The Satelliters [EP]

The Satelliters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Dionysus Records
• ASIN: B000B6TRM0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,130 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Celebrating a full decade as one of the best-kept secrets on the garage rock revival scene, the Satelliters capped their first ten years with a casually brilliant EP that could be their best record yet. Kicking off with the exhilarating "It's Not True," the disc moves into high gear with the utterly fantastic pure pop of "Where Do We Go?" Featuring one of the catchiest hooks of their career (the heavily processed Morse code guitar riff that powers the verses) and a killer chorus, "Where Do We Go?" is the equal of a classic Flamin' Groovies or Barracudas side as three minutes of '60s pastiche that's vibrant and exciting enough to get across on its own merits. A pair of covers of unknown gassers from back in the day (the Knaves' lascivious "Your Stuff" and the Bad Rhoads' awesomely snotty "Psychotic Reaction" ripoff "Blue Girl") and two other solid originals cap the disc, providing a succinct quarter-hour's worth of prime garage punk. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi

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5.0 out of 5 stars retro-retro garage psych!!, April 16, 2009

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I think they're from Germany--doesn't matter. This is great garage psych in the mold of the eighties garage psych which was in the mold of the sixties garage psych. Ah, the recycling of culture. But these guys are strong-headed and mindful of their dues to such greats as the Miracle Workers, Fuzztones, Chesterfield Kings, et al. This is not your typical lo-fi garage-rock-wanna-be dumpster chicken. These guys care--it's in their attitude and approach. Fuzz guitars, solid drumming, and the vocals are superb. Grab their full length releases (although I don't care much for the "Wylde" release--far too freshman). Lee Joseph and his label Dionysius has given us another great moment in the unending recycling of pop culture--I mean, the grittiest and best aspects of a time long gone.