US reissue, remastered w/ 3 bonus trax and liner notes. A classic not only
of Australian Rock `n Roll from the 80`s but indie rock, in general. Its
influence on American indie rockers in the early 80`s can`t be
underestimated. I recall this coming in to my college radio station in 1983
and, as a fairly informed music guy then, going `whaaatt?!?!", excidedly.
Why? Well, it sounded like nothing else at the time. Music fans take this
kind of thing for granted, not just in 2006, but the last 20 years, but
then? Well, it was totally fresh, incredibly cool and just plain good!
"4 1/2 stars.."Shake some action/Psychotic reaction/No satisfaction/Sky
pilot, Sky Saxon/That`s what I like/Blitzkrieg bop/To the jailhouse
rock/Stop stop, at the hop/Do the bluejean bop/That`s what I like!" In the
first verse of "(Let`s All) Turn On," Hoodoo Guru`s frontman Dave Faulkner
summed up the band`s aesthetic so well that elaborating almost seems
pointless, but while it`s obvious that Faulkner and his friends had a
healthy appreciation of rock & roll`s past, one listen to their debut album,
Stoneage Romeos, made clear they thought music was having a pretty good
present, too. The Hoodoo Gurus played power pop with the force and
enthusiasm of a full-bore rock band, and while they loved `60s garage rock
(as if "(Let`s All) Turn On" and "In the Echo Chamber" would permit any
doubt on the subject), there was a lot more going on than that -- check out
the pop rock of "I Want You Back," the neo-exotica of "Zanzibar," the
psychobilly of "Dig It Up," the heartbroken lament of "My Girl," and the
straight-ahead rock of "I Was a Kamikaze Pilot." Faulkner, guitarist Brad
Shepherd, bassist Clyde Bramley, and drummer James Baker loaded their songs
with catchy melodies and killer pop hooks and played `em with the sweaty
enthusiasm of a crack rock & roll band that knew the value of a great tune.
And Stoneage Romeos is funny as hell without sounding like the work of a
joke band; the Gurus loved a good laugh, but they loved a good tune even
more. Stoneage Romeos ranks with the most solid debut albums of the 1980s,
and if you don`t like the Hoodoo Gurus, I suspect you don`t like rock & roll very much."-AMG.
 Tojo - mp3
I Want You Back - mp3
Death Ship - mp3 | 
