Whimsicality
02-15-2005, 05:41 PM
It must have been with some degree of daffy glee that the popular Danish bands Peanut Pump Gun, Nekromantix and Strawberry Slaughterhouse were stirred together. That is, after all, the only conceivable explanation of the Daffy Duck-coppin’-feels-off-Divine delight-and-surprise vibe that resonates in HorrorPops’ debut Hellcat Records release, Hell, Yeah!
HorrorPops hail from Copenhagen, Denmark but the demon seed was planted in Cologne, Germany at the 1996 POPKOM festival. patricia, PPG’s singer-guitarist, and Nekromantix singer-bassist Kim Nekroman met and discovered mutual affection for the sounds of Blondie, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and the Banshees, surf, punk, ska, and good ol’ rock ‘n roll. They taught each to play the other’s instrument and pledged to write songs that held no loyalty to any particular style.
“We didn’t want to be categorized,” says patricia. Where Peanut Pump Gun and Strawberry Slaughterhouse (from whom the band pilfered drummer Niedermeier and second guitarist “Caz the Clash”) dwelled within the punk/alternative genre, and Nekromantix was psychobilly, HorrorPops was to be “basically, um…good old fashioned rock and roll.” She reasons that everything HorrorPops incorporates into its sound goes back to that one category, and connotes the same spirit and principles. “When you look at subculture today, not many can say they’re purely punk, oi, psychobilly, new wave, ska, or heavy metal. They all dig Billy Idol, anyway. We just wanted to say that out loud.”
Click here to read more and/or download "Where They Wander" and "Misstake." (http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=343&bio=1&expand=1)\
Also look for:
Phsycobitches Outta Hell
Drama Queen
Baby Lou Tattoo
Emotional Abuse
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Ghouls
Kool Flattop
HorrorPops hail from Copenhagen, Denmark but the demon seed was planted in Cologne, Germany at the 1996 POPKOM festival. patricia, PPG’s singer-guitarist, and Nekromantix singer-bassist Kim Nekroman met and discovered mutual affection for the sounds of Blondie, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and the Banshees, surf, punk, ska, and good ol’ rock ‘n roll. They taught each to play the other’s instrument and pledged to write songs that held no loyalty to any particular style.
“We didn’t want to be categorized,” says patricia. Where Peanut Pump Gun and Strawberry Slaughterhouse (from whom the band pilfered drummer Niedermeier and second guitarist “Caz the Clash”) dwelled within the punk/alternative genre, and Nekromantix was psychobilly, HorrorPops was to be “basically, um…good old fashioned rock and roll.” She reasons that everything HorrorPops incorporates into its sound goes back to that one category, and connotes the same spirit and principles. “When you look at subculture today, not many can say they’re purely punk, oi, psychobilly, new wave, ska, or heavy metal. They all dig Billy Idol, anyway. We just wanted to say that out loud.”
Click here to read more and/or download "Where They Wander" and "Misstake." (http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=343&bio=1&expand=1)\
Also look for:
Phsycobitches Outta Hell
Drama Queen
Baby Lou Tattoo
Emotional Abuse
Don't look for:
Ghouls
Kool Flattop