Banger for Breakfast [Import]

Wicked Tinkers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Thistle Pricks Productions
• ASIN: B0000A1QMJ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,945 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > International Folk

Editorial Reviews

"BANGER* FOR BREAKFAST", is Wicked Tinker’s fourth attempt at music recording. It’s live and raw – like you’ll usually find us at the Scottish Highland Games. "Banger" originally started out with 60 hours of music recorded live across the country. We whittled it down to a couple hours of our greatest hits. This first of two CDs, is a bunch of favorites snatched from our three previous releases, with ten new tunes thrown in to boot. All this in one tribal-thumping CD. You’ll find your body moving against your consent.

*Bang•er: (bang´er) n. Chiefly Brit. 1. making bang. 2. A short little greasy British sausage. 3. A noisy old car.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Tinkers at Their Best, December 1, 2005

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M. Robertson "M. Robertson" (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banger for Breakfast (Audio CD)

I've been fortunate enough to see the Tinkers live on several occasions while I lived in San Diego, and they are amazing performers. I have several of their other albums, but this was the first live one that I bought.

This CD is AMAZING! It will have you bouncing in your seat, tapping your toes and or doing a jig in your living room. I'm a drum freak, and this was a very satisfying album from that standpoint. The entire group, however, is ridiculously talented, and they all bring a wonderful sound to the group.

The didgeridoo was a fantastic addition, and I really liked the mouth harp as well. Overall this is a highly recommended album. I would suggest buying this first because as was mentioned before, they really are best live. And if you have the chance to catch them performing in the West coast area (highland games mostly) you will be in for a rollicking treat.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Australian-Scottish-Irish Mix of the Wildest Type!, October 5, 2004

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Michael (Placerville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Banger for Breakfast (Audio CD)

To appreciate this group, you need to have a taste for the exotic and for raw rhythm. I suppose that would be the musical equivalent of a super-spicey banger (sausage) for breakfast, squealing a tune and banging the table while recovering (why they call 'em bangers). If that is your taste, proceed at your own risk. This is a "best of" album performed live with supportive audiences. The lead instrument is parade bagpipes. The drums range from traditional Scottish parade drums to Irish Drum (bodhran). The largest (7 ft.?)Aborigne Didgeridoo I have ever seen is used in most tracks to harmonize with the drone of the bagpipes. A band member also loves to balance this straight up on his face. Did I mention they are wild? The Mouth Harp is used occasionally, not to mention a blacksmith anvil. At a recent Celtic Festival, I heard this music and saw a dust cloud rising from one area. I investigated and found dozens of people dancing Scottish style to the fast music. The young people I saw earliar that day dressed in kilts and wicked horns were a big part of the mix and obvious followers of what the band calls "tribal celtic music." The live appearances are a real experience. What can I say? I had my drums and joined the craziness. It was great fun. Sir William Wallace could tatoo these people blue, give them weapons and charge out to battle and scare the enemy off of the field. My rating is 5 stars for high energy, excellent pipes, 'doo and drums, although I would like to see the band develop a wider range in the future (add djembes, doumbeks, Low D whistle, bones, etc...). Enjoy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who needs radio when you've got the Tinkers?, July 28, 2003

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K. Hill (Maple Valley, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banger for Breakfast (Audio CD)

In 2001 my mom sent me the cassette of "Hammered" after seeing Wicked Tinkers at the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games. At the time I was living in Vegas and missed out on the games for a few years. I didn't get around to listening to it until last summer when I bought a new car that came with a CD player and tape player. Loved it.
I didn't listen to the radio the entire rest of the summer. So, when the opportunity arose to go to the games up here this summer (I moved back to the Evergreen State in December) and to see the Tinkers I was stoked. And now I'm so hooked you wouldn't believe it. I picked up Banger for Breakfast at the games on Saturday, bought it from Aaron Shaw in fact, how bloody cool is that? All the guys signed it, Aaron's idea, and then they played an hour-long set, including some closing tunes with Golden Bough, which was brilliant. Since purchasing the CD a few days ago I've spinned it six times and I can't get enough. Belly Dance is downright awesome...who knew a bagpipe could sound like that? And I love pipes! Wallop the Cat is funny, the in-between tunes banter cracks me up ... "nothin like playing bagpipes after a big hot dog with lots of onions....it's Piper's Lung what can you do?" And of course a personal favorite, being a member of Clan MacKenzie, is Cabar Feidh, the charge song for us violent MacKenzies! This is a must-have for anyone who has seen the Tinkers live. And it'll feel like drinking a tall cool glass of water in the desert after all the trash that's been on mainstream radio and MTV the past few years. Get your thump on with this pounding, primal treat and imagine yerself in a kilt on the Scottish Highlands centuries ago eating just-charred meat (who cares what it is?) and dancing the night away.