9477 - THE 69 CATS - TRANSYLVANIA TAPES (2014) (REPOST)

THE 69 CATS
''TRANSYLVANIAN TAPES''
AUGUST 5 2014
42:24

1 People Are Strange 02:56
2 Sunclasses After Dark 02:40
3 She's Not You (feat. WAnda Jackson) 02:43
4 Runaway 02:27
5 Sweet Transvestite (with The Devil's Daughters) 03:25
6 Edge Of Reality 03:49
7 Necromancer For Guitar 04:03
8 You're My Baby 02:40
9 Werewolves Of London 04:13
10 Black Cadillac 03:02
11 Girls On Film 03:58
12 69 Guitars 02:55
13 Bela Lugosi's Dead 03:26

Lisa Dahl - Backing Vocals
Mysti Moon - Backing Vocals
Chopper Franklin - Bass Guitar
Clem Burke - Drums
Danny B. Harvey - Guitar
Jyrki 69 - Lead Vocals
Wanda Jackson - Lead Vocals On 3

BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Mark Deming
The 69 Cats are an all-star psychobilly ensemble whose music honors the "billy" just as much as the "psycho." The group was formed by Jyrki69, the vocalist with the Finnish goth rock band the 69 Eyes; in addition to singing with his band, he does DJ sets, and noticed that spinning classic rockabilly at the end of a night of goth-themed music always filled the dancefloor. Hoping to put his two interests together, he formed the 69 Cats with Danny B. Harvey, the American rockabilly guitarist who played with the Rockats as well as backing up Wanda Jackson, Nancy Sinatra, and Lemmy Kilmister. Signing on to play bass was Chopper Franklin, a former member of the Cramps, and Clem Burke of Blondie and the Empty Hearts became the group's drummer. In August 2014, the 69 Cats released their debut album, The Transylvanian Tapes, and the group got a boost when its recording of "Bad Things" was used on the soundtrack of the popular HBO series True Blood.

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7335 - THE 69 CATS - Transylvanian Tapes (2014)

THE 69 CATS
''TRANSYLVANIAN TAPES''
AUGUST 5 2014
42:42

1 People Are Strange 2:58
2 Sunglasses After Dark 2:42
3 She's Not You 2:46
4 Runaway 2:29
5 Sweet Tranvestite 3:27
6 Edge of Reality 3:51
7 Necromance for Guitar 4:05
8 You're My Baby 2:42
9 Werewolves of London 4:15
10 Black Cadillac 3:04
11 Girls on Film 3:59
12 69 Guitars 2:56
13 Bela Lugosi's Dead 3:28

This is the debut album from gothabilly supergroup featuring 69 Eyes vocalist Jyrki rockin' out with HeadCat six-string slinger Danny B. Harvey, former Cramps bassist, Scott 'Chopper' Franklin, and Blondie drummer Clem Burke.

Includes a guest appearance by the queen of rockabilly herself, Wanda Jackson, on a stunning version of Elvis' 'She's Not You' as well as other rock classics such as Del Shannon's 'Runaway' and Dwight Pullen's 'Sunglasses After Dark' plus Bauhaus' 'Bela Lugosi's Dead', Duran Duran's 'Girls On Film' and lots more.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
THE 69 CATS – A Perfect Halloween Date with Dracula & Elvis

”No matter where I was Djing around the world, whether it was a Goth or metal night, I always spinned some 50’s rock’n’roll, The Cramps or The Stray Cats in the last part of the night – and drove everybody crazy and filled the dance floor. But it’s always the same records, there’s no new happening band.”

This has been an idea for long time for Jyrki69, the singer of The 69 Eyes, Helsinki-based Finnish goth’n’roll band. His band has been playing their unique glam-goth-mixed sound for a quarter of a century. Occasionally at their acoustic shows the singer’s been able to show his rockabilly roots and Elvisy voice. Fans have been overwhelmed and literally begged for more.

Finally this year he was introduced to Danny B. Harvey, legendary American rockabilly guitar hero whose past includes bands like Rockats and recently Mötorhead’s Lemmy fronting Headcat as well as playing with everybody from Wanda Jackson to Nancy Sinatra. They worked out immediately a bunch of “cover songs that needed resurrection” and recruited the Cramps bass player Chopper Franklin to this new dark rockabilly “supergroup”.

The sound, the songs, the chemistry – it all here. Not only new stuff for the dance floor to get the cool cats and kinky kittens go wild again but also bring it to the fans of all these bands. Expect an album, expect shows.

But most of all: be warned & stay sick!

The 69 Cats:”Bad Things” EP out on Cleopatra Records now

The 69 Cats:
- Jyrki69 (The 69 Eyes) vocals
- Danny B. Harvey (Rockats, Headcat) guitar
- Chopper Franklin (The Cramps) bass

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