesday, 9 February 2021

'Strange Creatures (The Best of Rebels Vol. 2)' featuring The Deep Six, The Hurricanes, The Galileo 7, The Fallen Leaves, The See No Evils, The Jack Cades & many more available to order now from Raving Pop Blast! or via Clear Spot Distribution


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RAVE 20211 LP /CD /LP (Deep Purple Vinyl) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS :STRANGE CREATURES (THE BEST OF REBELS VOLUME TWO) 

MARCH 1st 2021 - PRE ORDERS NOW! 

Following on from last years ‘Rebel Rousers (The Best Of Rebels Volume One)’ (RAVE 20201), here we have the second edition, and it’s another fantastic compilation crammed full of Garage, Mod, R&B, Surf, Freakbeat, Psych & Rock & Roll tracks.  

These ‘Rebels’ compilations are fundraisers for different charities. (In this case the RSPCA).  

Inspired by the 1980’s collection ‘Pebbles’ which collected together 60’s Garage punk bands, most of whom would have vanished without trace if not for Pebbles unearthing them and turning them into essential ‘must haves’, for lovers of raw, often cheaply recorded, guitar based music. 

‘Rebels’ brings together like minded Bands/Artists from all over the world, who are doing it for love, with no glancing towards what’s popular, or what the current musical  fashions dictate. 

So here we have 16 bands, all different but all with a burning desire to play their own kind of rock and roll. The Garage 60’s vibe of  Leeds based; The See No Evils, The Wah-Wah grooves of The DC Spectres  & from Belgium: Thee Martian Boyfriends & Vice Barons.  

To the Joe Meek style twangs of Diamond Daddios. The Mod-flavour of (Ex Prisoners) Galileo 7. (Ex -Makin’ Time) The Deep Six, and The Hurricanes (who bring back memories in our opinion, of The Purple Hearts, but without sounding like a rip off of them!).  

Bristol’s very own,  Joe James & His Pariahs, conjure up an authentic mid 60’s Freakbeat sound, while also from Bristol, Rauschenberg get all space-out. The Jack Cades offer up their ‘reverb on 10’ take on The Byrds jangle sound, and two young 14 year olds from Devon – The Lysping Mynor Byrds – mash up a surf classic with a Clash solo! - And lucky for us someone pressed record on the cassette recorder!.  

The self declared ‘Best Live Band In Britain’- London Based; The Fallen Leaves (with drummer Brett Ascott formally of The Chords) tell us the tale of the ‘Motorcycle Girl’ in an exclusive live recording. Meanwhile Coventry’s Sawdust Caesars have been dragged back from the grave screaming (LP on the way on Raving Pop Blast!) with their lo-fi-acid-pop-psych, and the don’t move or you’ll miss it ‘Flower Pop Show’. While from up in Scotland we have the most wonderful ‘The Nettelles’ who mix their Garage Punk with a kind of Lo-Fi-C86 rumble. And back down to Taunton where you’ll possibly bump into Palooka 5, as they’ll most likely be wearing camouflage gear! 

Play this loud, and often! I’m sure you’ll agree that is highly refreshing to discover so many GREAT bands all doing their own thing, with a thread of rock and roll spirit that ties them all together. And none of them want to be the new ‘…insert name of the latest new big thing’ and for that reason alone STRANGE CREATURES’ Should be in your record collection. 

Expect; ‘The Beat From 20,000 Garages (The Best Of Rebels Volume Three)’ later in the year! 

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