The Kamikaze Queens are Berlin Punk Cabaret. Heavily Influenced by the mayhem of Berlin in the 1920's the Kamikaze Queens follow in that tradition of sexy, theatrical live performances with elements of Burlesque and Can Can, while musically their style ranges from Early Punkrock, Soulful Garage, Punkabilly, Country, Dirty Jazz, Spooky Walzes, Dark Bluesy Ballads, and good old fashioned Rock'n'Roll..
Fronted by two American female singers, Blonde Betty Boop Bombshell, Trinity Sarratt and the unstopable Burlesque Punk power of Mad Kate Fischer, this is true "Anarchy In High Heels"!!! Backed up by German Guitar Idol Tex Morton (Mad Sin, Sunny Domestozs, Chip Hanna), Acrobatic Upright Bass Player Luscious Lloyd (Sin City Circus Ladies) from Upstate New York, and Nico "Lipps" Lippolis from Bella Italia on Drums. This is "like a suicide pilot dive- bombing you Rock'n'Roll senses" hence the name: Kamikaze Queens.
With the release of their debut album "Voluptuous Panic" (Sounds of Subterrania/Cargo 2009) they have toured all over Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Sweden, and the USA at SXSW 2009.
From Punk Clubs, to Psycho Shows, to Heavy Metal Festivals, to the Tiniest Bar in Texas, they manage to fit in and conquer any situation with their unique and one of a kind ensemble. Coming soon to a Venue near you!
Album Reviews:
"Die zwölf songs handeln von leben der Oulaws, von zu viel Schapps. Drogen, Sex, und dem Morgen danach, die Aufnahmen sind dreckig, authentisch. Und ganz gleich, ob die Kamikaze Queen nun nach Punkrcok, Barjazz, oder Hinterhof Soul klingen: It's only Rock'n'Roll." (Kitkats- April/May 2009)
"Wer sich eine temperamentvolle Mischung aus The Dresden Dolls, The Cramps, und the Ramones vorstellen kann und seine Fantasie bei Titelen wie "Bad Bad Boy", "Romance Is Dead", "2 Minute Fuck", oder "The Morning After" etwas spielen lasst dürfte hier schlauer sein was hier zu erwarten ist. Aufregend irgendwie!" (Blash- ZILLO MUSIC MAG- APRIL 2009)
"Zwei weibliche Stimmen, die nicht nur rotzig- punkig klingen, sondern Rock'n'Roll und Soul vereinen. Das können nicht viele von sich behaupten. Das die Frontfrauen Trinity Sarratt und Mad Kate vermutlich selten etwas abrennen lassen, daran besteht absolut kein zweifel..." (Melodie & Rhythmus- April 2009)
"Wir kommen mit blutiger Nase auf der anderen Seite wieder raus aus dem Club und stellen fest: Das rockt, das hat nicht nur in Sachen Albumartwork richtig viel Stil.....'Voluptuous Panic' ist einkracher geworden. Und live sollen die Kamikaze Queens sowieso noch einmal einen draufsetzen. 10 Punkte! " (Legacy- Mai/Juni 2009)
"...sehr viel Charme, Erotik, und Rock'n'Roll. Es hat Seele!" (Ramtatta- 3/2009)
"...in ihrer punkigen Direktheit durchaus an Creamers meet Detroit Cobras errinernde Rockabilly-Twang-Punk-Blues-Kracher mit tollen weiblichen Gesang, der herrlich rotzig und heisser alle Klischees a la 'süße Frontmäuschen' wegwischt." (Triggerfisch 3/2009)
"Zusammen zockt das quartett eine unterhaltsame Mischung aus Punk, Rockabilly, Garage, Rock'n'Roll und burlesquen Untertönen. Unter dem strich klingen die 44 Minuten von "Voluptuos Panic" wie eine Mischung aus Babes In Toyland, L7, Lunachicks, und Thee Merry Widows...und gerade die eingestreuten Jazz-Bar-Einflüsse geben den Album den gewissen Pfiff, da nicht auf Kosten der Rockigkeit gehen." (Magazin-Must See, Hear, & Read 2009)
***DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!!! AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM THE SOURCE:
www.soundsofsubterrania.com, AND IN SELECTED RECORD STORES:
BERLIN @ DOWNTOWN RECORDS, VOPO RECORDS, AND OF COURSE AT ALL OUR SHOWS. LIMITED EDITION OF 100 HAND SEWN SILKSCREEN COVERS ONLY AVAILABLE AT OUR SHOWS.
"Like the man who awoke to find himself drowning in a river, you may
roam the dark with 4 million other somnambulists - and never know it.
One soldier, after one of these attacks, he revealed that he had been
dreaming about trying to plow a field with a balky mule. ‘That mule
made me so darn mad I socked it,' he said. When he awoke, he found that
he had hit his wife in the face and broken her eardrum. His lawyer
successfully defended him by arguing that no one could be held
accountable for acts committed in his sleep. Why doesn’t he, like the
rest of us, lie quietly and work out the worries of his subconscious in
dreams of action, instead of acting out his dreams?"
'Strange facts about sleepwalking', in Mechanix Illustrated (Mar, 1949)
THE SOMNAMBULIST Record PRE-Release Party
opening act: WRONG. Friday November 6th, h 22:00
live at Antje Øklesund
Rigaer Straße 71–73
10247 Berlin
Hey..:) Freitag 13 November, "ICH BIN EIN BERLINER FESTIVAL" PartIV..@SO36 ...
Einlass 21:00!! ***Show-beginn 22:00***
4 Live Bands :
- Aerea Negrot (Electro/Tech/Pop)
- Platzblanche (Electro/Disco/Wave)
- The Moustache (Electro/Post-Punk)
- Electronicat (Electro/rockabilly/Exp)
4 Dj..s :
- Electrosexuel (Electro/showtunes/Afrobeat)
- Two For The Show (live) (Indietronic)
- Emmanuelle 5 (Electro/Glam/rock)
- David Maars (Electro/Disco/Wave)
1 Burlesque Show : -Mademoiselle Kla
Cup Of Jazz [Berlin] 20er bis 50er Jazz-Swing-Schwoof
Christopher Rose [Berlin] Souljazz, Rhythm & Blues, Ska, Calypso, Zydeco, Mardi Gras, Exotica
Lassen wir die Pressemumie von BudZillus mal selbst für die Band sprechen: "Budzillus are 5 lunatic anthropoids from the dephts of a cleft in the space-time structure. Accidently stranded in this dimension and searching for their original, more jellylike form, they tried to immitate human life by starting a band [after a proposal for world domination was rejected by 3 to 2 voices...], not knowing where this all would lead to...Ohlala! " . Da gibts nichts mehr hinzuzufügen. Das erwartet euch in der Novemberausgabe von Salon Obskur.
Dazu schleppen die DJs Cup Of Jazz und Christopher Rose wieder Berge rar gewordenen Vinyls hinter die Plattenspieler um uns mit swingenden Juwelen aus alten Tagen zu betören.
"EIN BISSCHEN MEHR LIEBE IM WRANGELKIEZ"
has been selected to KIEZKIEKEN shortfilm contest.
Our movie will be shown Sunday Nov 1st, 18:30 at
Hoppetosse/Arena, 12435 Berlin, Eichenstraße 4.
You will see humorous, extraordinary and exciting
short films. The most important factor is originality.
It’s the neighbourhood that is our programme – the
locations, the atmosphere, the characteristics and
after all the uniqueness.
KIEZKIEKEN wants to link art and life and to provide a
platform for a cultural exchange. The programme will
be designed around the respective neighbourhood.
The award winners will be chosen by the audience.
To finish off with the festival, bands from Berlin will
give you the opportunity to celebrate together with
film makers, guests and the audience.
Please take ur beloved friends, come to Hoppetosse,
watch the shortfilms and vote for "A BIT MORE LOVE"