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The Hellbenders! Awesome. Where can I find this CD?
-Adam
>From: "Brian Neal" <>
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>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] The Hellbenders!!
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:05:24 -0000
>
>Just a very quick note (or as quick as *I* can be). I just got the
>new Hellbenders CD "Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die" (how cool is
>that?) and I have listened to it a few times now. I will post a more
>detailed review later, but I must say this thing is FANTASTIC. In
>case you didn't know, The Hellbenders are actually 3/4 of the
>Volcanos surf band plus a different bass player. This band plays
>music along the lines of spaghetti-western/cowboy country/early
>Johnny Cash. Both instrumental and vocals. The dual guitars are
>twangy and often reverby, the bass is thumpy and the drums pound out
>the familiar martial sounding western beat. Surf fans will be able
>to appreciate this. Arch Stanton's (err... Rick Mills) vocals are
>perfect for this genre, he's got great cowboy inflections, and the
>lyrics are something right out of a dime store western novel. Over
>the top! As in the Volcanos, the guitars inter-twine and trade off,
>similiar to the Bambi Molesters (but perhaps not as exotic). Anyway,
>the thing is a TON OF FUN and very well played and performed. I
>personally like the Morricone influenced cover songs the most, but
>their cowboy tunes (that harken back to when country and rock-n-roll
>were still very closely tied together - think Johnny Cash) are also
>very fresh and inventive sounding.
>
>When I was kid my Dad watched a lot of the old Bonanza TV shows, the
>Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone westerns, etc, etc. These songs invoke
>the spirit of those old western themes and literally paint them
>before your very eyes. This is a very visual CD.
>
>Great artwork by the band too. The songs are often intercut with
>little 30-60 second song snippets/themes, something that you may
>hear on a Western movie soundtrack just before a gun fight. Just
>very well done.
>
>Highly recommended!
>
>BN
>
>PS Bonus question: does anyone else know the significance of the
>name "Arch Stanton"? :)
>
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