So Jame Gumb is prancing around his basement applying makeup to himself with his junk tucked away betwixt his legs while taking a break from making a suit of flesh and his latest victim is bellowing up from a dank pit but being barked at by Jame's miniature poodle. And all the while, there is that creepy song playing in the background, right? Well, this new Hot as Hell EP sounds like what would be playing if ole' Jame's mean streak ran a little deeper; a touch (and I do mean "touch") angrier.
But don't let that scare you off. This is some dern creative stuff that's rooted in rock but manages to get sort of brit-poppy and weirdly funky kind of like your better T. Rex tunes. And just like T. Rex, these 4 tunes are heavy on the sexual innuendo. I'm guessing that track 2 is actually about the band's mic-stand/PVC pipe abomination that Chadtime (bass) and P.M. Cranberry (guitar) both sing out of, but with a title like "Man on Man" and an absolutely lurid bassline lead-in that would get kicked out of the most liberal of establishments, you've got to wonder. The EP closer, "The White's In Her Eyes", starts out like it's going to be an acoustic cooldown. Perhaps an ode to a lovely lady who has just shared a long evening of loinful pleasure. But then the tinny, distorted vocals kick in and you, the listener, fear that said lovely lady is going to get thrown back into Hot as Hell's pit of warped libido. But, then again, maybe that's the way that the lovely lady in question likes to get down. Different strokes (and I do mean "strokes") for different folks.
If this all sounds a little too much for your ears and brain and crotch to be comfortable with, then just go check out Hot as Hell live and you can focus on Tambo Teri's gold-lame shorts-wearing, keyboard-playing self. She's quite lovely and talented.
You uncivilized cretin.
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JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge
(Ashland and Lake)
with Black Skies
and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories
4358 N Cicero
Lor’s B-Day
with Bongripper,
Salt of the Earth,
The Jonestown Choir,
and Everyone But You
Hail Fellow Metal Militiamen,
With massive satisfaction, IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE returns to the world
of actually promoting shows with a twin-barreled Chicago assault to
celebrate the RE-RELEASE of their 2nd full length offering SENTINELS
OF THE HARDLAND.
Expect new tunes, new merch, new and improved tones in addition to the
same old ass kickery.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge
(Ashland and Lake)
with Black Skies
and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories
4358 N Cicero
Lor’s B-Day
with Bongripper,
Salt of the Earth,
The Jonestown Choir,
and Everyone But You
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Attention citizens of the rock'n'roll underground! Adam's (songwriter/guitarist in The Peelers) new band The Mediums will be getting insane with the Bellrays @ The Bottom Lounge Monday night May 18th @ 9PM!!! Pick up one of their new & sparkly Digital 45RPM's... ok...bye!
