Amazing Royal Crowns

Amazing Crowns | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Label: Soundproof/Monolyth
• ASIN: B0000057OY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,081 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shiverin in the Corner

2. Mr. Lucky

3. Minute With the Maker

4. Do the Devil

5. Scene of the Crime

6. Gretschy

7. Fireball Stomp

8. King of the Joint

9. 1965 G.T.O.

10. Rollercoaster

11. Wreckin Machine

12. If He Can't

13. Harem Caravan

14. Swimming in Drinks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Greasy as They Want to Be, September 27, 2005

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Jamie - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amazing Royal Crowns (Audio CD)

There are very few albums that I can listen all the way through without skipping tracks. This album is one of those. This is high octane stuff kids.

"Do The Devil" and "1965 GTO" should be listened to with caution while manning a vehicle. These songs seem to cause bloodthirsty-speed-demon driving and serious hip shaking. Common sense tells you not to stomp the gas pedal while in "Drive," but these cats make it so damn hard to sit still and take it.

We all know that a plethera of half-crap bands came out of the whole swing/rockabilly revival and it was suddenly "cool" to be a hepcat with greasy kid stuff in your hair. Half of these bands were manufactured by labels to make money and had no soul. The thing that stands out about The Amazing Royal Crowns is that they LOVED what they did. They felt it in their bones. The music came out of them, moved through them, moved through us. They sacrificed their health, their time and their money to go out on the road and play their kick ass music for nothing more than the enjoyment they got out of it. All done with style. They did not do it for the money. They did it because they loved it. It was a shame to see greed from self-made rivals, Royal Crown Review, destroy such talent and fevered passion...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STILL LOYAL to the ROYAL, October 19, 2003

By 

D.J. KevDog (Kevin Williams) (Apple Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Royal Crowns (Audio CD)

First of all, someone in a different review stated that the release "Royal" was just a re-release of the first and self-titled cd with the song order changed around. That is completely false! "Royal" is full of completely new and original material. If you like high energy rockabilly with a dash of Reverend Horton Heat, The Ramones, The Cramps, and Johnny Cash, then I highly recommend getting your greasy palms on BOTH of the cd's from this gone-but-not-forgotten band. I understand that they were forced to disband after a bitter legal battle over the name of the band, which basically left them broke. Fortunately they were allowed to keep the "AMAZING" portion of their name, because they really are that!. But do yourself a favor and give them a listen. Both of their cd's are in constant rotation in my player, and that's coming from a So-Cal D.J. with over 1000 discs.
The Amazing Royal Crowns.....Rest In Grease

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Providence Rockers Deliver, July 25, 2000

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Robert W McDade - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amazing Royal Crowns (Audio CD)

Providence's Amazing Royal Crowns (now Amazing Crowns) provide a CD full of their best and most punchy hits. I first heard and saw the group when they opened for the Bosstones (with Honkeyball -- what a show!). When their first CD was released a few months later I eagerly snapped it up, but was worried that the frenetic level of musicianship and energy they had in their live set might not have translated well to their recorded work. I was in for quite a surprise...

The energy is all there, especially on "Do the Devil", "1965 GTO" and "Swimming in Drinks". The songs do rock hard, but they also have great musical hooks and awesome rhythm section backing up the guitars and vocals. It is rare to find a CD these days that does not have filler songs or some tracks that are just "ok". This is one of those rare few.

If you are looking for some great punk-a-billy or just something that rocks but does not sound like just all the other new-punk groups, check out this CD. You will not be sorry.