Reigning Sound - Reptile Style

In addition to Mick Collins, another badass Devil-Wizard of the genre is Greg - Oblivians - Cartwright. Legendary with the Oblivians, immense with the Compulsive Gamblers, and superb with this magnificent creation of his. Here, Greg is more laid-back, less angry, delighting us with a mix of Garage-R&B-Country-Soul, with that touch of punk to not forget the roots. Forget the first one, it's too soft; from the second album, things start to get serious, though mainly with ballads that straddle paisley and the sixties, sometimes even close to Springsteen... though I doubt the tickets for the Sound of the Reigning cost 140 EUROS...