Otis Redding, The Ramones, The Stones, The Sonics, Everly Brothers, The Beatles (just not that hippie dippy All You Need Is Love LSD bearded bullshit), Sam Philips, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Dawson, Wayne/Jayne County & The Electric Chairs, The Stooges, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Kingsmen, Hound Dog Taylor, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Link Wray, Bourbon ("Old Pogue" is my current fave), Bobby Fuller 4, The Replacements, Real Kids, Bo Diddley, Robert Mitchum, Hasil Adkins, The Cramps, DMZ, Booker T & The MGs, 13th Floor Elevators, 60s garage punk (too hard to name any one group though just about ANYTHING on the Back From The Grave and Garage Punk Unknowns LPs kicks ass), Lady Bo, The Clash, X, Pagans, Sam & Dave, Larry Williams, Eddie Cochran, Lazy Cowgirls, Angry Samoans, The Misfits, Charles Bukowski, Steve McQueen, Hank Williams, Gun Club, Patsy Cline, Lee Marvin, Slim Harpo, Johnny Cash, Teengenerate, The Animals, Buck Owens, Crime, The Crystals and The Ronettes (and pretty much ALL Girl Group sounds), Devil Dogs, NY Dolls, The Germs, Raunch Hands, Dead Boys, Black Flag, Howlin' Wolf, Sex Pistols, Surf (once again, too hard to pick just one), Bubblegum, Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, The Mummies, Pretty Things (not that LSD hippie shit or 70s arena barf) ...Hell, this is really a waste of time. We're pretty sure ya get the friggin' point.
BamaLama Records is a small record label (both in size and mindedness) based in Toronto (by way of Nashville) who's one and only goal is to kick yer ass with slop and fury!! We have a fanzine called SHOUT BAMALAMA!! and one of them there website contraptions (www.bamalamarecords.com)
BANDS: We're always looking for new crap but PLEASE look at the stuff we dig before hounding us to release your stuff. We are into trashy, gutbucket, sewer dwellin' screamin' rock n roll- y'know...REAL rock 'n roll (punk, rockabilly, garage, surf...the good stuff, natch.). It's unbelievable the amount of shit we have to wade through on a daily basis.
ABSOULTELY NO MALL "PUNK", METAL, HIP HOP, INDIE, WHINEY PUSSY EMO, EXPERIMENTAL, TECHNO OR ANY OTHER PILE OF MUSICAL SHIT THAT IS IN NO WAY ROCK N ROLL. YOU LOSERS CAN FUCK THE HELL OFF AND BOTHER SOMEBODY THAT GIVES A SHIT.
Here's a little checklist. If any of this describes your band in any way, we'll probably hate you and the best thing for you to do is to go the hell away
* If you have a "vocalist"
* If you studied music (and brag about it)
* If you have a keyboardist" (nothin' wrong with piano and organ but you can stuff yer keyboards up yer balloon knot)
* If you have major label aspirations (Wake up from your dream and go back to washin' dishes at IHOP)
* If you hate treble, reverb, or tremolo
* If you don't own anything on Stax/Volt, Chess/Checker, Specialty, Sun, Crypt, Ripoff, Norton, Telstar, or Candy
* If your "guitar heroes" include Hendrix, Clapton, or Page (fuck it- if you even HAVE a guitar hero, get bent...)
* If you think the Beach Boys are surf music
* If you like Led Zeppelin
* If you can't appreciate the genius that is "Louie, Louie" or "Surfin' Bird"
* If you can't take a flippin' joke
See what I mean about being small-minded? We like what we like and hate everything else. It's our label and that's the beauty of running your own label. If you don't like it, fuck off and start your own label.
Thanks for releasing our record! Can't wait to get it into our addled mitts! I know that it's not really a proper Bamalama release, but your psyche label has no Myspace page! Are you ever going to do one for SplashOne? Thanks again for releasing our music - the gatefold sleeve is amazing!!
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