THE GRUFFS: Cosmic Kafoodle Release year: 2022Label: Western Star Records My first contact with British neo/psychobilly act The Gruffs was their 2020 10″ release In Limbo Land. Quite honestly, my jaw dropped to the floor when I first heard it. … Continue reading Gruff kafoodles
THE SURFIN’ WOMBATZ: Night Bus To Skaro Release year: 2022Label: Western Star Records UK act The Surfin’ Wombats are one of the numerous psychobilly acts who emerged during the second wave in the late 80’s, released an album (Lager Loutz, … Continue reading Wombatz on the night bus
THE COFFINSHAKERS: The Curse Of The Coffinshakers 1996-2016 Release year: 2022Label: Svart Records Back when I was a teenager and was starting to seriously get into underground metal, one name I would come across ever so often was The Coffinshakers. … Continue reading Accursed coffinshakers
THE SHARKS: Phantom Rockers parts 1 & 2 Release year: 1983/2021Label: Nervous Records/Western Star Records In the world of psychobilly, there are few names more legendary, iconic and influential than The Sharks. Not only is virtually all of their recorded … Continue reading Take a razor to your head with The Sharks
I’ve recently been reading John M. Alexander’s book The Man In Song, which is basically – as the foreword by country singer Larry Gatlin puts it – “yet another Johnny Cash book.” The novel idea in Alexander’s book is to … Continue reading Five essential, overlooked Johnny Cash gems
Only Death Is Real 