Rock city angels torrent

Yesterday we received the shocking news that our founder, singer and beloved brother Bobby Durango passed away. Whether you knew Bobby in the flesh, only knew him online or just listened to his music, all of our lives are emptier today without him. He certainly left us an amazing soundtrack.

I love you forever my kook! BD: That is definitely not true, because the idea to go to Memphis was mine. Were we buried after we got there? But it had nothing to do with Memphis. It was ridiculous. We got signed before all those other bands, and our record came out way after. It just took six years to release it. We went in and recorded the basic tracks in , but then I had to come up with the money to finish it. It probably took six months to make that record.

CR: There have been a lot of Bobby Durango sightings over the years. I did wait tables in there somewhere, though. I was pretty good at it.

I am not worthy. The grand wizard of words would exude clever colloquialisms, spontaneous prose, and bitter sweet indifferent characteristics, all the while taunting and tantalizing the reader to join the soulful legions of rocks inner truth. The literary legend of underground web and fanzines alike is a tried and true advocate of the mastery that is Rock City Angels, and this should be his finest hour.

But his life journey has led him out of reach, down paths we fear to tread, and in the wind his compass points in my direction. I can only survey the horizon and anticipate an arrival. Take heed my brothers and sisters. Rock and Roll has once again reared its head in retaliation of the dreaded ho hum. Music that matters still resides, albeit not always on the airwaves, but in the hearts, souls and minds of those brave enough to seek it out and not conform.

If it crosses my path, I share and sound the trumpet, and no louder will it resonate then for the new CD from Rock City Angels. If you know Rock City Angels, you know the score. Then 20 years later, the phoenix rises. Interesting read available elsewhere. No re-hash here. I always was a meat and potatoes kind of guy.

Be ready, right now, right here, right now, because we are go fuckers! Super raunchy ruckus rocks before the change up to melodic malady. Soaring sonic scenarios of sound seep from six strings. Full frontal rock sans fake facades. Showing his hand, Durango seemingly snarls with determined direction.

Sporting an Idol sneer, this two and a half minute kicker gets the job done and then some. Seems the good for nothing just wants to rock. How many of us have been in this situation.

Bobby is in the same boat. Rock City Angels dig the punk roots deep for this ala snot. Billie Joe is Green with envy and Mr. Yates addresses the class with tom tom tight. A lot of fun. This is one of those songs you will pipe up when asked for all time favorites.

Delightful Clash like crescendo and decrescendo lavish the landscape. Late night conversations kill, put on the pot. The additional wind instruments give this song an almost Orleans flavor and when the vocal effect kicks in the listener is transported back to The Heigh-Ho Club circa Everything and the kitchen sink in a trim-line package. Sounding like apocalyptic spiders from mars, the madhouse spills out into the night like rats run amok. Bobby can hardly contain the agony of the wayward path as Jimmy reflects the pain.

Rock City Angles retain the swinging sound while bringing it full force into the twenty first century. Come on down to the winners circle and dump the loser. Break the chains running with this uplifting Positraction. More in the vain of Ramones, Social D. Lovelorn lusciousness languishes longingly. Wallow in the feel good pass the brown bag. I got the blues for you.

Opening with what seeems to be Mr. Swirling trails of color building within keys and flange. Visionary escapeism, let your troubles flow. Take a giant step outside and find. Dimitri, the bomb pops be waiting. It is a long interview and a tale that I think needs to be told. Bobby was extremely honest in this interview and nothing was held back. If you are in an up and coming rock band and want to hear what really happens when a band gets signed, you should listen to this interview.

Hear the stories about the songs that influenced Bobby directly from the man himself. And we're going to talk about his brand new album, we're going to play a couple of tracks from it and we're going to play a couple of his favorite tracks of, would you kind of say all time or just That's pretty much where this music comes from.

That to me is your theme song" BD: "[Laughs] Yeah, it's a great song. The first time I heard it was on a Rodney on the Raq compilation. And that was my first real exposure to punk rock. I think I was about 15 years old and it really, really got me going. I mean it really changed my life. From then on i wasn't the same kid, ya know? That song really just - after I heard that I knew I wanted to make music. I think the song pretty much speaks for itself.

It's a hell of a time for the Rock City Angels to try to reanimate a long dormant sub-culture, and inspire people to re-imagine their entire histories, identities, and values, but one supposes, they kind of figure, "if not us, then, who? If not now, when? There is a rare breed of American artists, for whom, there is more to music, than merely selling black, skull shirts, or humiliating haggard, ole Banger Sisters backstage-there is also, the Songs, which is the primary focus of the Born Showman, Bobby Durango, and his current roll-call of gothic blues men, and post-glam iconoclasts.

The Angels always stood alone. Never quite Howdy Doody enough for the cowpunks, too garagey for the headbangers, like their core audience, the RCA'S were comprised of all the hippest loners from all those separate factions, and sub-genres True rebels, revolution-rockers, and critical-thinkers, who sail under no flag, together.

The easiest thing in the world and the dead-dullest, too! If your only aspiration in life is to have your drunken ego stroked by an aging Aero-floozy, whose skin in the texture and color of your favorite old catcher's mitt, and whose breast implants can hardly compensate for an identity based around, supposedly having blown Kelly Nickels in , there are ample opportunities on the has-been circuit.

Instead of busting out the old black cowboy hat and spurs for the blissfully-oblivious, "Rock Of Love" watchers, who desperately want to pay hundreds of their hard-earned, manicurist dollars to merely, go "whoo" atop some mulleted male's shoulders they don't plan on sleeping with, and perhaps, tearfully, wave their lighters for any power ballad they may have some faint memory of having heard a long, long time ago, at some lucrative, outdoor gathering of middle-aged metal-heads Even the title has a sort of "underground-railroad" feel to it, because good rock'n'roll, the real hardcore, gutsy variety's been pushed back underground, to make way for corporate bullshit and war-time propaganda.

Songs like "I Keep Fighting", "I Got Your Heart", "Coffee and Cigarettes", and "Use Once And Destroy" are so action-packed with anger, paranoia, nostalgia, moral courage, heartache and compassion, that it's hard for me to imagine someone not grooving along, with 'em. Unfortunately, I think Sal Canzonieri is right about the Anti-Rock Conspiracy in this country, and how the corporate, war-profiteering, honky, death-machine's media-monopolies who own the public air-waves, refuse to allow any heart-felt, emotional music to receive frequent air-play, preferring to manufacture always more Ken And Barbie Beach House Pop, watered-down rap with no message, or smarmy, art-school electronica, that seldom inspires people to come together, like punk rock.

Naturally, when I refer to "punk rock", I mean, "pure rock'n'roll". How did you guys meet? Bobby Durango: The Rock city angels started in late as a S. A kid named Andy Panikhad learned how to play the bass and was looking for some other kids to start a band with. You have to understand that there were very few punks in S. It took serious balls to be a punk, but he met me, another alienated youth, "L! We were both 16, and I had just quit school, a real juvenile Delinquent,"L!

My parents were pissed coz I had left school, so I lived on his condo roof until his mom went to work and then we would jam in his room. We soon found some other kids to play with, and it wasn't long before we were playing shows.

Calle: Soon after your music style developed into a more glam inspired sound. Bobby Durango: After a year or two, we both started listening to a wider range of music and we got better as musicians. I personally got more involved in song writing and what we were listening to eventually translated to the songs we wrote. Whatever the inspiration, we never lost the attitude that punk embodies. Calle: What made you change the band name to Rock City Angels? It's important to understand that there were no places for original bands to play back then.

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Hanoi Rocks and each of them individually. I've probably seen The Ramones more than any other band though, at least 25 times, and they were always great. I miss 'em. Were you surprised there was still so much goodwill for the band, after so many years?

There's no drama with these cats, we really just have a great time and that is so fucking cool! Playing Nashville after 17 years was a total rush, I always loved playing there. Playing Knoxville for the first time was another high. The venue was so odd, it was a Karaoke bar in Seymour, a rural suburb of Knoxville, and just walking in there was a trip. Imagine if you will, a stage set up in a joint that's a cross between a T. F's and a Chucky Cheese with a little Hard Rock Cafe thrown in and you have a pretty good idea of the atmosphere.

But this place was completely state of the art, and as I'd never been to Knoxville, I had a blast. To be honest, we've gotten such good will online that I kind of expected it to be a little better live. I'm not complaining, people have been fantastic, I think it's going to take a while for folks to see this band and put it together with the band from 20 years ago. Those fans are still out there, it's just a matter of them finding out that we are back. Tell me more about the Collins Kids!

We had just released Use Once And Destroy when I got a call from the shows producer asking if I'd like to be interviewed. I knew nothing of the show at that point, but I figured we could use the promotion, so Michael called a few days later. I was in the middle of eating some pizza when the phone rang and he started right in on the interview. After I got the bite down, I started talking and didn't let up, for an hour and forty minutes. I figured he'd take what he liked and edit the rest out.

I was a mite surprised to learn he decided to run the whole shebang. It really covered my whole career. A couple of weeks later, I was contacted by Blaquart Radio, to do a show on my musical influences, from my punk roots to my psychedelic present, we covered it all. Quite a party! Pure sex and the spirit of rock'n'roll in the guise of a 12 year old kid and his 15 year old sister.

There's an amazing video of a recent reunion show on YouTube, if you want to see the real deal. Wasn't he the Thin Lizzy guy who later joined Motorhead, annoying Lemmy with his whacky wardrobe choices?

Gary Sunshine, Riki, those guys were great. Whenever I went to N. I stayed with them and their friends. We supported each other. Because he has heart and soul and we've had many of the same life experiences. Since we played with them recently, I've become aware of "American Plague", who were really good live.

I like the "Hellacopters", though they are a bit of a one trick pony. I also listen to a lot of "Angry Pudding", my girlfriends all girl punk band, who I've produced. We're planning on releasing a double band e. Let's see, one by one I'm a fan of all Stiv Bators bands, the Lords were real innovators and completely ahead of their time.

Four Horsemen had a lot of power and I had the great fortune of befriending and working with a couple of the guys. I always loved The Joneses, from their very first compilation, to the "Hell Comes To Your House" era, to their later stuff, those guys are real rock'n'roll, I love their attitude.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the Crybabies but Jones, etc? It could be the isolation from the rest of the industry that makes bands like theirs and Rock City Angels shine and end up a little more original than the rest of the gringos, ha ha. Now that I'm sober, I take my time more and tend to write by myself more often. I get more reflective and put more thought into the words, less spontonaeity. Both approaches are valid. It IS easier to be objective when you're straight.

The way he blends Buddhist and Gnostic philosophys with science fiction is remarkable and entertaining. One is picking up belief in humanity, positive, life affirming ideas without nessessarily knowing it.

Many of the classic Russian authors leave you something to consider, especially the short stories of Chekof. Charles Bukowski's sparse, honest style is genius, and I love true crime just for the insight into human nature, you dig? PEPSI SHEEN: How do you feel about everything that's been goin' on in this country-the wars, the big bailouts, the Patriot Act surveillance-state, the corporate perversion of all major-media, the battle against free health care for all Americans, the swine-flu hype and hysteria?

Are you hopeful? Do you feel like you are free? Is it getting better, or worse? We can't go to war every time a few crazies go on a rampage, it's just a waste of our resources and ultimately does nothing. Some of these bailouts were a nessessary evil to save the economy, but I question others. For example, the auto industry. The U. Tit for tat, ok. But after a certain level is reached, I believe it should be survival of the fittest. Isn't that what capitalism is all about?

Ok, so GM goes down, it's not the end of the world. You can't tell me that 3, 4 auto companies won't spring up to take their place. And maybe one or two of these will have a sustainable business model. Isn't that what competition and the American way is all about? It's the sheltering of these giant corporations and their monopolies that is patently unamerican and what's wrong with our system. The rich get richer coz there's no room for the innovative small business.

I'm afraid of Big Brother and the surveillance state, I've seen "Brazil" too many times, ha ha. I think it's crazy that we have no rights to our private thoughts and actions once we hit the streets. It's a shame that, though we live in the "information age", it's a battle to find unbiased news reporting. Are you listening to a mouthpiece for the right or the left? Let's face it, it's usually for the right because they have the money and own the majority of stations.

Was it better when the FCC regulated fairness and accuracy in reporting? A little. Anything is better than the government policies in place now which only protects the investments of media corporations. As for the battle against health care, I think it's a disgrace. It's amazing to me that people would allow themselves to be manipulated to fight something not only benificial to themselves and their neighbors but something taken for granted by every other industrialized nation on the planet.