New LOONS CD out now on UT Records:
PARAPHERNALIA
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THE LOONS’ uniquely, multi-national line-up creates a distinctive sound combining the hard, kinetic drive of
European freakbeat with the psychotic melodic cool of California’s Sunset Strip circa ‘66. While the band draws
heavy inspiration from groups like the Pretty Things, the Yardbirds and Love, they are also fiercely original in
their approach, creating their own uniquely intense songs rather than opting to be ’60 garage jukeboxes.
Formed in San Diego, California in late 1995, in the last ten years they have evolved into one of the
most exciting and original bands on the scene. The band’s line-up features lead singer Mike Stax (ex-Tell-Tale Hearts,
Crawdaddys, Hoods), bass player Anja Bungert (previously of the Diaboliks and Thee Cherylinas), guitarists Marc Schroeder
(ex-Letdowns) and Chris Marsteller (ex-Chasers), and drummer Mike Kamoo.
The Loons’ first album, LOVE’S DEAD LEAVES (Get Hip, 1998), was produced by Ebbot Lundberg of Sweden’s Soundtrack of
Our Lives. The Orange County Weekly hailed it as a “masterpiece”, describing the Loons as “a blast furnace of an
art-driven garage band ... This music teems with the dementia of such bona fide American whackos as Arthur
Lee, Sky Saxon, Sean Bonniwell and Roky Erickson.”
The highly anticipated follow-up, PARAPHERNALIA, is the second release on UT Records, the label launched by
Stax as an offshoot of his long-running UGLY THINGS magazine. PARAPHERNALIA features 10 road-tested original
songs including the wild blues-punk wailer “Turned to Stone,” the melodic 12-string folk-rocker “Follow the Rain Down”
and the psychedelic Bo Diddley beat epic “Another Life.”
For news, upcoming live appearances, blogs, pix and MP3s please visit The Loons on
My Space .
To order LOVE'S DEAD LEAVES and other artifacts of Loonacy, please see the
CDs and Records page or visit the website for
GET HIP.
Credit: Mike Fornatale
ALBUMS
LOVE'S DEAD LEAVES (Get Hip, CD/LP, USA) 4-99
SINGLES
Paradise/I Drain the Dregs (Time Bomb, USA) 11-96
Unwind/Slow Knife (360 Twist, USA) 12-96
Future Tense/16 Story Reflection (Screaming Apple, Germany) 2-97
Knock Knock/In the Past/Face Out of Phase (Thermionic, USA) 8-97
Stumble & Fall/Strange (Max Picou, Switzerland) 11-98
COMPILATIONS
TIGER MASK/TRASH A GO-GO (Dionysus CD/LP, USA) 6-98
(features "Climbin' the Heap")
