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Any attempt to define Helldorado would reveal that they are firmly
entrenched in the indierockpunksurf-americana- country tradition, with
Tarantino hiding in the wings... They succeed in combining elements of
all their favourite American music and subculture, and still manage to
sound unmistakebly like Helldorado. "HELLDORADO - Director's Cut
(Glitterhouse): This is an aptly named album by this excellent
Norwegian outfit - their echoey, gothic take on rock'n'roll drips
atmosphere and attitude, and would be perfect soundtracking some
Quentin Tarantino flick. Blood Shack's clattering tale of lust and
vampirism sets the mood, and the other 11 tracks are filled with epic
quantities of murder, deceit, guts, gore, hellfire and brimstone, all
of it leavened with a dark, twisted sense of humour. There's also more
than a hint of Nick Cave in Dag S Vagle's songs and voice, and in a
fair and just world, Helldorado would find similar amounts of fawning
press coverage and sales. Some chance." (The Belfast
Telegraph)Directorscut Helldorado was formed in the spring of 2001 in
Stavanger, Norway. Most of the members had been playing in the local
band The Tramps for several years, and had considerable live and
studio experience with that band. They where looking for a much darker
and broader muscial landscape than they could find in The Tramps, and
got together playing punked up surf covers with their new band
Helldorado. After a while the band and their sound started to develop.
They started adding their own songs to the set, and after a couple of
gigs the rumours about the band was flying around town. In the fall of
2002 they entered the Stavanger traditional ZOOM week at Checkpoint
Charlie in Stavanger (a full week of local bands playing & batteling
for a spot at the ZOOM national finals in Oslo). Helldorado won the
Stavanger leg, went to the final in Oslo and won there as well. The
band was awarded a full tour of Norway + a couple of gigs in the UK
and Germany (Popkomm in Cologne). In November 2002, shortly after
winning the national ZOOM finale they released their first mini album
Lost Highway at the local label CCAP. In November 2002 Helldorado
released their debut EP Lost Highway cover The album received stunning
reviews in the Norwegian music press (Dagbladet; ..six strong, minor
tuned songs, VG; Dusty and dramatic, Stavanger Aftenblad; Helldorado
is a mescaline cactus. The best Norwegian rockband today, Rogalands
Avis; Americana to kill for, Nordlys; This is the best CD I have heard
in a long, long time) After they finished the extensive ZOOM tour,
they spent considerable time in the studio in the summer of 2003. They
developed a more aggressive, heavier and minor based edge. The fall
was spent touring and perfecting their skills and their live sound In
February 2004 Helldorado finally released their long awaited debut
album Directors Cut in Norway and after Directors Cuts release in
Europe by Glitterhouse in October 2004, both critics and music lovers
all over the continent are discovering the band. Glitterhouse UK says
this about the Directors Cut album: Hellfire seems to be burning in
each of their songs, be it the mighty, but balladesque tracks like
"Diesel & Bones", the hard-rocking tracks like "Payrolled" or "Killer
on the Highway" or the plain desert-rock anthems, such as the
masterful "Blood Shack", there can be no doubt, Helldorado rocks!
Apart from that, they are looking way cool (as if they just escaped
the lunatics' asylum), and their live shows are legendary. Their
musical roots are pretty clear: Gun Club, 16 Horsepower, Morricone,
Chris Isaak and/or The Cramps, obviously without being copy cats of
the aforementioned, they add something very specific to their music.
It may be their ability to write fantastic tunes, hooklines that will
make you shiver, and their ability to keep the quality of their songs,
as diverse as they may be up on the highest level throughout the 11
tracks of "Director's Cut". The Ballad Of Nora Lee is the third
release from the Norwegian quartet Helldorado. balladofnoralee The
album shows a band that is still deeply fascinated and inspired by
American music and subculture, combining elements from different
genres but still managing to sound unmistakably like Helldorado. These
guys are no copycats, they mean it man! They pick from the best and
make it their own. Mighty ballads, stompinrockers, desert-rock
anthems, Mexican trumpets, spooky strings and rockinattitude,
Helldorados got it all. Since their last album, Directors Cut, the
band has taken a step closer to the Mexican border, but the band still
evokes the sensation of a burning sun on your neck, crunched sand
between your teeth, a salty taste on your lips, a shaky finger on the
trigger of a Colt 45, circling vultures silhouetted against a blue
-white sky, a double whiskey on an empty stomach, and the smell of
bacon, beans, gunpowder, leather & sweat. Helldorado have done four
European tours and are building a solid fan base all over Europe. Not
surprising really, they are a fantastic live band and their gigs are
legendary. Combine their abilities as a live band with their natural
coolness and a bunch of rocking tunes that other bands would kill for,
and you have a success in the making. So get into your 65 Chevy, a few
bottles of Whiskey, grab some good looking, mini-skirts wearing girls
and drive through the night, waiting for what will happen. The perfect
soundtrack is already there! Discography Lost Highway - minialbum (CD
& vinyl) - CCAP019/020 Directors Cut - album (CD) - CCAP029 The Ballad
Of Nora Lee (CD) - CCAP040
http://www.helldorado.no
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Scans: Front/Back/CD
Tracks:
01. Lost Highway
02. The Snake Girl Song
03. Jack The Ripper
04. You Sucker
05. Roadhouse
06. All My Tears
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