| No Way To Stop Me, I'm On Rock 'n' Roll - Black Raven House Of Wax, HOT WAX CD-001
For a complete and updated biography of Black Raven, please visit Black Raven's website at http://www.blackraven.de Current line-up of the band is: It's been 6 years (not counting the Falcon & Raven 45 single) since the last album of Black Raven was released in 1995. I would say it was about time the band got back in the studio, because if you have their earlier recordings, or have ever seen these guys on stage, you know these German teddyboys rock! Black Raven, like all teddyboy bands, are heavily influenced by the originators of the Crazy Rhythm sound, Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, and by Sandy Ford's Flying Saucers. And maybe by all other teddybands that followed in their footsteps. But the Raven have their own sound within the genre. Raw, and yet subtle, supported all the way by Torsten's rolling electric bass and Julian fast leading licks. Of the 15 tracks, 13 are self-penned originals. The only two covers are "Apache's Last Ride", based on the Shadows hit "Apache", and a fast rockin' version of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin" (awesome "tweets" :)) The front picture of the album is something else, I don't think anything like this has ever been done before, and I'm pretty sure it'll give you a good laugh too, seeing this gang of "bikers" on the front cover. Pretty neat! As for the music, well, why don't you just listen for yourself, you'll find a great selection of Black Raven songs in MP3 format on their website. I'm quite sure that, if you like original European rock 'n' roll, rockabilly and teddy boy music, you will dig this album too. And if I would have to pick some favourites, I'd say "The Train" is real cool, with Johnny Cash alike guitar riffs, and "She-Shaved-My-Sideburn-Blues", a story about a girl who leaves her teddy boy friend for Elvis and shaves away his sideburns. Imagine that would happen to you, scary! (I haven't shaved off mine in 25 years!) Black Raven line-up on this CD:
Also read Sunglasses Ron's write up about BLACK RAVEN Contact Information: House Of Wax Reviewed by The BlackCat, 2001 |
