DEAD BOYS/RAMONES/STOOGES/NEW YORK DOLLS/HANOÏ ROCKS... it means Real Rawkers ONLYYYY...
Sounds Like
Living Dead's Last Temptation
(Artwork: El Rotringo 2K9) TOUS EN TONG (Janvier 2007) "La pochette laisse deviner ce qu'on va se prendre dans la gueule des le premier craquement de la galette: du Punk Rock & Roll Oldschool... On retrouve cette rage propre aux groupes de la vague Punk 77: DAMNED,HEARTBREAKERS et surtout les DEAD BOYS." PUNK RAWK (Mars 2007) A She-Devil is my Dope Fiend (autoproduction)
"Direct from Lille aux pirates! En direct des limbes du rock'n roll le plus teigneux,le plus lubrique et le plus fracassant. Celui qui a pour heros Stiv Bators,Dee Dee Ramone et G.G. Alin. Celui qui vénère les dieux vivants Iggy Pop,Hank von Helvete et Lucas Trouble. Ashtones est la glorification du riff instantané,du beat lapidaire et du chant bestial. Excellente initiation à l'univers du groupe lillois,ces huit titres (sic),joliment gravés sur un 25 cm à la pochette aux couleurs criardes,sont un ravissement pour toute personne aimant se faire récurer les oreilles de fond en comble. Bref,rachetez vous une platine! "(FF) OX FANZINE (N. 69) "Die ASHTONES wilderrn aber eher im rrotzigen und verschwitzten US Punk n' Roll der alten schule,also bei den DEAD BOYS,HEARTBREAKERS,STOOGES und greifen zudern enerrgie und hitppotenzial späterer vertreten vie den HUMPERS,NEW BOMB TURKS and DEVIL DOGS auf,kombiniert mit einen wunderbach verrauchten und versoffenen gesang." MUTINY ZINE (Nov. 2006) "Get this one if you're into the really dirty garage punk rock and roll stuff !" HIGH HEELS SLUT 10 (Oct 2007) "now a switch has been made on the guitar spot and this self-released 10" heads into the direction the band should have already taken years ago. The eight originals display a healthy addiction of singer Ashtone G. and his fellows for classics acts as the Dead Boys and the Stooges."
NEW ALBUM "MAINLINE ROCKETS" AVAILABLE: CD on NICOTINE RECORDS
VINYL on TORNADO RIDE RECORDS (October 2K9)
The Barman : "Mainline Rockets"
"three chords blasts of Dead Boys styled napalm divided into ... But it's delivered with the force of two russian sailors on vodka-fueled shore-leave fighting over the same hooker" No Front Teeth
"Vulgar,big riff rock'n roll from France that blends the punk rock elements of the Dead Boys and the Pagans with the more full-on rock sound of Turbonegro and Hanoï Rocks...First time I ever heard these guys and I'm impressed." Independent Kicks
"In der Aachener punkrockszene besitzen die Ashtones aus Nord-Frankreich schon so etwas wie einen legendenstatus,haben sie doch die szenekneipe das Hauptquartier zu ihrem zweiten wohn zimmer auserkoren und spielen dort in stetiger Regelmässigkeit. Sogur der Käsemann auf der Aachener neumarkt trägt hin und wieder ein t. shirt der Ashtones.." Dig It (Gildas Cosperec)
"Oooch ! Ces Lillois là ont désormais la puissance de feu du porte-avions de Lemmy et l'abattage d'une équipe de démolisseurs patentés. ça sent la gnôle,le speed,les potards à 11 et la baston au cran d'arrêt pour un deal véreux derrière un rade chelou..."
ASHTONES+NICOTINE'S TEAM (Genova/Nov.2007)
2001, three guys brain smashed by "Young, Loud and Snotty", "L.a.m.f" and "It's Alive" chose to be ASHTONES (Thanx Ron & Scott).Then we were four, then five: it was the good line-up to do what we planned. We had gigs with bands like Gee Strings, Boss Martians, Sons of Cyrus, Peter Pan Speed Rock, Lucifer Starmachine... even Bellrays. 2003, we recorded a first demo "Rock&Roll Junkies". 2004, a second one "Santa Rocka Rolla".
2005: Ashtones record 4 songs at Kaiser Studio with Lucas Trouble. 3 of them find a place on "The Kaiser Fucks the New French Rock" (w/Holy Curse/Jerry Spider Gang/Dimi Dero Inc...). Among them the "Search & Destroy" cover where Lucas Trouble's organ do the napalm flow (A Vietnam Veteran..Who else could do that??). On September,Ashtones is the only french band at the "Wasted" (Melkweg/Amsterdam).
2006: Ashtone Dav leaves and Ashtone D.Stroy joins the gang. July,from 14th to 17th, the band records 9 killing songs. "A She-devil is my Dope fiend" (10") is out on October..and YOU CAN GET IT MOTHERFUCKERS.
2007: Ashtones tour in Germany,Netherlands,Belgium and Italy..get a deal with Nicotine Records for a first album Hellfire and Paradise Falls (9 studio songs+5 live songs).
2008: After a mini-tour in Germany,Debo leaved on May and Squatt entered as bass player. We're planning a spanish and an Italian tour,then a new album..
But it's better to leave the mike to Bowy from the Pits'team: "A She-Devil is my Dope fiend" review (Up Yours/January 2007)..
"Way more close to home comes the first vinyl output by the North French garage rats,THE ASHTONES. A unit led by skinny,razor-edged skin & bones vocals who looks and sounds as he's really been places and done all kinds of things you'd better not dare dream about. I mean he doe'nt only display credibility: he fuckin' IS streetwise credibility! These folks from Lille have been around over a few years,but-having them seen live a couple of times and judging from their previous demos-it was until they switched for a new lead guitar they actually got hold of a sound which fitted them really well. Of course this is greasy,filthy punk rock action running on booze,overtime medication,cheap night shop snacks and almost no sleep.""A She-Devil is my Dope Fiend" pretty much reveals the complete picture this 10" dwells in. This is the area where hoodlums like The Humpers,outcasts like The Pagans,hustlers and junkies like The Heartbreakers,living wrecks like The Dead Boys and jail birds like The Candysnatchers tend to meet and roams the cold,nightly outskirts of town. These tunes are the tails of the lost,the depraved,the shredded souls,the ripped-and-torn...and THE ASHTONES are able to lay down the goodies in the bare nakedness as a solid force to be reckoned with. Compared to their previous days I've seen this lot evolve. Due to hard work,relentless gigging and stubborn belief in their love for punkrock at its purest format this band has delivered a piece of wax that's way better than either Jerry Spider Gang or Holy Curse (to name some French acts who could be labelled in the same musical levels). These 9 cuts are way more into the Spannish region of Los Perros mixed up with some fine German Gee Strings elements. A nice surprise,done by the band themselves in a complete D.I.Y-effort. But nonetheless a worthwhile item to obtain especially since the 10" format seems to be way over it's hype and tends to be forgotten as a cool neat vinyl package."
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NEW T. SHIRTS: Artwork EL ROTRINGO
NEXT GIG: 2010 (if you want before...write motherfucka !!)
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ASHTONES REAL RAW ROCK introduces @ LA CHIMERE (LILLE/FR):
-THE KLEINS + WAREHOUSE @ La Chimère on Wednesday January 27
-THE DERELLAS (ex Vibrators) + ASHTONES @ La Chimère on Wednesday March 03
-THE NUNCHAKS @ La Chimère on Saturday May 22
Rock'n Roll über Alles @ Boîte à Musiques,Wattrelos (Pic: E. Brizaut)
Samedi 5 décembre Désinvolture Nordiste vous propose ca :
Le fameux All Stars Band à la française est de retour à Lille, Mon Autre Groupe est leur Punk-Hardcore Minimaliste joueront samedi 5 décembre à La Chimère à Lille en compagnie de leurs copains Garage Lopez qui viendront distiller leur Punk-Rock-Garage.Avec eux deux groupes locaux : Les incroyables Miss America est leur mélange de Punk-Hardcore et les excellent Teenage Wasteland est leur 80’Hardcore !Enjoy!!!
-Des vieux dossiers sont enfin publiés sur notre site internet: Interview de Fast Motion, d’Adrien (Miss America et Giant Head Boy) et d’Ink-18 + chronique de l’Ep de Midway Home et d’Ink-18. Et la distro de Désinvolture Nordiste est accessible via notre site internet avec plusieurs cd’s de groupes régionaux ou pas et compiles !!
En Couverture : dossier special ECRITS ROCK Au sommaire: 44 pages avec des interviews d'éditeurs (Minimum Rock'n'Roll, Le Camion Blanc, La Machine à Cailloux, Exact Change) et d'écrivains (Jean Noel Levavasseur, Alain Feydri, Pierre Mikailoff) ainsi que des textes d'Alain Feydri (extrait du livre The Cramps), Jean-Luc Manet, Thierry Tuborg, Caryl Ferey (nouvelle noir sur The Clash) + chroniques de livres, cd, dvd...
Ainsi que le sampler inédit 10 titres avec : DEAR READER, DOMINIQUE A, ARMAN MELIES, JOHAN ASHERTON, DAMON & NAOMI, DEATH OF THE NEIGHTBOURHOOD, XAVIER PLUMAS, PAUL ROLAND, WILFRIED.
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