Flamin Groovies, Le Feu Sacré
| About/Subject | Flamin' Groovies |
| Publisher | Julie Editions |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Jack O Leroy |
| Foreword by | Marc Zermati |
| Photography | Michel Agnes, Daniel Aimé, Ronald Ciccone, Fin Costello, Emmanuel Decares, Stevie Dixon, Peter Noble, Michael Ochs Archives, Marc Zermati |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | French |
| Location | France |
| Copyright | 2011 |
| Pages / Font | 318 pages |
| Notes | foreword by Marc ZERMATI, colour cover, black and white interior. Also 16 pages with previously unpublished pictures in black and white and colour. Where do I start imparting the importance that the Groovies played in my life ? Well, I was 12 years old when I heard "Slow Death" the fist time and it was the song that got the whole ball rolling as far as I was concerned and made me to pick up a guitar for the fist time. Other people may have their epiphany when fist hearing Elvis or seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, but for me it was The Flamin'Groovies. "Slow Death" had everythinig from its killer riff to the dark lyrics which evoked a dangerous yet inviting world ans an attitude that scramed ROCK'N'ROLL... From then on every band I played with incorporated Slow Death and I have never knowingly played a set live without featuring this song. I was hooked and from then on followed the Groovies as closely as I could. They were the perfect band.Although it was a shock when they went "Beatles" but "You tore me down" an the more melodic tunes they came up with still resonated as strongly as the earlier material. This was particularly true about Shake some Action which can be regarded as their masterpiece and a true rock'n'roll opus. It had enough power to uproot the prog/hippy wankfests prevalent at the time ans discard them into the dustbin of irrelevance. Once you mixed in their sartorial elegance, their choice of guitars - Gretch/12 strings Rickenbacker ans Dan Amstrong - you knew you could trust this bans with your life. You knew they wold always be cool ans would never let you down. Il finally got to see the Groovies in '76 and their performance was a vitual tsunami. They played as loud as a Heavy metal banc and here the choice of covers came into their own. Hearing sonts like Lady Friend played with such power, elegance ans technology (with stereo 12 strings !) raised the roof and adapted the 60s ethos to the present day. This was the final piece of the puzzle ans when I formed The Barracudas all I wanted was to one day sound half as good as The Groovies did live, but we were still learning our chops ans it took a while to even approach their greatness. Having Chris join us was a dream come true. We are in awe and had to pinch ourselves to remind us that we had a live Groovie with us on stade and in the studio. We just learned so much by osmosis. The apotheosis was the hooking up with Roy Loney (the perfect gentleman) and having two Groovies on stage at the same time with my band. This is the proof that childhood dreams can come true and I am still so very proud that the Barracudas were a footnote in the Flamin'Groovies saga. Robin WILLS (BARRACUDAS) january 2011 |
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