Frankenstein - An Ugly Display of Self-Preservation

FRANKENSTEIN #Los Angeles, California -USA#

Genre: Horrorpunk



Band Members: Dave Grave: Mouth
Tommy Marseilles: Lead Guitar
L. Ron Jeremy: Rhythm Guitar
Bart Sinister: Bass
Stevyn Grey: Drums

About Frankenstein
FRANKENSTEIN

Dredged up from the sewers of the LA underground and the deepest, darkest bayou, Frankenstein have emerged only to become the most talked-about, bone-crunching, gut-wrenching, flabbergasting band of our time!

FRANKENSTEIN

With a band roster that always reads like a punk/deathrock who's-who (line-ups include alumni from Christian Death, The Rotters, Kommunity FK, Bloodflag & Voodoo Church to name a few)!

FRANKENSTEIN

With their punk/psychobilly/swampy blues-gone-awry mayhem and legendary live shows that are guaranteed to pack a punch, right in the gut(ter)!

FRANKENSTEIN

With half a face and half a chest and all the guts in the world!!

FRANKENSTEIN

Ripped up, wiped out, battered, shattered, creamed, and reamed!!
Look for the new full-length release..."An Ugly Display of Self-Preservation"






Frankenstein - An Ugly Display of Self-Preservation - Fiendforce 2004

01. This Palpitating Thing (Intro)
02. Lovecraft
03. Devil In A Bottle
04. 13th Floor
05. Thunderjug
06. Black Train Rollin'
07. Swamp Twang Thang
08. She Casts No Shadow
09. Jesus With A Big V8
10. Black Lung
11. Flesh Garage
12. Strange Movies
13. Bubblin' Blood

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Frankenstein - An Ugly Display of Self-Preservation (192k + covers) By eXe.eXe(Sharepunk.tk).rar



The name is particularly appropriate—Frankenstein comprises the stitched-together body parts of countless other horror punk bands. After twenty years of live shows and lineup changes, they've only just gotten round to releasing an album. Still, the Mona Lisa took twenty years to complete, and her smile was all over the shop.

An Ugly Display of Self-Preservation is a fun album, first and foremost. That's what good horror punk is all about, and Frankenstein don't disappoint. The album does get a bit too, uh, bogged-down with the "swamp-grind" thing at times, but there enough bouncy, stompy tracks like She Casts No Shadow and 13th Floor to balance the dirge-esque stuff like Jesus with a Big V-8.

It's great to see that bands who don't take themselves at all seriously still exist. Black Lung finishes with a cheeky wee "I see a pink lung and I want to burn it black". Quite.

The main problem with this album is that it gets tiresome to listen to after a while. Frankenstein have plenty of experience with live shows and compilations, and it seems like that's what they're best at. Any and all of these songs would work fine in a playlist with some stuff by The Cramps or The Misfits, y'know, just to lighten the mood a little. Frankenstein lack the groove of the former and the pop sensibilities of the latter, but they're grubby enough to comfortably rub shoulders with both.

Musically uncomplicated, not particularly original, but enjoyable enough. Buy one for your mum this Christmas.

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6F8EhX6cHU


http://www.frankensteintheband.com/
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Frankenlab/
http://www.myspace.com/frankenstein

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