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Friday, 10 November 2006

UK PRESS - BEAT ME

Here is a small sample of the UK press for Beat Me

London Garage 30/8/05  
Supporting The Dwarves:
Is there any band out there who enjoy playing live as much as ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK? (JJJJJ). Few bands are this much fun to watch - but then, few bands play along to their intro tape (Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’) as their drummer takes the stage clad in only a t-shirt and sock to protect his modesty. They rip through a bunch of simple yet addictive songs that worship unashamedly at the altar of the riff and the shout-along chorus - a recipe that only the most churlish of punters could fail to enjoy. There’s no sense of irony or cynicism in what EES do, and they sound all the better for it. Superb stuff.
Alex Gosman




ARTROCKER 2005
August Interview Feature 81Kb 28/08/2005
One of the best interviews we have seen of EES
BEAT ME - Review 49Kb 28/08/2005
"The Party Album Of The Summer..."
Rated / Slated 78Kb 28/08/2005
Rated = Birmingham the birthplace of Ozzie etc
Slated = Long Grain Rice etc



Some More Highlights:

"When Electric Eel Shock burst onto the scene two years ago it was a breath of fresh air... BEAT ME finally captures on CD their glorious mash of stoner grooves, AC/DC and Judas Preist. Double the effort. Double the racket. Double peace baby, double peace!"
Metal Hammer - John Dornan


"Electric Eel Shock are gonzoid mentalists of the highest degree... BEAT ME sounds like Fu Manchu twatting Jet for stealing all the cheap whiz. Pop-tinged sludge-metal-garage-punk."
Kerrang!


"Electric Eel Shock are totally commited to the rock they love so much... New album BEAT ME is a roller coaster rocking ride through the world of EES... the result of a lifetime spent in thrall of all that is Black Sabbath... the sound of true hard, tight, rock."
Artrocker Magazine


"It is their fleet-footed, unpredictable and dubious compositions that makes Electric Eel Shock so special... their swing version of "Iron Man" is yet one of the cheekiest as well as one of the greatest Black Sabbath cover versions of all time. "
Rock Hard Magazine (Germanay)

"The biggest balls and bravado at Download festival."
Kerrang!


"Crossing more genres than you would have thought possible on an album, Electric Eel Shock hitch a full throttle ride via stoner rock and metal to punk'n'roll and back again. Beat Me is unadulterated fun. Stomping beats, unhinged riffs and vicious vocals are all entwined, climaxing with their very own amphetamine-fueld cover of Black Sabbath's Iron Man."
Big Issue


"EES more than successfully capture their on stage passion on this latest album. Kicking off with a superbike roar they punch their way through a gripping installment of phenomenal high octane rock."
Independent


"BEAT ME is the party album for the summer..."
Artrocker Magazine


"Teeth-shatteringly heavy, single minded and way beyond over the top, EES rock!"
The Fly


"Electric Eel Shock may not be trading in the most fashionable of styles at the moment. They may not even be delivering the most fashionable style of rock but BEAT ME delivers a pure lesson in rock: duelling guitars, pounding drums and one of those endings Iron Maiden do nefore shouting Thank You Good Night."
musicOMH.com


"Born of a thousand Western rock/metal influences Electric Eel Shock pay homage to the greats with twelve guitar heavy rock tracks. If you want some good old fashioned fun with some classic rock/metal riffs, stick this CD on, crack open a bottle of ice cold saki, and crank it up on the air guitar."
gigwise.com


Electric Eel Shock's ethos is firmly rooted in Donnington Park in 1981, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Black Sabbath and the Ramones all vere for pole position on the turntable... Unrepentant aural pleasure for differing reasons - king sized behemoth of noise pollution like Slayer in rehersal and pop-punk blues tha makes the White Stripes sound like Keane."
drownedinsound.com


"After years of touring Beat Me could give Electric Eel Shock the international breakthrough they deserve... the album echoes everyone from Alice Cooper and Motorhead to Hendrix and Rainbow full of sledgehammer riffs and more expletives than a Quentin Tarantino movie"
Lincolnshire Chronical


"Any two-bit stoner rock band can name a song Bastard! but maybe only EES can make it so catchy that you'll unwittingly sing it to yourself in odd moments andall your friends will think you have developed Tourette's."
new-noise.net


"Stomping beats with a rock-solid groove underpin some fine old school rock riffing. The band even takes on Black Sabbath and improves it with a speeded and slightly funked up version of Iron Man. Brilliant,"
Middlesborough Evening Gazette


"Electric Eel Shock take all the magic and frenzied genius of artists like MC5, Jimi Hendrix and AC/DC and mix it all into a wonderful chaotic paste that spreads over your body so that it can manipulate you. From the opener Scream For Me to the closing Black Sabbath cover Iron Man Beat Me is an incredible energetic and delightfully hectic ride. Don't miss out on this disorder... get beaten."
nofrontteeth.co.uk


"Electric Eel Shock Beat Me is a wide mouthed scream of child-like pleasure and insanity that just cries out to be loved."
Soundsxp.com

On their raucous second full-length LP, Japanese Black Sabbath tragics Electric Eel Shock amp up the psychedelic riffage to deliver their most impressive slab of rawk yet. Beat Me, the follow-up to 2004's Go Europe, is an exercise in fan-worship, wallowing in Motorhead/Zeppelin/Ozzy heaven with minimal artistic pretence.
The Age - EG (Australia)

Electric Eel Shock’s adherence to the rigid fundamentals of the big rock sound personified by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple makes Wolfmother seem like a bunch of kids doing karaoke on a Sunday afternoon. This is a group that knows every single power chord played in the Hammersmith Odeon, every grimacing facial expression witnessed on Ritchie Blackmore’s face, every sneering sexist advance mouthed by Ozzy Osborne.
BEAT MAGAZINE (Melbourne)


OTHERS:
We love Scunthorpe Telegraph for praising EES as "Dutch Rockers" and Atomicduster.com for thinking EES hail from Germany...
We are slightly bemused why Joyzine decided to use his review to repeatedly tell us that he hates Black Sabbath, did he predict the Sharon inspired Ozzfest Iron Maiden egg debacle?! Others that seemed to use their review for strange reasons were Q Magazine's Phil Mongredien who used it as a platform to have a go at The Datsuns and Geoff Barton in Classic Rock seems to just have a problem with Japan - maybe we will tell him EES come from Scunthorpe next time!

Created: 28 August 2005
Last Updated: 10 November 2006
 
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