With their first album "Empty Flask, Empty Heart", the songs are described as an "aggressive yet melodic collection" ranging from fast and punchy tales of rambling and love, to dark and soulful songs birthed from whiskey and regret. A must have for creeps and punks alike." -PunkSiteīeing raised in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains and stemming from three chord punk rock provides for a unique twist on traditional instruments. They might not have the most original premise, but their growing thematic awareness and tight melodies make for one hell of a psychobilly romp with little to no equal. "At this pointing in the game The Creepshow can do no wrong. "The Creepshow have pushed the boundaries, which has worked in their favour and will keep fans listening to their music for years to come- just maybe not when the lights are off." – The Examiner "Most importantly, however, it finds them branching into new lyrical territory, resulting in a formidable pastiche of twang, balladry, fire and maturity beyond the genre's restricting horror-influenced slap-and-shuffle confines. "The album is nothing but good, rollicking, blood-soaked fun. This is the redefined, renewed, resurrected Creepshow at their very finest. ![]() Eleven venom-drenched bangers run the gamut of themes ranging from bloody revenge (duh) to unconventional love to the joys of cocktails to defiance in the face of insurmountable adversity and back again. Self-produced with the engineering magic of longtime friend Steve Rizun at Drive Studios (The Flatliners, Dillinger Four, Ill Scarlett, Protest The Hero etc), "Life After Death" is a sonic ear-gasm of debauched delights. Which brings us to the title… "Life After Death" is the fourth full-length from Canada's reigning heavyweight champions of macabre, horror-soaked radness. And you know what? Instead of crying in their beers and whining like assholes, they got more strongerer, more awesomer, more determinated and a whole hell of a lot angrier. From robberies and wrecks to line-up changes and countless personal obstacles, this band has lived through it all. Over the years, the band has been fraught with innumerable hardships along the way. They've toured the world, sold a metric shit-ton of records and blown the faces off a ga-zillion fans…But the road to punkrock infamy hasn't all been paved with rainbows, unicorns and gum drops. You can't keep a good band down.įor the past 8 years The Creepshow have been smashing the whole world in the face with their brutaltastic mélange of punk, country, psychobilly and good old fashioned rock n' roll. Although subsequently going through a number of lineup changes, Sham 69 remains active and is still playing shows as of 2016. In 1987 Pursey and guitarist David Parsons reformed the band, joined by new personnel. ![]() The original unit broke up in 1979, with frontman Jimmy Pursey moving on to pursue a solo career. The band was one of the most successful punk bands in the United Kingdom, achieving five Top 20 singles. Sham 69 is an English punk rock band that formed in Hersham in 1976.
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