Byron and Trix make up the band ‘Jokerbats’
– like the White Stripes of hard rock. Their new single ‘Vampire’ is due for
release on the 24th February and can be previewed below:
Website - http://evilzgate.com/page:videos
But before you listen, you should be
introduced into their world as it’s not for the faint hearted...
Welcome
to EvilZgate, a fictional land of castles, heavy mists and dark mystery fraught
by warfare between the evil ‘Demoncock Corporation’ who aim to monopolise the
music market with heartless talent shows fighting the noble and courageous
Jokerbats. Residing in nearby Brutons Castle, the Jokerbats have been locked in
guerrilla warfare with the Corporate for hundreds of years, fighting back their
barrages of tedium and monotony with their own brand of hard rock. They cast
spells of theatricality, eccentricity and musical exuberance over the Corporation
to try and liberate its prisoners from imprisonment. (The full Chronicles of EvilZgate can be found here: http://jokerbats.tumblr.com/EvilZgateChronicles)
As a band they have drawn inspiration from traditional
hard rock bands like Motorhead, Metallica and Black Sabbath who’s own Ozzy
Osbourne was good friends with the band in their youth and owns a copy of one
of their first ever demos. Their influences also go to the likes of the Cure,
Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and they are particularly inspired by many
bands from oversees such as Rob Zombie in the US, Lordi
from Finland and Nightwish from Norway.
They especially love bands and artists who
delve in the theatrical with music; bands like Lordi and artists like David
Bowie who of course went through various dramatic transformations from Ziggy
Stardust to the Thin White Duke. In terms of their fictional tale and their
fight against artistic homogeneity they share a space with Daft Punk whose
album ‘Discovery’ told that story within a futuristic cartoon context.
They hope to take the enjoyable side of
heavy rock and gothic culture and to create their own fictional world which can
by inhabited by them and their fans – musical reactionaries have been strictly
exiled!
This interesting new band are IMHO a lot of fun (I do recommend checking their video link above^). The new single..'Vampire' due out on the 24th Feb, is a cool hard rock thing tinged with just enough metal to suit. It's artistic, spooky, sexy, humorous and pretty damned catchy too..(happy whistle).
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