Powerful, raw, energetic, Delta-inspired outlaw blues: "George Thorogood meets R.L. Burnside in a dark alley, just as Henry Rollins walks up with Kim Wilson, and somebody starts counting off."

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OBEY THE HELLBUSTERS

Debut Album âGuiltyâ Kicks Like Buckshot, Burns Like Gin

The heavens opened, the thunder rolled and the lightning flashed when the Hellbusters went to Sun Studios to record their first album. Amid a biblical southern rain storm in Memphis, two men with a guitar, a harmonica and a wooden stomp box spent four hours blistering hours recording loud, raw, hard blues at the birthplace of rock n' roll. The result is âGuiltyâ.

âThe songs are all about the guilt and loneliness of living a certain lifestyle,â says Hellbuster guitarist and singer Todd Mauldin. âLiving that way is fun, sometimes. But eventually, I guess, you come up empty and thereâs only regret. Thatâs why we chose that caged heart for the cover. The guilty heart is something I believe everybody has to deal with, sooner or later. And a heart thatâs guilty is like that heart on the cover⦠nothing gets into it or out of it without being hurt.â

âThe songs are stark and rough,â commented Jack D. Doyle, the Hellbustersâ harmonica player and stomp-box operator. âWeâre about as subtle as a lead pipe. But we tried to be honest with stuff and get to the heart of the matter. You can dance to it. The songs are tough and fast but we ainât bullshitting. If youâve been where weâve been, youâll probably get it.â

From the opening cut âMine Camp Bluesâ, (âbased on a true story,â says Jack) to up-tempo grooves like âDeadbolt Lockâ and âI Live With A Spyâ to the scaldingly confessional âGuilty Bluesâ, and from the sincere âMama Always Loved Meâ to the headlong charge of âGun And Knifeâ, the Hellbusters rip through a set of original blues tracks with a powerful, stripped-down style rarely recorded or heard these days.

âWe ainât for everybody,â says Mauldin. âIf you like Son House, or John Lee Hooker, or Fred McDowell, or R.L. Burnside, or George Thorogood or Social Distortion or the Black Keys, youâll probably like us all right.â

The Hellbusters are Todd Mauldin on guitar and vocals, and Jack D. âMachine Gunâ Doyle on harmonica and percussion. Theyâre from Reno, Nevada, where they were voted âNevadaâs Favorite Two Man Blues Bandâ in a recent poll.

You can find out more about the Hellbusters and the record âGuiltyâ at www.hellbusters.net.