Little Creatures am Donnerstag den 03.04.2008
| Surf, Surf, Surf & Garaaaaage! Sixties Beat! Ray Daytona and Googoobombos are known in Italy as a real cult band, their sound being a hyper-cybernetic mixture of melodic surf garge tunes played live at an insane speed with punk rock attitude and good technical skill. Since the very beginning they delight their audience with their gigs, melting together high energy and a strong sound impact. The band has played both in Italy and abroad, opening for such bands as Misfits, Sonic Youth, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Radio Birdman, Satanic Surfers, and sharing the stage with Nashville Pussy, Billy Childish and Thee Headcoats, Robert Gordon, Phantom Surfers, Link Protrudi and The Jaymen, Demons, The Squirtgun. They’ve published four albums and a bunch of 7”. Their first full-lenght album, A Wild Shot Of... (1999), is an ideal tribute to the obscure Sixties’ garage, and as the title suggests, to Henry Mancini and Sixties’ soundtracks. Afterwards they meet and become friends with Winston Smith, the american artist, who has worked for magazines like The New Yorker, Playboy, and with bands such as Dead Kennedys, Green Day, No Means No, Ben Harper. He becomes their steady partner, creating the cover for their second a and third album. Space Age Traffic Jam (2001) and Fasten Seat Belt (2004) mark their turn towards a much more tough and personal sound, supported by the musical production of David Lenci, live sound ingeneer for Uzeda, Man or Astroman, Shellac and co-worker with Steve Albini. In september, 2005, some songs of the band appear in the soundtrack of a short film, Full Circle, by Joseph Lefevre, which is presented at the Venice Cinema Festival. The collaboration with the director goes on now, with the band working to write the soundtrack for his new film, Said, which should come out in the spring of 2008. The band is now touring to promote their new mini album, One Eyed Jack (cd/10”), that features ten new original songs. DISCOGRAPHY ALBUMS One Eyed Jack, cd/10”, 66Sixties, 2007 Fasten Seat Belt, cd Ammonia/V2; double lp Sham Foundation/SPAF records, 2004 Great Expectations, cd Ammonia/V2, 2003 (contains songs never printed on cd) Space Age Traffic Jam, cd/lp Mad Driver records, 2002 A Wild Shot of..., cd/lp Mad Driver records, 2000 7” Hole in the Ground, Mad Driver records, 2001/mcd AUA records, 2001 Real Black King, Bad Man records, 1999 Deep from Space, Pure Vynil, 1999 Motor City Dragway, J. G. records, 1998 Ray’s Own Business, J. G. records, 1998 www.raydaytona.net | [attachmentid=18303] |
Beginn: 22:00 Uhr
Location: Little Creatures
Adresse: Louisenstrasse 45, 01099 Dresden