Locked & Loaded

The Penetrators | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Double Crown
• ASIN: B00005BI1Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surf Guitar Lives !, September 13, 2002

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peterfromkanata (Kanata, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Locked & Loaded (Audio CD)

If you miss those days when Dick Dale, the Surfaris, Chantays, Pyramids etc. ruled the "airwaves", you will love this disc. All tracks are guitar instrumentals that are true to the original spirit of "surf guitar", but with all the advantages of modern recording technology.
"Checkpoint Echo", "Triple Dog Dare" and "Midnight Run" stood out for me after one play, but all tracks are good. A couple of numbers are slower and moody, but mostly the music here is taken at a frantic pace, and very exciting.
I should also mention the great cover--remember when vinyl album covers became an art form ? Well, this would have been a great "album cover".
For guitar instrumental fans, this is a treat !

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simply the best, June 21, 2001

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Ahsoc (Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Locked & Loaded (Audio CD)

Not Surf Beat, Banzai Washout or Pipeline again, but original album full of speed of a hurricane, even with peace of a lake in its eye, but always with strong melodies, simply the best instrumental (surf) album I have ever heard. (....)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spies and Surf from Georgia!, June 28, 2002

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Locked & Loaded (Audio CD)

One of the better instrumental-guitar bands out there is the secret-agent-obsessed Penetrators. A lot of style and pizzazz goes into every facet of their packaging, thanks largely to "Rip Thrillby", who in addition to lead guitars also did the terrific cover art and is a website designer in his "secret identity". (Check it out, The Penetrators have one of the BEST-designed websites of any "local" band I've ever run across!) But NO gimmicks are needed in their music-- it's just great!

These guys have had a LOT of appearances on singles, EPs and comp albums (many hard-to-find) and several of the better songs have turned up here (a few re-recorded) including "Redlined", "Speed Bump", "Triple-Dog Dare" and "Mariner 4". My faves on LOCKED & LOADED are definitely "Checkpoint Echo" and "Southern Surf Syndicate Theme".

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