PAGANS / THE GUILLOTINES
Split (7")
Just 4 Fun Records - 8 €
The Pagans busted out of Cleveland in the summer of 1977 along with the Dead Boys, Pere Ubu and Devo in a punk rock explosion the world would come to revere.
Mike Hudson, the brains of the outfit, has continued the tradition off and on for nearly 40 years, with sporadic outbursts of new Pagans music, drunkenness and cruelty.
A few years ago, Hudson moved to Los Angeles, where he began a torrid romance with former model Evita Corby, dropped his first new studio a lbum in 15 years – Hollywood High – and wrote a novel, “Fame Whore.” He put together a revolving group of LA’s finest rock and roll gunslingers, headlined a festival in Spain and cut “Hopped Up” – said by Get Hip Records guru Gregg Kostelich to be the “strongest Pagans single ever.”
With lead guitars by Richie Duguay – who played on Guns ‘n Roses “The Spaghetti Incident” LP – and Capt. Ben Reagan from Richie Ramone’s band, “Hopped Up” constitutes a remarkable statement by a true punk rock survivor.
Mike Hudson, the brains of the outfit, has continued the tradition off and on for nearly 40 years, with sporadic outbursts of new Pagans music, drunkenness and cruelty.
A few years ago, Hudson moved to Los Angeles, where he began a torrid romance with former model Evita Corby, dropped his first new studio a lbum in 15 years – Hollywood High – and wrote a novel, “Fame Whore.” He put together a revolving group of LA’s finest rock and roll gunslingers, headlined a festival in Spain and cut “Hopped Up” – said by Get Hip Records guru Gregg Kostelich to be the “strongest Pagans single ever.”
With lead guitars by Richie Duguay – who played on Guns ‘n Roses “The Spaghetti Incident” LP – and Capt. Ben Reagan from Richie Ramone’s band, “Hopped Up” constitutes a remarkable statement by a true punk rock survivor.
The Guillotines .... Houston, TX ... 2 years ago this band came together out of a love for fast edgy rock n roll. No gendre, no set formula. Just rock n roll..... Bill DeGidio aka Robert Conn (The Pagans, The Defnics, The Plague ...) on vox and guitar, Jewels (Chelsea Hotel) vox and bass, Curtis De Gidio (Chrome Kickers, The Velostacks) guitar vox, Glenn Gilbert (Vanity Crimes) lead/slide guitar and Stevie Ryder (Root) on drums.
Songs are from the soon to be released album “Heads Are Gonna Roll” .... Produced and Engineered by Don “Demonboy” Cilurso.