Tigermen CD

The Tigermen CD

The self-titled debut album from early 1990s Neo-Rockabilly 4-piece The Tiger Men, with 16 great tracks of stompin' slap-bass rockin' craziness.

The Tigermen were a Belgian quartet from the early 90s. They played a majority of up-tempo Neo-Rockabillies with clean electric guitar, slap bass to the fore and light drums. If not very always original (half of the songs are covers and many of the 16 titles have similar tempos) and despite a limited voice the result is rather pleasant. Highlights are Johnny Was A Bad Boy, a slow bluesy-jazz number with harp that sounds like a cross between Restless, The Wild Ones and Vaya Con Dios, Tiger Stomp an instrumental in the vein of Crazy Cavan's Crazy Rhythm, the melancholic Gone Gone Gone and the almost Psychobilly Love In A Coffin that reminds of the Long Tall Texans. (review by Frederick Turgis - www.jumpingfrom6to6.com)