For King Salami & The Cumberland Three's 20th birthday they are putting out 16 Knockout Hits compilation of the bands finest Garage Wieners. King Salami And The Cumberland Three are Jimmy Panzavolta, Kamikaze U.T. Vincent, Eric Baconstrip, T-Bone Sanchez and Pepe Ronnie, with extra sausage action from Spenser McNugget, Jesus Pudding, Danny Pastrami and Paul-Ronney Angel. It was recorded and mastered at Gizzard Recording by Ed Deegan on Fish Island.
Side One opens by Goin' Back To Wurstville complete with train announcer intro, the rumbling train leaves the station with all the sausage references they can squeeze into one skin, salami slicing guitars with brash drums making this a lot of fun.
The Pulpo Dance is for anyone at an underwater dance trying to squeeze a sausage into a small gap, it's time to get up and do the Pulpo Dance and shake that thang all over the place with the scintillating guitars making it impossible to sit still to this or any other tune on this album.
Ma Juju Girl has what it takes to drive us all wild with her irrepressible love of frugging to that Bo Diddley beat, while we do everything we can to keep up with her, while taking it to the bridge as speedily as they can.
Space Spy has a very Mysterions on acid feel, to this mainly instrumental garage rocker. Just My Kind revolves around Paul-Ronney Angels harmonica riff while getting close to the height of Dr Feelgood style blues garage rockers, making clear just who their kind really are on this total rave up.
Oofty Goofty (Wild Man Of Borneo) takes us right back to Borneo and the wild roars from deep in the jungle, for some wild wild rock & roll action. The Double Switch is one of those things either you can do it or you are a square, so listen carefully and learn to do The Double Switch now or forever be a Frankfurter.
Itch! Is properly dangerous itchy garage rock with Jesus Puddings deep sax solo helping you with all the scratching you need to do to that Itch! While wondering who you picked it up from.
Side two opens with Pineapple Mama the sort of gal who loves chipolata's and Pineapple on sticks, making her Jimmy's kind of woman, to be celebrated as speedily as they can. Howlin' For My Woman has a good dose of Hadacol Boogie at its core, while they make clear just how many wursts she is worth to them, here's hoping she heard the message and gave in.
Bayou Fever is giving her the sweats, almost like she has sausage withdrawal problems, while the riff never lets up, infecting all who hear it, forcing them to sing along to the chorus. Big Chief leans into the wurst kinds of stereotyping of indigenous people with a war dance competition, for this super speedy rumble of praise for the Big Chief, whatever you do don't play this to Dead Pioneers.
Shake It Wild come on and Shake It Wild with the Cumberland Three to that savage beat that drive you wild, ready to cook them your special Bologna sausages while we all freak out to the wild wild beat.
Tiger In My Tank isn't the Lou Reed obscurity, this one is gloriously fried at the edges raw garage Rock, purring and preening across the speakers, energetic beat that won't let up until that tiger is in your tank. King Ghidorah has an oriental garage rock beat, in celebration on that mythical King Ghidorah, pristine guitars and cymbal heavy beat take us down to Link Wray's lair.
The album closes with the bands favourite dance craze Do The Wurst that comes with dance instructions, a recipe or two and the sort of insane hyperactive garage rock they specialize in, so get on down and do the wurst with them now, if possible catch them live where this makes most sense.
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