The Tremors Invasion of the Saucermen CD Review

When was the last time you heard an authentic Rockabilly band with legitimate traces of the forefathers from the genre? It’s been a long time for me around here. I think the last band that damned good was The Cramps. Admittedly, I don’t get out much, but I don’t pass up anything that remotely sounds or looks like Rockabilly. Having said that, I’d like to introduce you all to North Carolina’s The Tremors – one of if not the best Rockabilly bands since The Cramps or the Stray Cats!

Holy hellfire, slap your mama and wake the neighbors! The Tremors are all about early Rockabilly, Roots, good times and just enough Psycho/Punk influences to appeal to anyone. The band’s sophomore disc, Invasion of The Saucermen is a few years old, and it lacks nothing. Honestly, I haven’t heard a band that I liked this much since I was in my early teens – these boys come ‘a stormin’ out of the gate like a pack of wild dogs and they don’t slow down. If you’re a fan of great musicianship, you’ll latch on to the band instantly. Jimmy Tremor is an axe grinding/six string wielding/crooning and wailing gift directly from the GODS of Rockabilly. Joining the festivities are Slim Perkins – one of the slap-happiest upright bassists this side of the Mason Dixon. And finally, we have Stretch Armstrong – a drummer who gives a whole new meaning to the speed of light! Together these three fellers serve it up so good it oughta be against the damned law.

I have no favorites on this disc, that’d be like asking me which hand I liked better my left or right. It doesn’t matter whether it’s “(I Ain’t No) Two Timin’ Man”, “Late Night Drive-In Monster Show” or the cover of Jerry Lee Lewis’s “The Crawdad Song” every tune here is spectacular! The vocals, guitar licks, riffs, bass slaps and that ragin’ back-beat will have you up two-stepping, stomping and kicking it up. It’s like Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two on speed. Some other tunes to sink your teeth into are “Atomic Jesus”, “Jungle Fever” and “Treat Me Right”. Adding to the geekiness of the Sci-fi freak in a few of us the band went an extra step and had the artwork and CD itself printed in 3D! I have thousands of CDS and Records and none of them are in 3D, that’s cool. 

Just when you thought you’d heard it all, you haven’t! Get your ass over to the band’s bandcamp/facebook page and get a gut full of this ass blistering Rockabilly. This is the best Rockabilly band going today, you can thank me later!

~Black Angel