Ear Poke » Rockabilly http://earpoke.com The best and worst in music, movies and videos. Oddities, rarities, and assorted nuggets of obscurity. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Tokyo Rockabilly Club http://earpoke.com/the-tokyo-rockabilly-club/ http://earpoke.com/the-tokyo-rockabilly-club/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:49 +0000 das http://earpoke.com/?p=72 When I was visiting Japan a few years ago we went to Yoyogi Park on a Sunday afternoon. There were so many performers lining the walkway it was incredible. Every ten to fifteen feet or so you’d run into a new band, street performer, dancer, musician, comedian, or some other kind of performance or costume that I couldn’t quite describe.
My favorite was the first group was saw at the front gates of the park, The Tokyo Rockabilly Club. A circle of eight to ten massively pompadoured, tough looking leather clad rockers, all dancing to Japanese rockabilly played over a small boombox so loudly that it was distorted almost beyond intelligibility. And damn, these guys could really cut a rug. Usually in the middle of a song one of them would take a ‘dance solo’ while the others clapped and encouraged him to go harder, when he finally exhausted himself the group would all start dancing again.
It was very strange, and very cool. Unfortunately our camera had about 10 seconds of film when we got to the park, but these clips should give you an impression of what a performance is like. If you’re ever in Tokyo make sure to head to Yoyogi Park on a Sunday afternoon, you won’t be disappointed.

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]]> http://earpoke.com/the-tokyo-rockabilly-club/feed/ 0 The Hillbilly Hellcats in Dead and Breakfast http://earpoke.com/the-hillbilly-hellcats-in-dead-and-breakfast/ http://earpoke.com/the-hillbilly-hellcats-in-dead-and-breakfast/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 00:27:42 +0000 das http://earpoke.com/?p=41 I was honored to receive an email from Lance Bakemeyer of the Hillbilly Hellcats this morning regarding our clip of the zombie dance from Dead and Breakfast. In case there was any misunderstanding, that wasn’t the Hillbilly Hellcats music the zombies were dancing to, it was Zach Selwyn of the country rock band Zachariah and the Lobos Riders (quite an interesting cat).

The Hellcats had three tunes in this movie, Roadkill Cafe, Dead Man’s Party, and Hillbillies on Speed which you’ll hear in this next clip.

Be forewarned, if you don’t like blood and guys you might want to watch it with your eyes closed.

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Buy these albums, you won’t regret it. These guys rock.


]]> http://earpoke.com/the-hillbilly-hellcats-in-dead-and-breakfast/feed/ 0 Dead and Breakfast http://earpoke.com/dead-and-breakfast/ http://earpoke.com/dead-and-breakfast/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 00:09:23 +0000 das http://earpoke.com/?p=40 In keeping with our musical zombie theme, here’s a scene from the horror/musical/comedy Dead and Breakfast. This movie boasts a fantastic soundtrack by the Hillbilly Hellcats, as well as some great tunes that narrate the story, blood, guts, violence and everything else you look for in a family film. This particular clip shows and undead horde converging on our heroes who’ve barricaded themselves inside a bed and breakfast. Unlike the rest of the film, they suddenly stop their assault and begin…dancing?

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A great film, available for rental from out sponsors.


Don’t forget to check out the Hillbilly Hellcats, these guys kick ass.



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