Los Tentakills - Have You For My Own (Video)

¡Freak The Fuck Out With Glasgow's Most Unlikely Hit-makers!

(This video did not cost a million dollars to make)

¡Dead Man's Stroll & Other Popular Favourites!

¡Do The Dead Man's Stroll! With Al Hotchkiss!

Released 28 February 2011

¡Dead Man's Stroll & Other Popular Favourites!' released by Howling Moon Records is a Down And Dirty Lo-Fi Patchwork Intensification Of Psychedelia, Garage And Surf Reverberations from the brainpower of one part of the trio of Los Tentakills, Al Hotchkiss.

With influences such as Link Wray, 13th Floor Elevators,Bloodshot Bill, the artists of Fortune Records & an idolization for the house style recording & production methods of Joe Meek, Al Hotchkiss has created uncommon devious music subsuming not only inventive original compositions but imaginings of classic songs that he has wrangled into & made his own, spattered with atmosphere and moments of modernity, memorializing reverence & exaltation.

With his emphasis set squarely on playing from the heart truculently in a conscientious and concerted effort to formulate an affinity with you & yours and to perchance set the windmills of your mind turnabout in the concoct.

¡NAME YOUR OWN PRICE! (FREE TO THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD & NO SET PRICE FOR THOSE OF A GIVING NATURE)

PERFORMED & PRODUCED BY AL HOTCHKISS

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The Human Expression - Love At Psychedelic Velocity

A psychedelic blitzing assault on the senses, demonstrating versatility, originality and vast amounts of energy.

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The Human Expression - 45's

The Bad Seeds EP

The Bad Seeds’ story is a familiar one. A product of the youth-fueled sixties rock ’n’ roll wave, they enjoyed a meteoric rise on their home turf, the Texas Gulf Coast. For a band whose few records exemplify Texas garage rock at its finest, they didn’t last past the summer of ’66. But what they did leave behind is indelible: 45 rpm sides that rival the upper echelon Nuggets rock of the era. With an unmistakable sound that mixed-up early Stones with gutty Texas twang, the Bad Seeds put hometown Corpus Christi on the musical map in the mid-1960s.

This extended play collects the absolute cream of their original J-Beck Records output, from the pure Lone Star swagger of “I’m a King Bee” to “All Night Long”; easily the most Elevators-inspired jukebox selection ever. And to make it essential, the Bad Seeds’ ultimate statement, “A Taste of the Same,” makes its welcome return to vinyl.

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The Bad Seeds EP

Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats

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Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats - Get Hip (Archive Series Reissue 45)

The Swamp Rats were one of the most demented, unhinged and fuzzed-out bands this side of the Sonics. It's no surprise that they covered "Psycho," The trio utilized twin fuzzed guitars, drums and no bass for a primal sound that few could match.

Rock n Roll Vinyl Rips - Emptifish

I was sent this 45 by the men themselves for use on a compilation a couple of years ago.
pretty sure it's still not available to buy which is a crime so here it is in all its trashy glory.

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Emptifish - Branksmere Sessions

Emptifish 1983 - 1987 - By Nick Beat. I'd heard about 'Emptifish' while running an illegal drinking den 'The Trash Cavern Nightclub' in Waverly Road, Southsea. These guys were somehow too hot for the regular concertgoer and I decided to keep a distance from the craziness of their antics. As time progressed the band built up such a strong following including many young and attractive girls, 700-800 turning up at venues that held only 200-300 that eventually they became the talk of the South Coast with their musical hybrid of surf/punk and early "Beatles", surprising many in the aftermath of punk rock. At this stage I became interested as I could either see glory or destruction around the corner. As the year passed by I contacted the boys and tried to coax them into a deal. They had charisma and charm but their own burgeoning success led them to confidence and belief in their own destiny. Bigger venues followed in their own town, but at this point a group of notorious football hooligans known as the 6.57 crew latched on to the group. They showed up at the Rock Gardens Pavilion in front of a huge sold out crowd, a fight broke out during the first song this was between Punks, Psychobillys and a mob of the football crew. The gig was abandoned. I guided the band to play further a field, securing gigs in London and the Home Counties. At this point the News headlines were for all the wrong reasons, many venues were trashed in this period. The band took no part in this violence; it was a mixture of their raucous edgy music and the clash of youth cultures. At this point I would have promoted the boys infamy and gone National but the boys just carried on regardless. The Band enjoyed the notoriety; this would ultimately lead to their downfall, not in popularity but the opportunity of playing anywhere. Playing away from Portsmouth should have been a relief for the band but at each venue a huge following would materialize, at one gig with three record producers who had hoped to sign the band, witnessed another huge fight in the second song and another great opportunity was missed. The band were now too hot to handle by me, clubs and record companies and had now come under the gaze of the police, the band pleaded they had no part in the violence but they were seen as the cause, an outright ban was put in place. The boys fought the law but the law won! A few underground gigs took place under alias' "The Manta Rays" and "The Ambassadors", but these again, were marred with violence. The band split and went their own ways travelling the world fulfilling other ambitions. Emptifish played over 200 gigs from 1983 – 1987 to enthusiastic audiences, sometimes a bit too enthusiastic. They wrote and performed approximately 70 of their own songs and released two EP’s in limited numbers on Crystal Records, now very rare. These records were often heard on the late John Peels night time show. They recently reformed for a one off gig and played on an old Napoleonic fort in the English Channel, The charisma of the band is still there, they showed off their legendary moves, the crowd lapped it up - it was like they had never left us - good luck lads, Nick Beat Emptifish - By Nick Beat

Do The Crab With Los Tentakills!

Recorded in a squat in West Princes street in dirty ole Glasgae city by myself & band Los Tentakills. The video was rather cleverly put together by my lovely Mrs.

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Rock n Roll Vinyl Rips - Trogglomania!

Amazing snarling 1966 punk b-side from the west countries finest "I Want You" And the added bonus of the comedy gold picture sleeve in which they appear to be sporting knitted jumpers their Grannies humbly gave them for Christmas whilst still trying to remain mildly tough looking.

THE TROGGS - I WANT YOU

Also worthy of note are the hilarious Troggs Tapes. In which they state they thought the A-side to this record was "Fucking terrible"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcM2_ZjTLK8