01. Planet Claire (The B52's cover)
02. Teenagers From Mars (Misfits cover)
03. 7 And 7 Is (Love cover)
04. Outer Limits
05. The Invasion Is Coming (The Invasion cover)
06. I Can't Find My Mind (The Cramps cover)
07. Silver Machine (Hawkwind cover)
08. Rocket U.S.A (Suicide cover)
09. Love Me (Jerry Lott cover)
10. The Blob (The Five Blobs cover)
11. Mystery Plane (The Cramps cover)
12. Flying Saucers Rock And
Roll (Billy Riley cover)
13. EST, Trip To The Moon (Alien Sex Fiend cover)
14. Scary Monsters (David Bowie cover)
I'm fairly new to the insane
world of Vince Ripper and The Rodent
Show, and this, their third studio album, is my first proper introduction
to them. The band, if a band is what they even are, is a duo featuring DJ Vince Ripper, and front-man Andrew 'Ratfink' Wilson, who has
also been a member of the legendary Goth band Alien Sex Fiend.
Planet Shockorama is made up of covers, all following a theme of
Science Fiction B-Movies. It all sounds fairly raw and 'trashy', but it's very
listenable and most importantly entertaining. What it lacks in budget and
finesse, it makes up for in passion, unashamed ridiculousness, and mountains of
fun. This album has a lot of character, and these crazy takes on cult classics
give the songs a new bizarre charisma, that I'm sure will become even more
apparent when brought into their live show (which I've heard is amazing, by the
way).
My favourite tracks on here
are The Blob, Teenagers From Mars, and an amazing version of David Bowie's Scary Monsters.
What I really enjoyed about Planet
Shockorama is how refreshing it was to listen to. I often hear new bands
that sound very similar to existing artists, and recently I've been listening
to a lot of new albums that, whilst enjoyable, make me feel like I've heard it
all before. This one sounds like it's from another planet entirely (sorry for
such a lame pun), and this kind of mad escapism is just what the doctor
ordered.
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