Not him...
But them...
From: St Petersburg, Russian Federation
There are times when the Devil's blog can be a little anglocentric which is probably a reflection on the fact that 99.9% of the emails I receive are from the US/Canada and the UK. Well tonight I'm venturing beyond the usual shores and taking the musical road less travelled to bring you Russian experimentalists Red Rum (not to be confused with the myriad other bands from across the globe with the same name).
I don't know whether it's because I'm on unfamiliar territory but it's really difficult to categorise Red Rum using the usual genre definitions. Take a listen to the Devil's favourite Red Rum track 'Torment Hill' with it's grungy guitars, it's jaunty electro, it's indie guitars and it's sub death metal vocals. On paper it shouldn't work but it does. It could appeal to readers of Kerrang, NME and Artrocker and let's face it there are not many bands that have managed to pull that trick off.
Unfortunately it's not a trick that Red Rum themselves manage to pull off consistently. They can, at times, try to be a little too clever and fall flat on their arses with tracks that repeat the worst excesses of the progressive rock of the early 70s. When it's good it's very very good but when it's bad it's horrid!
If Red Rum can repeat the 'Torment Hill' formula then they could turn out to be real thoroughbreds!
Go Try
MP3 - Red Rum - Torment Hill
MP3 - Red Rum - From Within
These tracks are linked direct from the Red Rum Last.FM site and are therefore already freely available so please don't claim breach of copyright
Go Visit
Red Rum - Myspace : Last.FM