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Hamster Jam
''Hamster Jam'' (1991) was The Hamsters second CD but first live CD only release. It was recorded live with no overdubs. Track listing # "Only Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:33 # "The Gangster of Love" – 5:49 # "Manic Depression (song), Manic Depression" – 3:29 # "Cadillac Walk" – 4:47 # "Highway Chile" – 3:48 # "Ju Ju Man" – 3:06 # "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" – 5:04 # "Crosstown Traffic (song), Crosstown Traffic" – 2:47 # "Wild Thing (The Troggs song), Wild Thing" – 3:32 # "The Queen" – 0:48 # "Cross Road Blues, Crossroads" – 3:32 # "Red House (song), Red House" – 6:22 # "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:42 # "Barefoot Rock" – 3:30 # "Romeo's Escape" – 3:56 Musicians * Snail's-Pace Slim —- Electric guitar, guitars, Singing, vocals. * Rev Otis Elevator —- Drum kit, drums, vocals. * Andy Billups, Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist —- bass guitar, bass, vocals. Production * Audio engineer, Recorded and Mix engineer, mixed by Richard Willis. * Sound recording and reproduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hamsters
The Hamsters were a British band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987, and their last at The Half Moon, Putney on 1 April 2012, exactly 25 years later. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional. As the band ethos was to combine humour with musicShane Homan, ''Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture'', McGraw-Hill International, 2006, , p.112. "Elements of self-mockery in he Hamsters'presentation ..are persistent, strongly marking their distance from what they typically refer to as 'muso' culture." two members of the original band (and later all three) used light-hearted and parodying pseudonyms as stage names. The original line-up was Snail's-Pace Slim on vocals and guitar, Rev Otis Elevator on drums and Andy Farrell on bass. Andy Billups, aka Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist, replaced Farrell on bass in 1988. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |