THE IMMORTAL LEE COUNTY KILLERS
''THE ESSENTIAL FUCKED UP BLUES''
JANUARY 16 2001
36:57
1 - Let's Get Killed/3:23
2 - Killer 45/2:53
3 - Train She Rides/2:00
4 - Go To Hell On Judgment Day/5:19
5 - Big Damn Roach/3:33
6 - Said I'd Find My Way/3:25
7 - Won't Cook Fish/3:15
8 - Sometimes The Devil Sneaks Inside My Head/2:56
9 - Rollin' Stone/9:51
REVIEW
by John Duffy Not at all for purists, The Essential Fucked Up Blues is about as punk as it can get and still claim a blues base to the music. Chetley "Cheetah" Weise screams demented, barely discernable lyrics and blasts ballsy Delta and Chicago riffs with as much distorted fury as he sings. Doug "The Boss" Sherrard drums with a static determination that is nonetheless appropriate to the sheer bombast of the tunes. The two-man band format leaves much to be desired (not to mention a giant hole in rythymic integrity), but Weise's riffs, while never digging very deep in terms of traditional blues playing, are never cliché. A ten-minute marathon cover of Muddy Water's "Rollin' Stone" (only recognizable for the first minute or so by the signature riff) closes the album. It's an exhausting, yet utterly exciting, album.
BIOGRAPHY
by John Duffy
Formed in summer 1999 in Auburn, AL, by guitarist Chetley "Cheetah" Weise (formerly of Quadrajets) and drummer Doug "the Boss" Sherrard. Combining punkish garage rock pathos with the basic elements of Chicago and Mississippi Delta blues, the Immortal Lee County Killers emerged as purveyors of perhaps the loudest and most aggressive blues-based music ever. Using only drums and heavily distorted guitar, the group recorded The Essential Fuck-Up Blues barely four months after forming for Estrus on Weise's eight-track in an dilapidated shack that had served as rehearsal space. Utilizing a switching foot-operated system, Weisepounded out both guitar and bass sounds through seperate amplifiers, both cranked to their limit. A handful of split singles followed on various indie labels. Sherrard departed in early 2001 to be replaced by the loud and flamboyant J.R.R. Token ("the Token One"), also late of Quadrajets.
''THE ESSENTIAL FUCKED UP BLUES''
JANUARY 16 2001
36:57
1 - Let's Get Killed/3:23
2 - Killer 45/2:53
3 - Train She Rides/2:00
4 - Go To Hell On Judgment Day/5:19
5 - Big Damn Roach/3:33
6 - Said I'd Find My Way/3:25
7 - Won't Cook Fish/3:15
8 - Sometimes The Devil Sneaks Inside My Head/2:56
9 - Rollin' Stone/9:51
REVIEW
by John Duffy Not at all for purists, The Essential Fucked Up Blues is about as punk as it can get and still claim a blues base to the music. Chetley "Cheetah" Weise screams demented, barely discernable lyrics and blasts ballsy Delta and Chicago riffs with as much distorted fury as he sings. Doug "The Boss" Sherrard drums with a static determination that is nonetheless appropriate to the sheer bombast of the tunes. The two-man band format leaves much to be desired (not to mention a giant hole in rythymic integrity), but Weise's riffs, while never digging very deep in terms of traditional blues playing, are never cliché. A ten-minute marathon cover of Muddy Water's "Rollin' Stone" (only recognizable for the first minute or so by the signature riff) closes the album. It's an exhausting, yet utterly exciting, album.
BIOGRAPHY
by John Duffy
Formed in summer 1999 in Auburn, AL, by guitarist Chetley "Cheetah" Weise (formerly of Quadrajets) and drummer Doug "the Boss" Sherrard. Combining punkish garage rock pathos with the basic elements of Chicago and Mississippi Delta blues, the Immortal Lee County Killers emerged as purveyors of perhaps the loudest and most aggressive blues-based music ever. Using only drums and heavily distorted guitar, the group recorded The Essential Fuck-Up Blues barely four months after forming for Estrus on Weise's eight-track in an dilapidated shack that had served as rehearsal space. Utilizing a switching foot-operated system, Weisepounded out both guitar and bass sounds through seperate amplifiers, both cranked to their limit. A handful of split singles followed on various indie labels. Sherrard departed in early 2001 to be replaced by the loud and flamboyant J.R.R. Token ("the Token One"), also late of Quadrajets.
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