Personnel: Scott Churilla (vocals, drums, percussion); Jimbo Wallace (vocals); Taz Bentley (drums).
Audio Mixers: Christopher Shaw ; Ed Stasium; Keith Rust; Al Jourgensen; Steve Fisk; Thom Panunzio.
Recording information: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Chicago Recording Co., Chicago, IL; Crystal Clear Studios, Dallas, TX; Venice Beach, CA.
Not as slick as the Stray Cats, as traditional as Flat Duo Jets, or as crazed as Hasil Adkins, The Reverend Horton Heat is his own special brand of rockabilly cat. HOLY ROLLER is a fantastic 24-track retrospective that neatly encapsulates the Rev's career-from 1991's SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM to 1998's SPACE HEATER.
As is usually the case with this sort of compilation, themes emerge. The Reverend seems to be preoccupied with the positive effects of inebriation. Such tunes as "Bales Of Cocaine," "Marijuana," "It's Martini Time," "Baby I'm Drunk," and "Eat Steak" glorify excess with tongue planted firmly in snuff-filled cheek. It's difficult to think that a man who'll write a song called "Where In The Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush?" isn't kidding. The songs are in the classic rockabilly format of guitar, slap bass, and drums, but the trio's fiery, noisy playing blows apart any notion of polite revivalism.
Professional Reviews
Q (10/99, pp.154,156) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...If you believe in the evangelical power of rock...then this is for you: a howling celebration of self-knowing musical stupidity....For those heavy, heavy drinking sessions."
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