T-Shirts
12/05 New Sharks and Western Star T-shirts are available now. Click Here.
Alan Wilson's book is out now!
11/05 Out on Cherry Red Book, "Deathrow - The Chronicles of Psychobilly" will be available on the 24th Nov 2005 but pre-orders are being taken now. For more details see our merchandise page or contact www.cherryred.co.uk
A tantalizing insight into the underbelly of Rock 'n' Roll.... a dangerous, exciting world where Rockabilly mutated with Punk to form.... PSYCHOBILLY!
Packed with the best articles, harvested from the highly collectable cult music fanzine 'Deathrow'.
A valuable reference of events, band interviews and stories for those too young to have experienced the European Psychobilly scene in it's heyday and a nostalgic reminder for those who were a part of it all.... and survived!
Original Pirates record at Western Star!
10/05 Johnny Kidd was arguably the best rocker that the UK ever produced and his recordings remain classics to this day and include Shakin' All Over, Please Don't Touch, Growl and many more. Sadly Kidd died in a car accident in the mid 60's.
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L-R Brian Gregg, Clem Cattini, Joe Moretti (Jnr), Kidd Kane. |
Original musicians on his early hits were Clem Cattini on drums and Brian Gregg (co-writer of Shakin' All Over) on bass along with Joe Moretti - who not only did the killer guitar breaks and riffs on Kidds' hits, but also played on many other classics from the era including Vince Taylors' Brand New Cadillac.
Recently, Clem Cattini and Brian Gregg teamed up with Joe Moretti Jnr (who plays and sounds incredibly like his Father) and are fronted by singer Kidd Kane - a long time Kidd fan who looks and sounds a lot like his idol. They came to Western Star to record 3 tracks and are due back to record a second batch of songs in a couple of months. This is the closest we'll ever get to having the original band back! The material recorded so far is incredibly authentic.
Jack Rabbit Slim CD launch party
10/05 Jack Rabbit Slim played an energetic set to a very enthusiastic audience at the Ace Cafe in London on Sat 8th Oct. The band were launching their new CD 'Sin-uendo' which is one of Western Star's best selling CD's and what better venue to chose than the Ace! Many faces were in the audience including top London DJ Jerry Chatabox and Nervous records boss Roy Williams. A good night was had by all.
Rockabilly Rebel comes to Western Star
09/05 Rockabilly hit-maker Graham Fenton has been recording at Western Star Studio. His band, Matchbox - who are still together and touring, had 7 top 30 UK hits, including their anthem 'Rockabilly Rebel'. Graham now also often tours America fronting the Bluecaps (Gene Vincent's original backing musicians).
Jack Rabbit Slim!
08/05 Western Star records have released an album by one of the hottest bands on the UK rockin' scene. "Sin-uendo" is the 14 track debut album from Jack Rabbit Slim who are fronted by the very talented Bob Butfoy (ex Bob & the Bearcats). For full tracklist and sound samples visit www.western-star.co.uk