MP3 The Weisstronauts - Featuring "Perky"

Eclectic mostly-instrumental rock based around three guitars; melodic surf-spy, twang, psychedelic, with a touch of kitsch.

18 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Surf Rock, ROCK: Instrumental Rock



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The Weisstronauts are a 5-pc instrumental rock combo from Boston, featuring 3 guitarists, just like the Outlaws, and utilizing the same bassist-and-drummer rhythm section combination made famous by the Beatles and the John Coltrane Quartet. With influences ranging from spaghetti western & spy movie soundtracks to space rock, surf, twang and more, the Weisstronauts steadfastly refuse the sort of genre-pigeonholing one finds in artists like Motley Crüe or John Phillip Sousa, preferring instead to follow their singular muse wherever it may take them, much like their heroes, the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Weisstronauts are led by legendary Boston producer / engineer / guitarist / TapeOp magazine contributor & author of 2 baseball books (true!) Pete Weiss, whose studio credits include the Willard Grant Conspiracy, Charlie Chesterman, the Cords, Mo Tucker, Two Dollar Pistols, Los Straitjackets, Chris Brokaw, the Upper Crust, Deluxx Folk Implosion etc. Able assistance is provided by bassist Kevin Quinn (Mercy James, Sool), guitarists Kenny Lafler (Baby Ray) & George Hall (Seks Bomba, Dogzilla), and a rhythmic tag team of drummers Jeff Berlin (Catie Curtis, Boris McCutcheon, and Bow Thayer) and Nathan Logus (Baby Ray, the Rudds).

Signals originating from within the Weisstronautsâ undisclosed headquarters have traversed the length and breadth of North America, returned home in time for dinner and a short nap, and gone out again in search of a decent party. They may be found on the releases âFeaturing âJaunty,ââ âFeaturing âSpritelyââ and 2006's âFeaturing 'Perky'."

Selected reviews of the 2003 Weisstronauts release, âFeaturing Spritelyâ

âThis record kind of soars above the average record, most of the tracks being pure instrumental with sporadic oddball vocals echoing off in the distance somewhere. Instrumental music is in alarmingly short supply these days, and it's nice to hear someone pull it off nicely for a change.â
C.D. Di Guardia, Performermag.com

âThe CD is chock full of musical laffs (check out "Tawdry") and folksy genre send-ups ("Spritely") but it's more than just a joke. The coda to "Cha Cha Ho" is heavenly; the riff and sock-o-delic middle eight from "Cranky" deserve a prize, and "Space Jaunty" is wretched excess at its most likable and listenable⦠You'll dig this the most. It would make even Catullus gyrate like a toy boat caught out at sea in a wind grown wild with adult pain.â
Francis DiMenno, The Noise