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Beat Angels – Red Badge Of Discourage (1997) Country: USA Style: Glam Rock
the Beat Angels with a strong second effort proving that glam never died, it just migrated in Arizona. Great to see that someone understands the basic principle of power pop/glam : “loud & fun”. The Beat Angels were both with great song titles, great lyrics filled with references to Strummer and Jones and Bebe Buell and the day before the morning after, all kicked into high gear by the in-your-face guitars of mainstays Michael Brooks and Keith Jackson. The album was again produced by Candys Gilby Clarke and had an excellent film noir style artwork.
Comprised of members Michael Brooks and E. Keith Jackson (guitar), Tommy Caradonna (bass), Brian Smith (vocals), and Frankie Hanyak (drums), the group issued a pair of recordings for the Epiphany label in the late ’90s — 1996’s Unhappy Hour With… and 1997’s Red Badge of Discourage — the latter of which was produced by former Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke. ~ Greg Prato
Produced, recorded, & mixed by Gilby Clarke
Tracks:
1. Snot
2. You’re A Wreck Check audio now!!
3. My Glum Sugar-Plum Check audio now!!
4. Glitter Girl
5. Saturday Punks Check audio now!!
6. Go Your Way
7. Keep It Up
8. Crashing Back To Her
9. Hey Little Peep Show
10. Cinammon Says
11. Hidden Track
Duration 31:46
Beat Angels :
Tommy Caradonna: Bass (ex Alice Cooper, White Lion )
Gilby Clarke: Guns N’ Roses, L.A. Guns, Silent Rage, SPIN the BOTTLE, Crash Kelly, Guns N’ Roses (Rock), Slashs Snakepit, Hollywood Rose, Hollywood Roses
Brian Smith: Nucleus, Maynard Ferguson, Two High String Band, 112, Battleaxe, Dallyn Vail Bayles, J. Blackfoot, Ian Carr, Cavo, Centipede
Michael Brooks: Terry Hanck, Gilby Clarke, Commissioned, Witness, Jeff Dahl, Force One Network, Greater Emmanuel Mas, Mitchell Jones, Nation
This album is great…my favorite track is “Saturday punks”… Nice band..
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Of their two cds, I definitely prefer this. The singer is now in a project with Ricky Rat from the Trash Brats.
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“With bigger melodic hooks than most underground or commercial pop groups, and guitars louder than those of many punk bands, its impossible not to be seduced by these underappreciated rockers.”
Hit List Magazine
“…Beat Angels are one of the greatest rock & roll bands in the world today”…
Album Network
“Awesome, all crude gestures and mannerism. They are rock n roll and were just what the doctor ordered after so much non-genital pop. They were what I expect candy would have sounded like 15 years ago”…
Bucketfull Of Brains, England
“…The New York Dolls-meet-Cheap Trick assault of Arizonas Beat Angels who also happen to be one of the most hell-raising live acts you’ll ever see…”
LA Weekly
“Awesome poppy trash-rock, sort of T-Rex meets Cheap Trick”…
Seattle Weekly
“(Beat Angels) are worth raising a glass of cheap red wine to”…
Kerrang!, England
“Beat Angels’ songs are pure hits, each and every one of them”…
Sound Affects, Sweden
“This CD is the best thing i’ve heard in ten years… They are the new darlings of the underground”…
Scream Magazine, Japan
“…[Beat Angels] are quite probably the best band on earth at the moment, bar none!”…
Leather Boyz, Italy
“A staggeringly-electrifying live band with giant hooks, big guitars, brilliant lyrics and enough charisma to raise the corpse of Brian Jones”…
Fizz Magazine
“Its got cigarettes, whiskey and wild women tattooed all over it”…
Phoenix New Times
“Sweet and melodic, but sharp and crunchy, like a Twix bar filled with glass shards”…
POPsided, Portland, OR
“…Beat Angels (at the 1997 SXSW) drew a standing room-only crowd… leaving a long line outside the door. They waited in vain; no one was leaving this band”…
New Times Weekly, Syracuse, NY
“…Beat Angels, simply put, make 99% of contemporary powerpop bands sound thin and listless”…
Goldmine, USA
“…I’m more and more convinced that they will be the BIG thing. Its a crime of the century if they don’t make it big time”…
Katz Volume, Finland
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