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Livereviews
Peter Pan Speedrock + Cheetah’s Tail +
Los Retardos
- March 30th, Loppen
By Jens
Like General Patton steamrolled over any resistance during
WWII, Peter Pan Speedrock obliterated everything in site tonite,
but more about them later. Local beer punx Los Retardos were
first in the ring and played maybe the shortest set I’ve
seen’em do. We got hardrockin’ faves like ”Liqour
Store Whore” and their token cover of Dead Boys’
”Sonic Reducer”. I don’t know if it was because
most people were only waiting for Peter Pan Speedrock, or
bassplayer Simon mostly thought about his US tour with Gorilla
Angreb the day after, haha, he was unusually short on banter
between songs. The performance was solid, new killer skinbasher
Lasse (also in Hjertestop) pounded his cowbells with glee,
and Andy Exciter laid down some mean licks, but it wasn’t
the best Los Retardos gig I’ve seen.
Cheetah’s Tail, on the other hand, played the best gig
I’ve seen’em so far, much better than their Stengade
show. Julie has really grown as a frontwoman and she made
fun of their songs (”It all sounds the same to me”,
haha) which totally cracked me up. The lineup sports members
of Nekromantix, Hellroute 16 and Strawberry Slaughterhouse
but Cheetah’s Tail doesn’t really sound like any
of those bands, more hardedged garagerock mixed with neat
doses of powerpop. Heard they’ll soon be going into a
studio to cut a demo, which I’m more than anxious to
hear. Look out for Cheetah’s Tail, I think we can expect
great things in the future from this new combo.
I’ve been a fan of Eindhoven’s finest speedpunk’n’rollers
for years, but I never caught them on a stage, despite Peter
Pan Speedrock is one of the busiest touring bands in Europe.
The trio sorta relishes in every sex, drugs & rock’n’roll
cliché known to man, and they’re greatly inspired
by the likes of Zeke, Nashville Pussy and Motörhead,
but rarely have I seen a group doing it as good and as tight
as Peter Pan Speedrock did tonite. Like some angry prehistoric
hellish creature they held the audience in an iron grip for
over an hour with old faves like “Auf Der Axe” “Gotta
Get Some” and some ragers of their new “Spread Eagle”
album (their best yet) like “Cock Teaser” and the
glorious anti-religion anthem “Damn You All To Hell”.
This band was ON, especially Peter who handled the vocals
and geetar with grit and a venomous energy seldom seen as
he howled into the microphone like some possessed behemoth.
Mission Rock’n’Roll Motherfuckin’ Accomplished!!!
Los Retardos 
Cheetah’s Tail 
Peter Pan Speedrock
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