Mike Mitchell - vocals/sick ideas...
Ed Mitchell - guitar...
The demo was recorded with the excellent help of Ian Fairclough (bass) and Dave McAuley (drums) from Glasgow band Terra Diablo. Incidentally, Terra Diablo was the name of a Titty Twister's song that didn't make it beyond a title.
Influences
Rocket From The Crypt, New York Dolls, The Cramps, The Smiths, Morrissey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Stray Cats, The Specials, The Skabilly Rebels, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding, King Kurt, Prince Buster, Rancid, Frank Sinatra, Tiger Army, Boz Boorer, Marvin Gaye, The Wedding Present, Amazing Royal Crowns, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Dean Martin, Chris Isaak, The 5,6,7,8s, Green Day, Edwin Starr, The Vincent Razorbacks, The Doors, not forgetting Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bryant, Luther Perkins, Charlie Feathers, Hasil Adkins, R.L Burnside and Link Wray...
Sounds Like
We're going for a Nick Cave meets Screamin' Jay down at Sun Studios for a bourbon-fuelled jam... while Charlie Starkweather and Bobby Peru lay in wait in the bushes outside, yearning for a headshot... Mean, murderous rockabilly. It doesn't get any better than that.
Who reads band bios anymore? They're usually a snooze... so we'll make up something suitably drenched in myth and intrigue soon. All you need to know right now is that we recorded the four songs on this page a few years ago at Boz Boorer's recording studio, The House of Boz, in London. We're working on new material at the moment but these early songs will give you a good idea of the kind of sick puppies that you're dealing with...
By the way, Boz fans: the man himself plays the Theremin - that weird squeaky noise you can hear - on S&M Bitch and keyboards on Starkweather. The cool pics of Mike that you can see were shot by Travis and our killer CD art was provided by James Morrison of Mojo Print/Design !!!!
That's it for now... keep your eyes peeled for new songs coming soon...
TT
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MOJOKINGS play the Reef Bar on the Florida site, Saturday 11th October@2pm. If you got nothing better to do on Saturday afternoon, come down. The beers flow, good food served, DJ Frog on the decks and MOJOKINGS are gonna sweat for you... What else do you need?? Its always a great afternoon session!!
Good evening! I'll be starting a tour in the UK next week, and wanted to let you know.
You may have heard my guitar playing and not even realized it was me. I played with Buddy Holly, and when you listen to "It's So Easy" or "Heartbeat"...well, that is me.
We will play some of the Buddy Holly songs that i played on so many years ago, and a few more! I might even sing a couple.
I hope you can make one of the dates?
Best,
Tommy Allsup
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