The Wolfmen - The Wolfmen
ARTIST........: The Wolfmen
TITLE.........: The Wolfmen
LABEL.........: Damaged Goods
URL...........: http://www.thewolfmen.net/
GENRE.........: Rock
QUALITY:......: 215 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2008-03-14
RELEASE DATE..: 2008-00-00
Tracklist:
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01. Cecilie 3:25
02. Jackie Says 4:56
03. Love Is A Dog 3:27
04. Needle In The Camel's Eye 2:58
05. While London Sleeps 3:14
Total 18:00
Release Notes:
Apologies for the silence on the last two tracks on the previous release. Please
enjoy this Repack.
"It's where The Velvet Underground, T-Rex, Adam & The Ants and Martha Reeves &
The Vandellas are plundered to make retro rock and roll for the 23rd century..."
The Wolfmen formed in 2004 and centres around Marco Pirroni (guitars, co-writer)
and Chris Constantinou (bass, lead vocals, co-writer). Both have quite a
historyα
For Chris it starts as bass player with Diz Watson, the quintessential exponent
of New Orleans/Professor Longhair-style piano and barrel house blues. From there
he moved to his late 70s rock band Drill (who worked extensively with Chas
Chandler) and then Adam Ant, who he joined in 1982.
By that stage, Marco Pirroni - a lynchpin of the UK punk scene from Siouxsie And
The Banshees, The Models and Rema-Rema - had taken Adam and The Ants to
worldwide acclaim, co-writing five number one singles and a further four top
tens, with Adam. When the Ants disbanded in 1982, Marco had remained as Adam's
co-writer and musical director, starting off with a number one single (Goody Two
Shoes) and album (Friend or Foe), followed by nine more top 20 hits. The former
gave Marco his third Ivor Novello award.
Chris and Marco went their separate ways in the mid-90s, with Chris forming the
Miles Copeland-managed SF Go with Danny Kustow (TRB, Glen Matlock), followed by
a co-writing project with Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin, which spawned the hit
single Do What You Do (Sony, 1994), complete with Farley & Heller and Junior
Vasquez mixes. This lead to a song writing partnership with multi-Ivor Novello
winner Guy Chambers, before Chris took centre stage with post-punk outfit
JackieOnAssid, releasing two albums (2001's 4Play and 2002's Zip Me Up), touring
extensively, soundtracking award-winning British filmmaker Paul Hills' 2003
movie The Poet and supporting Iggy Pop.
By the time they came back together to form The Wolfmen, Marco had added
co-writing and performing credits with Sinead O'Connor to his CV, as well as
releasing the acclaimed SEX: Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die and Biba:
Champagne and Novocaine albums on his own label, Only Lover Left Alive.
The Wolfmen sees song writing duties being shared between Chris and Marco. Chris
Hughes - whose credits range from Robert Plant to Paul McCartney - is also
producing several tracks. With a debut album nearing completion, the first
sounds of The Wolfmen are leaking out of a TV near you: on major ad campaigns
(including Heineken USA) and documentaries, including NBC Universal/Bravo's I
Predict A Riot, a ten part series examining 30 years of UK riots from Brixton
1981 to Ikea 2005.