Hillbilly Moon Explosion
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work up a plausible old-school sound… Read Full Bio ↴"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work up a plausible old-school sound these days—a few twangy guitars, a pile of echo, a sneering lead vocal on top, and presto, you're ready to rumble. There's a difference, however, between a true vintage-tinged update and another in a series of Eddie Cochran copycats. Which brings us to Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Zurich-based rock revivalists who've spent the past few years touring Europe, issuing a pair of acclaimed releases (2002's Introducing The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, 2004's Bourgeois Baby) while watching their fan base grow by leaps and bounds. Mind you, this is no quaint Sun Records send-up; at their best, HME— bassist/vocalist Oliver Baroni; rhythm guitarist/vocalist Emanuela Hutter; guitarist Duncan James and drummer Luke Weyermann—come across like a Sam Phillips-produced soundtrack to a Sam Raimi shock flick, a furious bed of slap bass and pounding snare underpinning layers of menacing guitar lines, wailing background vocals, and eerie keyboard flourishes, with front-woman Hutter providing the perfect aural/visual focal point, fishnet stockings and all.
When it came time to lay tracks for a third independent effort, head Hillbillies Baroni and Hutter eventually headed for the US and wound up at the door of producer-engineer Mark Neill, owner of San Diego's Soil of the South Studios, where it’s all-analog, all the time. One could not imagine a better match-up: Neill, a rockabilly bred Southerner whose client list includes The Paladins, Los Straitjackets and Old 97s, is a rock archeologist of the highest order and vast collector of choice old-school audio tools, who knows how to nail it down in just a few takes using as few tracks possible (the way it was before we all had too much time and tracks on our hands). In order to provide Baroni and Hutter with the proper instrumental framework, Neill enlisted the support of cohorts like guitarist Eddie Angel (of Los Straitjackets fame), sax man Archie Thompson and drummer Craig 'Flash' Packham, with Neill himself overlaying lead and rhythm guitars. The result is All Grown Up, a faithfully prepared (and mainly mono-mixed) amalgam of unbridled rock tracks that clock in at a Ramones-like two-and-a-half minutes apiece, featuring Baroni's saxes-with-axes classic "Live the Life," Hutter’s sensually exotic take on "House of Bamboo," not to mention a tour-de-force rendering of Mel Larson’s "Little Lil," with Baroni's lead vocals authentically distorting like a Little Richard 45. And in case anyone's forgotten what real country is supposed to sound like, there's the Baroni-penned "Brown Eyed Boy," a lilting Loretta Lynn pastiche that belies the murderous intent described within.
How good is this stuff? "To think that these guys came over to San Diego from Europe with a bunch of songs on acoustic guitar and absolutely nailed the vintage rock'n'roll sound—and made it contemporary," remarks the normally reserved Neill. "I've never seen that happen before."
Dave Simons, Rolling Stone Magazine.
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When it came time to lay tracks for a third independent effort, head Hillbillies Baroni and Hutter eventually headed for the US and wound up at the door of producer-engineer Mark Neill, owner of San Diego's Soil of the South Studios, where it’s all-analog, all the time. One could not imagine a better match-up: Neill, a rockabilly bred Southerner whose client list includes The Paladins, Los Straitjackets and Old 97s, is a rock archeologist of the highest order and vast collector of choice old-school audio tools, who knows how to nail it down in just a few takes using as few tracks possible (the way it was before we all had too much time and tracks on our hands). In order to provide Baroni and Hutter with the proper instrumental framework, Neill enlisted the support of cohorts like guitarist Eddie Angel (of Los Straitjackets fame), sax man Archie Thompson and drummer Craig 'Flash' Packham, with Neill himself overlaying lead and rhythm guitars. The result is All Grown Up, a faithfully prepared (and mainly mono-mixed) amalgam of unbridled rock tracks that clock in at a Ramones-like two-and-a-half minutes apiece, featuring Baroni's saxes-with-axes classic "Live the Life," Hutter’s sensually exotic take on "House of Bamboo," not to mention a tour-de-force rendering of Mel Larson’s "Little Lil," with Baroni's lead vocals authentically distorting like a Little Richard 45. And in case anyone's forgotten what real country is supposed to sound like, there's the Baroni-penned "Brown Eyed Boy," a lilting Loretta Lynn pastiche that belies the murderous intent described within.
How good is this stuff? "To think that these guys came over to San Diego from Europe with a bunch of songs on acoustic guitar and absolutely nailed the vintage rock'n'roll sound—and made it contemporary," remarks the normally reserved Neill. "I've never seen that happen before."
Dave Simons, Rolling Stone Magazine.
Source: http://www.hillbillymoon.com/press.html
http://www.hillbillymoon.com/meettheband.html
http://www.myspace.com/hillbillymoonexplosion
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The Hillbilly Moon Explosion Lyrics
All I Can Do Is Cry Left my girl in New York City Left her crying in…
Broken Heart Would you leave if I cry, I am sorry I told…
Brown Eyed Boy We'll stay at home, and call this day our own With…
Buy Beg Or Steal You've got a hunger For the good life you missed I should…
Buy, Beg or Steal You've got a hunger For the good life you missed I should…
CALL ME Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me you…
Chick Habit Hang up the chick habit Hang it up, daddy, Or you'll be…
Enola Gay Enola Gay, You should have stayed at home yesterday Oh, I …
Flying High Moaning Low Flying high moaning low Flying high moaning low Flowers che…
House Of Bamboo Number fifty-four, The house with the bamboo door, Bamboo ro…
I'm Gonna Dry My Eyes and dry away the tears dont you worry baby, i know…
Jackson We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper…
Johnny Are You Gay Is she really going out with him? I dunno! Hey, there…
Little Lil Ohw, Little Lil You got me hangin' on a string Ohw, Little…
Live the Life Love me baby, love me for what I am Hey now…
Maniac Lover Drivin' down the street in my long black Cadillac Gotta find…
Moonshine Song Hey Moonshine you got me dreaming Hey moonshine your light …
My Love For Evermore I'd like to pack this in, and take you to…
Natascia Natascia m'hai lasciato tu Un amore spezzato Un ricordo pass…
Perfidia To you, my heart cries out Perfidia For I found you,…
Putty in Your Hands You say hop and I'll hop You say stop and I'll…
Remember Seems like the other day My baby went away She went away…
She Kicked Me to the Curb I was a low-life I was a slug And nothin' but a…
The Long Way Down When I was young He was the talk of the town He…
Trouble & Strife It's been too long things went wrong In this model life…
Walk Italian I remember when I was a young girl Listening to what…
Westbound Train You ask me to stay then you tell me that…