Album Notes

It's time to lock up your daughters again, the Hexxers are back on the prowl. As I stated when I reviewed their debut album (Freaks With The Savage Beat - Golly Gee Records), if you think Dickie Harrel went a bit far when he screamed on Be Bop-A-Lula, you best steer clear of the Hexxers, you might get nightmares. If you could imagine Link Wray and Dick Dale playing for Screamin' Jay Hawkins in a rat infested cellar you might be starting to get close.

This latest release features two live sets from April and June 2005. Both come with tip-top sound and plenty of atmosphere, and I do mean plenty. The high octane energy of the band oozes throughout the album. The first eight songs come from the Marlin Bar followed by eleven numbers from Fright Night, but despite this there's very little duplication between the two shows. The best of the songs that are on both is a cracking cover of Johnny Otis' Castin' My Spell, with the boys in a tasty groove. The standout song of the whole shabang is Let's Dance, an hypnotic beat that would fill any dancefloor. Ghoullabilly is alive and well and thriving in Creepy California - long may the Hexxers rein.

This great new CD coincides with the release of the graphic novel, Savage Freaks On Cannibal Island. A limnited edition comic, it features the artwork of Shawn Dickinson and Noah Snodgrass of the underground comic Untamed Highway. It's a tale of cannabalism, agents and rock 'n' roll.