¡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

GIT IT!: ¡Dead Man's Stroll & Other Popular Favourites!

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

Happy Trashy Surfin' Halloween From Los Tentakills

Happy Halloween From Los Tentakills - Gremlins On My Wing from Al Hotchkiss on Vimeo.

For those of you based in the Glasgow area get yourself down to Nice & Sleazy this Thursday night for some spooky based Halloween fun.

Details: http://www.list.co.uk/event/212433-johnny-reb-oscar-charlie-and-los-tentakills/

"Los Tentakills are a rooting-tootin gaggle of beasts who’ll surf you slap BANG! into a psychedelic prolapse. New EP ‘The Psychotomimetic Sounds of …’ bestialises what lesser men died for. They tore me a new arsehole; now it’s your turn."

Los Tentakills - Surf Riders

Los Tentakills - Surf Riders from Al Hotchkiss on Vimeo.

Our infamous version of The Lively Ones Surf Rider. Get on your Architeuthis and ride!

You all know me. You know what I do for a living. I'll catch this bird for ya but it ain't going to be easy. Bad fish. It's not like going down to the pond chasing bluegills or tommy cods. This squid. Swallow you whole. Little shaking. Little tenderizing, down you go. Now we gotta do it quick. That will bring back all the tourists and put all your businesses on a paying basis. But it's not going to be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks chief. I'll find him for 3 but I'll catch him and kill him for 10. Now you gotta make up your minds. You want to stay alive anti up. Want to play it cheap. Be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head. The tail. The whole damn thing. Mr Mayer. Chief. Ladies and gentlemen.

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.

CRAB YER PARTNERS BY THE CLAW!

The Milkshakes - Brand New Caddilac (Big Beat EP)

The Milkshakes were a very prolific group, recording nine records in their six years together. Childish and Hampshire split the lead vocal duties and the band was very much a blend of Childish's primitive songwriting and Hampshire's more melodic leanings. The group also masterminded and backed a Medway girl group, the Delmonas. The Milkshakes broke up in 1984 and Childish, Brand, and Agnew went on to form Thee Mighty Caesars where Childish's raw punk-blues could roam untainted by any semblance of professionalism.

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The Milkshakes - Brand New Caddilac (Big Beat EP)

Voodoo Beach Party on the Planet of the Cannibal She-Wolf

Here is a mix of garage, surf, trash, exotica, freakbeat, soul and whatever else, with a kitschy b movie vibe running through it . . .It’s the kind of music you can hear at my favourite club here in Perth, Deville’s pad, which is not only kitted out in the coolest possible manner with go go dancers and regular good surf bands, but it has my favourite rule of any club so far – It’s over 25s only. Therefore it’s not full of the wank off students who would love it probably even more than I do. It’s apparently owned by the same people who run the famous ‘Las Vegas Grind’ night in Vegas, and the even more famous series of compilation records of the same name. I might be having my wedding reception there . . .

Anyway, here is the mix, I’ve called it ‘Voodoo beach party on the planet of the cannibal she-wolf’ in keeping with the Devilles pad aesthetic, hope you enjoy . . .

 Download - Voodoo Beach Party on the Planet of the Cannibal She-Wolf

Tracklist

'Dare The Devil' Movie Trailer

Cannibal Love - B.D Kay and the Rollercoaster

Voodoo Doll - Glen and Glenda

I am the Wolfman - The Staggers

It's a Mummy ! - The Chimps

Satan's Holiday - The Lancasters

St Tropez - Brigit Bardot

Gammera - The Moons

Jack The Ripper - Link Wray and his Wray- Men

Let it out (Let it all hang out) - The Hombres

The Whip - The Originals

Tequila - The Champs

Rusty Nail - The Tiki Tones

Revenge - The Ray McVay Sound

Slave of Desire - TheNew Dawn

Vampiro - Satan's Pilgrims

Little Demon - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Go Go Gorilla - The Ideals

'The Crawling Thing' Movie Trailer

Don't Monkey with Tarzan - Laika & the Cosmonauts

Crossfire - Johnny and the Hurricanes

Knock on Wood - The Rivieres

Telstar - Laika & the Cosmonauts

'Bummer' Movie Trailer