AND LET THE SHOW BEGINSo you came to see what all the fuss is about....Well, here we are, the list of players is on the right and a bit about what we do is below. Have a good read and if you wish to see any of the pictures below larger, just click on them for a look. But be warned, the big pictures take longer to load to your screen. |
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Well, I guess it's a mixture of Horror, Rock 'n' Roll with a twist of the unexpected. Hard to describe in words and also hard to create on stage. I was always facinated by the macabre and unusual things in life and always had a love of music. Screaming Lord Sutch was the first person I came across who combined the two things together and from then on, it was just a case of coming up with new ideas and variations on other peoples ideas. Other strong influences in the development of Shock 'n' Roll have been: The Cramps (sleeze and sex wrapped in abstract and raw rock 'n' roll) Screaming Jay Hawkins (the original VooDoo prince of R&B, with a voice like no other), Alice Cooper (If you want to see a Rock & Horror show go see Alice. Top class gruesome illusions, excellently written songs, and what a showman). So really I would say if I had to describe what Shock 'n' Roll was, that it is taking the best of all music, adding a lot of blood and madness, then (usually unrehearsed) going and throwing it in the face of unsuspecting audiences. |
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Basically, anyplace where you find live music, where they ask us to play. From Motorbike Club Rallies to local pubs, from Rock 'n' Roll weekends to Monster Raving Loony Party events. For over 8 years, in various line-ups, we have been out, performing and developing our music and our show. Sometimes dying a death (not as part of the show) at Rock 'n' Roll weekends, where the audience of 50's fans didn't know what to think of us. We were playing 50's rock 'n' roll, but perhaps we were too energetic for them! Sometimes bringing the house down to people who just wanna have FUN! If you want to find out where we are playing, this is the place to look. There is a gig guide on this section of the web site (just press the 'GIG LIST' button at the top of this page). At the moment, the only other few places to see what I describe as Shock 'n' Roll are the Circus Of Horrors (check their website for details) and every year Whitby has a Dracfest, where you will usually find some macabre rock bands, although this is more Goth Rock orientated. So have fun searching and remember, we show up in the most unexpected places! |
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The show starts with some unique arrangements of 50's rock 'n' roll tunes from: Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry and Elvis with a liberal splash of Stray Cat tunes along the way. Hardly a song goes by without slipping into and out of another song and if the Savages are not totally confused by the end of the first half of the show, they soon will be!!!! Steve Carter's guitar twangs into action with the opening chords of the Alice Cooper classic 'Elected'. Dave Savage enters, face painted like an over-enthusiastic tart in the cosmetics department of Boots. What follows is nothing more than a series of hard hitting Rock 'n' Roll tunes strung together with stunts using swords, fire, skulls. At one point Dave Savage gets shot in the chest and the climax of the show is the Grim Reaper arriving to cut off Dave's head in the 10' high guillotine. The blade falls...the head is sliced from his shoulders. But sadly, he is still able to sing. |
The Show is just a part of what we do....aswell as campaigning on behalf of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Setting up publicity stunts to promote our and other peoples interests. The Guillotine, which has become the center of attention at gigs has appeared in local newspapers and on TV. At one gig, a squeemish member of the audience was unable to stop herself throwing up at the sight of the cold blade slicing off my head and, as it was wrenched from my shoulders falling freely into the awaiting basket, through the amazed silence of the crowd I clearly heard the distinct sound of sick hitting dance floor (he, he, he).
