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The HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION
Rockabilly / R&B / Garage

"You miss something baby you never had!"

Wiedikon Rock City,
Switzerland

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   The HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION: General Info
Member Since3/6/2007
Band Websitehillbillymoon.com
Band MembersFresh in! ALL GROWN UP on vinyl!


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Band members? That would be the lovely Emanuela Hutter on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Oliver Baroni on lead vocals and slap bass, Luke 'The Puke' Weyermann on drums and Mr. Duncan James on lead guitar and vocals.

InfluencesOK, here goes. In no particular order of preference: Patsy Cline, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Holly, Lightning Hopkins, Irma Thomas, The Ronettes, Larry Williams, Andre Williams, Buford Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Johnny Burnette, Johnny Remember Me, Julie London, The Ramones, Loretta Lynn, Demented Are Go, BB King, Elvis, Shangri-Las, Wanda Jackson, Louis Prima, Louie Armstrong, Louie Louie, Steve Earle, Blind Willie Johnson, Bob Dylan, The Cramps, The Skatalites, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Renato Carosone, Beach Boys, The Ruts, every R&B record put out in the 40s, 50s and 60s, Hank Williams, Harry Belafonte, Link Wray, Johnny Horton, Fats Domino, Gene & Eddie, Little Richard, Lavern Baker, The SONICS, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, Little Willie John and you know what - I'd better stop here coz I could go on forever and bore you all stiff. Cheers, Oliver.
Sounds LikeCheck dis out: "Live the Life" off the new album All Grown Up. Diggeth.

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This is our murder ballad "Brown Eyed Boy" off the new album All Grown Up

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"Maniac Lover (The Anti-Video)"

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   About The HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work up a plausible old-school sound these days—a few twangy guitars, a pile of echo, a sneering lead vocal on top, and presto, you're ready to rumble. There's a difference, however, between a true vintage-tinged update and another in a series of Eddie Cochran copycats. Which brings us to Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Zurich-based rock revivalists who've spent the past few years touring Europe, issuing a pair of acclaimed releases (2002's Introducing The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, 2004's Bourgeois Baby) while watching their fan base grow by leaps and bounds. Mind you, this is no quaint Sun Records send-up; at their best, HME— bassist/vocalist Oliver Baroni; rhythm guitarist/vocalist Emanuela Hutter; guitarist Duncan James and drummer Luke Weyermann—come across like a Sam Phillips-produced soundtrack to a Sam Raimi shock flick, a furious bed of slap bass and pounding snare underpinning layers of menacing guitar lines, wailing background vocals, and eerie keyboard flourishes, with front-woman Hutter providing the perfect aural/visual focal point, fishnet stockings and all.

When it came time to lay tracks for a third independent effort, head Hillbillies Baroni and Hutter eventually headed for the US and wound up at the door of producer-engineer Mark Neill, owner of San Diego's Soil of the South Studios, where it’s all-analog, all the time. One could not imagine a better match-up: Neill, a rockabilly bred Southerner whose client list includes The Paladins, Los Straitjackets and Old 97s, is a rock archeologist of the highest order and vast collector of choice old-school audio tools, who knows how to nail it down in just a few takes using as few tracks possible (the way it was before we all had too much time and tracks on our hands). In order to provide Baroni and Hutter with the proper instrumental framework, Neill enlisted the support of cohorts like guitarist Eddie Angel (of Los Straitjackets fame), sax man Archie Thompson and drummer Craig 'Flash' Packham, with Neill himself overlaying lead and rhythm guitars. The result is All Grown Up, a faithfully prepared (and mainly mono-mixed) amalgam of unbridled rock tracks that clock in at a Ramones-like two-and-a-half minutes apiece, featuring Baroni's saxes-with-axes classic "Live the Life," Hutter’s sensually exotic take on "House of Bamboo," not to mention a tour-de-force rendering of Mel Larson’s "Little Lil," with Baroni's lead vocals authentically distorting like a Little Richard 45. And in case anyone's forgotten what real country is supposed to sound like, there's the Baroni-penned "Brown Eyed Boy," a lilting Loretta Lynn pastiche that belies the murderous intent described within.

How good is this stuff? "To think that these guys came over to San Diego from Europe with a bunch of songs on acoustic guitar and absolutely nailed the vintage rock'n'roll sound—and made it contemporary," remarks the normally reserved Neill. "I've never seen that happen before."

Dave Simons, Rolling Stone Magazine.

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Jul 7 2008 3:24 AM

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Jul 6 2008 10:57 PM

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Jul 6 2008 8:20 AM

Hey,

Thank you for the add!

If you or a friend of yours need a graphic designer, just let me know!

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Jul 4 2008 8:24 AM

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Jul 4 2008 1:31 AM

Sweet profile pic! :) x
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Jul 4 2008 3:17 AM

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Jul 3 2008 1:10 AM

Wow that stuff's mind-rockin! :D Any requests? ;)
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Jul 2 2008 1:57 PM

Hi HME,
Really enjoyed your cool music - Excellent! Thank you for your kind friendship and lovely comment!
Wishing you every success!
All the best from Ireland,
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Jun 30 2008 6:26 PM

Thanks for the ADD!!
Cheers from a Real HillBilly!!
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Jun 29 2008 7:39 AM

Just dropping by to say hi & have a fabulous weekend!
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Jun 29 2008 10:38 AM

Congrats again - got the card - great pic, beautiful girl!!
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Jun 29 2008 10:43 PM

JAJAJA YEAH!
THANK YOU FOR ACEPT!
WELL HOPE YOU ARE VERY GOOD!
ALL OF YOU!
KISSES PULGOSOS!
ATTE:LA PULGUITA CORLEONE! (LITTLE FLEA CORLEONE)
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Jun 29 2008 12:35 AM

Morge...ich danke dir für'd fründschaft. Lg
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Jun 29 2008 11:22 PM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY HEY & ALWAYS "THANX" FOR THE ADD.
GREAT RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK ...

ROCK ON !

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Jun 30 2008 12:20 AM

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Jun 27 2008 2:30 PM

Just stopped by to say hello to The Hillbilly Moon Explosion! Have a great summer...........Greg
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Jun 27 2008 8:21 PM

hey you girl whats new?


i am just passing to say hi!


i <3 your music
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Jun 27 2008 11:09 AM

HBE, best wishes , enjoyed your energy,personal favorites songs, Live the Life,Brown Eyed Boy,Putty,thanks for add request, peace and blues Paul Miles-'Detroit BLues Man"
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