New Music Initative 070: Radkey
Nov. 22nd, 2016 07:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23As long time readers might know, one of my all-time favorite bands is The Misfits and specifically the songs off of Legacy of Brutality, which mixed rockabilly, 50s rock, surf, punk, and metal into a hybrid that was rarely seen before. It has taken the Misfits years to get their due, and they are usually overlooked by critics, likely because they were not a major label band like the Clash, the Sex Pistols, or Black Sabbath. At this point, though, they have enough big name fans and they probably sell a million t-shirts a year.
There is a genre for everything, and there are plenty of horror punk bands who have followed, some like AFI and Alkaline Trio have had a great deal of success. Though, like many genres and influenced bands, there's not many that really move me. For me, the best "imitation" is the profanely grotesque Cancerslug (and I prefer the 2002 Alabama Bloodbath to their more recent material). I would also put a good word for the Michale Graves Misfits as a good 'Misfits influenced band', if not a proper replacement.
So add Radkey to the list. Three teenage brothers from Missouri. There are probably thousands and thousands of bands like this in the US, but people are starting to notice. It is hard to hear Dee Radke and not think of young Glenn Danzig with his tone and range. The band is pretty sharp too.
They teamed up with Ross Orton (who produced the Arctic Monkeys, MIA, the Fall, and was part of Jarvis Cocker's solo band) which was a pairing of genius. It's a clean record that would appeal to fans of both punk and Brit alt-rock. They recorded and released Dark Black Makeup last year, and now the material is getting a re-release with two added songs for more exposure as Delicious Rock Noise.
The band's lyrical content is general teenage alienation with quite a few songs about Superheroes.
Delicious Rock Noise isn't perfect, but it is noteworthy. It's a pretty solid start, and it shows a huge promise for the future as the band matures.
There is a genre for everything, and there are plenty of horror punk bands who have followed, some like AFI and Alkaline Trio have had a great deal of success. Though, like many genres and influenced bands, there's not many that really move me. For me, the best "imitation" is the profanely grotesque Cancerslug (and I prefer the 2002 Alabama Bloodbath to their more recent material). I would also put a good word for the Michale Graves Misfits as a good 'Misfits influenced band', if not a proper replacement.
So add Radkey to the list. Three teenage brothers from Missouri. There are probably thousands and thousands of bands like this in the US, but people are starting to notice. It is hard to hear Dee Radke and not think of young Glenn Danzig with his tone and range. The band is pretty sharp too.
They teamed up with Ross Orton (who produced the Arctic Monkeys, MIA, the Fall, and was part of Jarvis Cocker's solo band) which was a pairing of genius. It's a clean record that would appeal to fans of both punk and Brit alt-rock. They recorded and released Dark Black Makeup last year, and now the material is getting a re-release with two added songs for more exposure as Delicious Rock Noise.
The band's lyrical content is general teenage alienation with quite a few songs about Superheroes.
Delicious Rock Noise isn't perfect, but it is noteworthy. It's a pretty solid start, and it shows a huge promise for the future as the band matures.
