On the Left hand Corner-

City- Providence, Rhode Island.
Gym- Narnack.
Weight- 10.99 Pounds
Special Moves- The Vaporiser (bone-crushing drum headbutt), the rotorblade (mutilation with a rusty bass), Satanic whirlwind (chaotic keyboard spiral), the geekscream (disorientation through authoritarian nasal yelling)
Dirty Trick- Illegal loudness!
School- of deranged blues garage rock cranked up to 11, have been known to hang out in noise areas.
A defeated rival (K.O. in first) said- ‘…I lost because I haven’t mastered the art of running into trucks. Does anyone have their license plate?’
They say…
On the Right hand Corner-
The Beat Up (formerly known as The Beatings)

City- London, England
Gym- Fantastic Plastic (also home of the more than amazing Help She Can’t Swim, go and see them in Brighton on wednesday at the Freebutt, together with Kid Commando)
Weight- 8.99 pounds
Special Moves- Black Rays Defence (Screeching guitar psychic shield), Zenta Ghost Dance (sharp licks from the fuzzy garage rock holy bible), Fly Like a butterfly Sting Like a Bee (monolithic yet agile bass movements, hi Mark Andrew of the Hamiltons!)
Interesting Fact- Kevin Shields has assisted them while preparing this new assault.
School- Detroit and Cleveland via the Scandinavian masters of hard rock.
A defeated rival (K.O. 2nd) says- ‘…they had been away from the ring for some time, I thought I could handle them but nah, they move like flipping Cheetah Chrome on speed, I never stood a chance’
They say…
Like in the good ole days eh? No matter what happens in these five minutes, guitar fencing aficionados amongst the public are on for a treat!!
Epilogue -This post is tagged with blues garage butterfly sting cheetah chrome dirty trick fly like a butterfly garage rock ghost dance good ole days hamiltons headbutt holy bible kevin shields loudness mastered the art noise areas scandinavian masters special moves vaporiser zenta
if you like the coachwhips you should check out Tunnel of Love (http://www.tunneloflove666.com/). they played a show for my school’s radio station, WBAR, Barnard College Radio, back in september with Blood On the Wall.
Yours sincerely
bidi25th January 2005
Cool! Really like Blood on the Wall and their Half-Japanese-Royal-Trux thing, one of my favourite debuts from last year. Will check tunnel of love.
Thank of reading and commenting
JuanFunkGreats
Yours sincerely
20jazzfunkgreats26th January 2005