The Detroit Cobras - "Cha Cha Twist" Bloodshot Records

The Detroit Cobras - Bad Girl

In a remarkable period of "welcome back pippe" - I admit I wasn't feeling it anymore - I listened to and (re)discovered garage bands of soul and blood, with influences ranging from beat to punk, from psychedelia to R&B - from power pop to folk, from rockabilly to mod, including soul and even hard rock. In short, the essence of rock 'n' roll from true beasts to the wild scream of "screw your virtuosic and lightning-fast scales and your four octaves of fucking vocal range." Since 1990, with some comebacks of old relics, savansadir.

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How are the cover albums?! Probably predictable… except for those by the Detroit Cobras. The perfect background - cranked up, savansadir - of tunes from that amazing decade in soul-rhythm & blues style soaked in a precious garage attitude by Rachel, Mary, and their various companions of revelry…