GUTTER QUEENS "s/t" 7".
(Sheep
Records)
After their promising demo CD "Born To Be Cheap", the
GUTTER QUEENS are back
with a 7" (nice pink vinyl !) These two songs are still a spicy mix between
glitter punk and garage rock'n'roll, the kind of stuff that make you
dance in the middle of the night."Teenage Wasteland" has a very catchy chorus,
and so does "Get Glamed with Rock'n'Roll." I really like both of them and
the main guitar riff of "Teenage Wasteland" reminds me of a NASHVILLE PUSSY
one. From the sleaziest gutters of Zurich (Switzerland), the QUEENS keep
on glitterin' the world and I can't wait to see them live. I also wish to
listen to a full length next time even though seven inches are great (hey
glam bands ! make more seven inches !) Anyway, get this one and play it loud
!
Laurent.
GUTTER QUEENS "Born
To Be Cheap".
(Sarah mephista schmid, the GUTTER QUEENS, ruetschistrasse
16 - ch 8037 zurich
sarah@senarclens.com
)
This tape originally was a demo cd, but it is sold out now, which
is quite a normal thing because these songs are nothing but dynamite ! The
band has a garage-punk sound that increases the raw and wild spirit of the
tracks and that makes you feel the energy of the players. Remember that punk
doesn't need to have a $10,000 budget, this all about anger and energy !
I think that the band would agree. I suppose that they spent hours listening
to the NEW YORK DOLLS, The STOOGES and the 70s glitter heroes. A song like
"Little Suzy" is a punky glam'n'roll hit, "Fire" will make you burn, "Juvenile
Dream" can wake up the punk hiding inside you and I can't say that one
song out of nine is bad. Maybe one or two songs are less inspiring, but not
bad at all when you think about all these bands who only have two or three
good songs on their records... You should definitely check out how these
queens rock (you can download the songs for free on their
website.)
Laurent.
