The Tremors Uranium Rock 7"/CD Review

A few years back my favorite band of Rockabilly headhunters, The Tremors dropped a blistering EP entitled Uranium Rock! Never a band to be out done this EP has been pressed on glow in the dark SLIME green vinyl. The band also pressed a CD, the disc format features two tracks that didn’t make it on the 7” release due to not having enough room. I’m a self-professed audiophile so the only sensible way to listen/ purchase this release is in vinyl format. The sound is smashing and nothing makes a standup bass sound better to me. Sadly, on this 7” I was missing out on the band’s rendition of Carl Perkin’s “Her Love Rubbed Off” as well as an alternate version of one of the band’s most popular tunes “Pill Popper”. So, I did what any good Christian would, and I bought the CD too!

Digging into this 7”, we already know the title track is a cover of the old Warren Smith tune “Uranium Rock”. This tune was also made even more popular by your favorite and mine, The Cramps. The Tremors don’t necessarily go with The Cramps flavor on this cover, they stay closer to Smith’s version paying homage to the greatness of the original recording. Jimmy Tremor’s vocals and guitar tone is fantastic and makes the song even better than I thought possible. Next up we have a Tremors original entitled “Make with The Shake”. This tune features some of the finest toe-tappin’, Rockabilly boppin’, good timing rock n’ roll this side of the Mississip! Side two gets us off and running with the off the rails and panic stricken “Lovin’ on My Mind”. Here you’ll find some blazing guitar riffs, feels and enough bass slappin’ to blow your speakers into the twenty-fifth century. In keeping with the tremendous amount of respect The Tremors show for Sun Records and their amazing roster of artists, the band does a smoking version of Mack Vickery’s “Drive-In”. I grew up tapping my feet and dancing to Mack Vickery 45’s as my mother’s had a few of his releases in her collection, so I’m all about it. Jimmy Tremor and his merry combo of comrades stuff a great amount of raw emotion in this tune. The traditional feel of the song is kept while the verses are slower but man that chorus ramps up and it gets wild as hell!

I have it on good authority there are a few more of these slime green glow-in-the-dark 45’s left! I strongly recommend you pick up both the 7” and the CD, so you don’t miss out on the additional songs offered on the disc. Don’t wait too long; once these hand numbered beauties are gone, they are gone! All Hail the Tremors for keeping REAL Rockabilly alive; hallelujah, praise the lord and pass me the gravy! 

~Black Angel