I Chrome Cranks riprendono il discorso dove gli honeyMoon Killers lo avevano lasciato: una primitiva,destrutturata versione della tradizione Garage rock, con una spiccata propensione alla rivisitazione di tutti i gruppi di riferimento, dagli Stooges fino agli Scentist. Assieme a Teel, si unisce alla Band un nuovo batterista: Dan Willis. Nel 1992 Teel forma i Chrome Cranks, una band che si trascinava stancamente dal 1988, anno nel quale fu formata da Peter Aaron (dal suono simile a quello di Jeffrey Lee Pierce) e dal chitarrista William Weber. Il loro ultimo album conta la presenza di Russel Simins alla batteria e Jon Spencer alla chitarra, mentre Teel, ha collaborato ai primi due album delle Boss Hog Gerry Teel era il leader e l'anima dei demenziali e voodoobillies Honeymoon Killers. (Translation by/ Tradotto da Alessandro DalCin) The instrumental Any Reason to Celebrate is no less epically derivative.ĭiabolical Boogie (2007) collects singles and rarities. In a Paper Suit, 50 Feet High 50 Feet Down andĥ:28 would all be classics on Highway 61 or Between the Buttons. Like Bob Dylan fronting the Rolling Stones:īaby Wedding Bell Blues, That's Alright With Me, In a Paper Suit (In The Red, 2001) is a summary of classic rock history, Pretty much the same repertory appears on the live The most distinctive sound is actually the twang of Jack Martin's Kung Pow Chicken Scratch, NYC Briefcase Blues,Īrmadillo Roadkill Blues, Truck Drivin' Man. The instrumental Sixty-Five Days Ago, Soda Pop Girl , That includes a bunch of country covers and a half dozen witty originals: The supergroup line-up is a little wasted inĪnother tribute to the tradition, Knoxville Girls (In The Red, 1999), Jerry Teel on vocals and guitar, Bob Bert on drumsĪnd Barry London on organ. Knoxville Girls is a supergroup that includes
On Welcome To (Sympathy, 1998) they perform Jack Martin on guitars (former Congo Norvell). Teel joined a country cover band, Little Porkchop, with Then the Chrome Cranks disbanded and the member pursued separate careers. Live In Exile (Au-Go-Go, 1997) is a formidable live album. Oily Cranks (Atavistic, 1997) collects rare, live and unreleased tracks. ( Hot Blonde Cocktail, the 1995 single Lost Time Blues ).ĭyin' Style (Sympathy, 1997) was, de facto, their last recording. It has far more blues than the previous ones and at times it sounds like Love In Exile (PCP, 1996) was to be their last studio album. The album includes album versions of Way-out Lover and Shwe It On is deranged Stooges and the instrumental Lost Woman They fare much better in the voodoo blues numbers: the wildly spasticĭesperate Friends, the driving Down So Low (a variation on While better played, it lacks the previous album's fire:ĭead Cool, the centerpiece, is too classy for this crew. Horrendous Captain Beefheart-ian blues aberrations ( Doll In A Dress)Ĭonjure images of sadistic rituals in mental asylums atĭead Cool (Crypt, 1995) added Bob Bert of Boss Hog on drums. Sinister Gun Club-ish beat and howl ( Driving Bad) and Vice Squad Dick (PCP, 1994), flooded the market.Ĭhrome Cranks (PCP, 1994) is the quintessential Chrome Cranks album:ĭevastating, lycanthropic rock and roll ( Drag House), Way-out Lover (Sympathy, 1992), one of their best Cramps impersonations, Standard: the Doors-ian psychodrama of the title-track,ĭirty blues-a-billy halfway between Cramps and Pussy Galore. The debut single Eight-Track Mind (PCP, 1992) established their The Chrome Cranks picked up where the Honeymoon Killers had left off:Ī primitive, deconstructed version of the garage-rock tradition, revisitingĮverybody from the Stooges to the Scientists. With Teel, also a new drummer joined the band: Dan Willis. Russell Simins on drums and Jon Spencer on guitar, and the connection extendedĪ band that had been languishing since it was formed in 1988 by Peter Aaron Jerry Teel was the leader and soul of the demented voodoobilly rockers ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso ) Chrome Cranks: biography, discography, reviews, links
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