The Detroit Cobras

One of the earliest groups to emerge from the Detroit garage rock scene, the Detroit Cobras developed a reputation as the Midwest's finest (and most distinctive) cover band -- while the bandmembers devoted themselves to performing other people's material rather than recycling established hits, the Detroit Cobras dug deep into the well of vintage R&B and primitive rock & roll sides, building an individual identity out of lost classics from the past which they modified to fit their swaggering aural personality. The Detroit Cobras were formed in 1995 by Steve Shaw, who developed a taste for classic R&B from spending time with Alex Chilton, whom he met through his friends in Detroit primitives the Gories. The first edition of the Detroit Cobras featured former exotic dancer Rachel Nagy on vocals, Shaw and Maribel Restrepo (ex-Vertical Pillows) on guitars, Jeff Meier (from Rocket 455) on bass, and Vic Hill on drums, and they released their first 7" in 1996.
In what would prove to be the first in a long line of personal changes, Hill was replaced by Chris Fachini by the time the Cobras released their third single (which also hit the stores in 1996), and their debut LP, "Mink Rat or Rabbit", featured a third timekeeper, Damian Lang (who'd worked with Snake Out and Elvis Hitler). During the three years that passed before the Detroit Cobras appeared on the Jack White-produced compilation "Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit", founder Shaw left the band, with Dante Aliano stepping in on guitar and Rob Smith taking over on bass. Rachel Nagy's tough but soulful vocals and Maribel Restrepo's lean, muscular guitar lines would be the group's only constants from this point on, though they would be enough to earn the group a potent following on the American garage scene and a major buzz in the United Kingdom, where they scored a deal with the fabled indie label Rough Trade, which released 2001's "Life, Love and Leaving" in Great Britain (it appeared on Sympathy for the Record Industry in the United States). (That LP also featured new guy Eddie Hawrsh on bass.)
While veteran tunesmiths Ellie Greenwich and Jackie DeShannon expressed interest in writing material with the group, the fourth Cobras album, 2004's "Baby", once again featured them rocking out on a stack of R&B dusties, though Greg Cartwright, who helped produce the album, did co-write an original with Nagy and Restrepo, "Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)." The album also documented another Cobras lineup, with Nagy and Restrepo joined by Steve Nawara on guitar, Joe Mazzola on bass, and Kenny Tudrick on drums. After a brief hiatus and a move to Bloodshot Records, the Phil Spector-influenced "Tried & True" was released in 2007 with yet another rotation of musicians -- reintroducing Greg Cartwright and adding seasoned bassist Carol Schumacher, a fellow member of the Reigning Sound, to the ever-changing roster.

~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

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Mink Rat or Rabbit (1998)

1. Cha Cha Twist
2. I'll Keep Holding On
3. Putty (in Your Hands)
4. Easier to Cry
5. Bad Girl
6. Slummer (the Slum)
7. Midnight Blues
8. You Knows What to Do
9. Can't Do Without You
10. Hittin' on Nothing
11. Out of This World

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Life, Love and Leaving (2001)

1. Hey Sailor
2. He Did It
3. Find Me a Home
4. Oh My Lover
5. Cry On
6. Stupidity
7. Bye Bye Baby
8. Biss Lady
9. Laughing at You
10. Can't Miss Nothing
11. Right Around the Corner
12. Won't You Dance With Me
13. Let's Forget About the Past
14. Shout Bama Lama

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Seven Easy Pieces EP (2003)

1. Ya Ya Ya
2. Secret Agent
3. Heartbeat
4. You Don't Knock
5. Silver and Gold
6. 99 and a Half Won't Do
7. Insane Asylum

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Baby (2005)

1. Slippin' Around
2. I Wanna Holler (but the Town's Too Small)
3. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
4. Weak Spot
5. Everybody's Going Wild
6. Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)
7. Mean Man
8. Now You're Gone
9. It's Raining
10. Just Can't Please You
11. The Real Thing
12. Baby Help Me
13. Cha Cha Twist

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Tied & True (2007)

1. As Long as I Have You
2. Nothing but a Headache
3. (If You Don't Think) You Better Change
4. Leave My Kitten Alone
5. (I Wanna Know) What's Going On
6. Try Love
7. You'll Never Change
8. Puppet on a String
9. Only to Other People
10. The Hurt's All Gone
11. It's My Delight
12. On a Monday
13. Green Light

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Rocket from the Crypt part II

Scream, Dracula, Scream! (1995)

1. Middle
2. Born in '69
3. On a Rope
4. Young Livers
5. Drop Out
6. Used
7. Ball Lightning
8. Fat Lip
9. Suit City
10. Heater Hands
11. Misbeaten
12. Come See, Come Saw
13. Salt Future
14. Burnt Alive

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RFTC (1998)

1. Eye on you
2. Break It Up
3. I Know
4. Panic Scam
5. Made for You
6. Lipstick
7. You Gotta Move
8. Your Touch
9. Let's Get Busy
10. Dick on a Dog
11. Back in the State
12. When in Rome
13. Run Kid Run

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Group Sounds (2001)

1. Straight American Slave
2. Carne Voodoo
3. White Belt
4. Out of Control
5. Return of the Liar
6. Heart of a Rat
7. Venom Venom
8. Savoir Faire
9. S.O.S.
10. Dead Seeds
11. This Bad Check Is Gonna Stick
12. Spitting
13. Ghost Shark

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Live from Camp X-Ray (2002)

1. I'm Not Invisible
2. Get Down
3. I Can't Feel My Head
4. Can You Hear It?
5. I Wanna Know What I Wanna Know
6. Bring Us Bullets
7. Bucket of Piss
8. Dumb, Blind and Horny
9. Outsider
10. Too Many Balls

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Rocket from the Crypt part I

Rocket from the Crypt part I

Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Of Reis' many musical endeavors, Rocket from the Crypt were the most successful and most internationally recognized. The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album "Circa: Now!", leading to a recording contract with Interscope Records. They experienced a surge of popularity with the release of the albums "Scream, Dracula, Scream!" (1995) and "RFTC "(1998), accompanied by numerous vinyl singles and EPs released on independent labels. However, album sales were not as high as expected and Interscope soon turned their attention to higher-grossing acts. The band left the label, and shortly thereafter drummer Atom Willard departed the group. After a period of inactivity in 1999 and 2000, during which Reis formed Hot Snakes and Sultans and launched his Swami Records label, the band signed to Vagrant Records and recruited new drummer Ruby Mars. They experienced a revitalization of creative energy and released two more albums, but were not as prolific as in the past. Over the next few years the band members drifted into other projects and Rocket from the Crypt became less the focus. They decided to disband in 2005, playing a sold-out farewell show on Halloween in their hometown of San Diego.

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Paint as a Fragrance (1991)

1. French Guy
2. Maybelline
3. Shy Boy
4. Basturds
5. Velvet Touch
6. Evil Party
7. Stinker
8. Jiggy Jig
9. Weak Superhero
10. Thumbmaster

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Circa: Now! (1992)

1. Short Lip Fuser
2. Hippy Dippy Do
3. Ditch Digger
4. Don't Darlene
5. Killy Kill
6. Hairball Alley
7. Sturdy Wrists
8. March of Dimes
9. Little Arm
10. Dollar
11. Glazed

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Hot Charity (1995)

1. Pushed
2. Guilt Free
3. Poison Eye
4. My Arrow's Aim
5. Feathered Friends
6. Cloud Over Branson
7. Lorna Doom
8. Shucks
9. Pity Yr Paws

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Rocket from the Crypt part II

The BellRays part II

The Red, White & Black (2005)

1. Remember
2. Street Corner
3. Sister Disaster
4. You're Sorry Now
5. Revolution Get Down
6. Used to Be
7. Find Someone to Believe In
8. Some Confusion City
9. Poison Arrow
10. Black Is the Color
11. Stone Rain
12. Rude Awakening
13. Voodoo Train
14. Startime
15. Mele Ipu Elua

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Have a Little Faith (2006)

1. Tell the Lie
2. Time Is Gone

3. Chainsong (I've Been Searchin')
4. Pay the Cobra
5. Snotgun
6. Have a Little Faith In Me
7. Change the World
8. Detroit Breakdown (Horn Interlude)
9. Lost Disciples
10. Everyday I Think of You
11. Maniac Blues
12. Third Time's the Charm
13. Beginning from the End

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Hard Sweet and Sticky (2008)

1. The Same Way
2. One Big Party
3. Infection
4. Coming Down
5. Footprints on Water
6. Blue Against the Sky
7. Psychotic Hate Man
8. The Fire Next Time
9. That's Not the Way It Should Be
10. Wedding Bells
11. Pinball City

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The BellRays part I

The BellRays part I

Vocalist Lisa Kekaula guitarist Bob Venuum formed the BellRays around 1990 in Riverside, CA. Originally, the duo leaned heavily on a vintage R&B sound flecked with smoky jazz overtones. But with the addition of guitarist Tony Fate and Venumm moving to bass, the sound soon began to mix Kekaula's alley cat soul vocals with a biting punk rock bottom end. The "In the Light of the Sun" cassette release appeared in 1993, followed by the "Wall of Soul" 7" two years later. The BellRays issued their debut full-length, "Let It Blast", in 1998 and supported it with an extensive tour that included a particularly fiery appearance at Austin's South by Southwest conference. By now, drummer Ray Chin had joined the fold, and the 'Rays were making waves with their furiously passionate sound. The "Grand Fury" LP dropped in 2001 from Los Angeles indie Upper Cut and was followed by a European release combining it with "Let It Blast". Tours with notables like Rocket From the Crypt and Nashville Pussy continued to spread the word, and In Music We Trust reissued "In the Light of the Sun". 2003 saw the Upper Cut release of "Raw Collection", an odds 'n' sods compilation featuring B-sides, rarities, and vinyl-only material from 1995 through 2002.

~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

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In the Light of the Sun (1993)

1. Crazy Water
2. Wandering Spirits
3. Footprints on Water
4. Same Ground
5. Can I Make You Want Me
6. Tell Me What the Sun Said
7. He's Gone Wrong
8. Blue, Blue, Blue
9. You'd Better Find a Way
10. In the Light of the Sun
11. The Ghost I'm After
12. Tell Me What You've Been Working On

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Let It Blast (1998)

1. Future Now!
2. Changing Colours
3. Cold Man Night
4. Today Was
5. Kill the Messenger
6. Blue Cirque
7. Good Behaviour
8. Testify
9. Dark Horse Pigeon
10. Hole in the World
11. Dead
12. Killer Man
13. Fuzzhead
14. King of the World
15. Black Honey
16. Blues for Godzilla
17. Get on Thru

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Grand Fury (2000)

1. Noise Fragment
2. Too Many Houses in Here
3. Fire on the Moon
4. Snake City
5. Ska Driver
6. Screwdriver
7. Heat Cage
8. Evil Morning
9. Zero P.M.
10. Do You Speak English
11. Stupid F**kin People
12. Have a Little Faith in Me
13. Monkey House
14. Little Funny Jam
15. Warhead
16. Under the Mountain
17. They Glued Your Heart On Upside Down
18. Hello Hello

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Raw Collection (2002)

1. You're Sorry Now
2. Nights in Venice
3. Half a Mind
4. Mind's Eye
5. Swastika
6. Gather Darkness
7. Mother Pinball
8. Suicide Baby
9. Chemical
10. Tie Me Down
11. Say What You Mean
12. Rude Awakening
13. I Lost the Feeling
14. The Same Way

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The BellRays part II

The Hellacopters - Goodnight Cleveland

"Goodnight Cleveland" is a fly on the wall documentary following the Hellacopters on their 2002 tour of America. Informed by the techniques of cinema verité and direct cinema developed in the 1960's by master documentary filmmakers, the band is allowed the space to do what they do without intrusions of any kind from the filmmaker, allowing for glimpses into the magical and mundane moments of everyday life in a hard working action rock band abroad. The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a relaxed and open-handed portrait of a band on the road. Essential viewing for anyone pondering a career in the music business, or anyone merely curious.





























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Deadbolt - Hobo Babylon (2001)

1. She Walks With the Dead
2. Hobo Babylon
3. One Day I Will Kill You
4. It Was You
5. Bitch Tried to Kill Me
6. Creep Me
7. Come On and Get It
8. Po' Boy
9. Big Man make a Fool of You
10. Patches Rides the Rail
11. Drunk Guy on the Train
12. Who Whacked Paully
13. The Hearse
14. hidden track

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