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Rating: 5 Stars out of 5
Well, this is one aptly titled disc. Surf transmuted through gigantic metallic darkness, as if Ozzy was from Malibu. Lots of very interesting and engaging tracks here, with plenty of surfisms amidst the mayhem...intense playing...relentless caught in the soup feeling...quite demented...it grows on you despite your best effort...the manic energy and intense edginess really convey what it's like to be ADHD. Quite amazing...certainly unbalanced in the most creative way...Big thunder an denergy like The Lone Ranger only wished for. Wow!...This is a giant among strange surf epics naturally I love it...quite insane...It's raucous, annoying, and thorougly delightful...It makes Alfred Hitchcock squirm... - www.ReverbCentral.com Phil Dirt
5 stars out of 5 (highest rating)...These four tracks complete the picture of one of surfdom's most demented acts. Go ahead, I dare you to track them down and listen...a monstrously thrashy metallic assault on all that's sacred about surf, yee-haw, what a cool track!...a total thrashing of Misirlou and Hava Nagila mashed together...fascinating, giant, loud, and down right dangerous...magnificent and silly all at once, with big twisted whammy chords and dangerous loudness. - www.ReverbCentral.com Phil Dirt
"...there is something about this one that strikes a chord with me...tortured excursions into the fringes of surf music...Spooky oddball fun." - www.garageandbeat.com
The updated CD kicks surf-butt! ...captured the surf soul...shot to the top (of my year's surf favorite CDs). - forums.metacritic.com
(translated from French):
This surf rock instrumental group led by Conrad Swartz plays in the style of the Ventures and Link Wray with some resemblance to The Shadows. The best parts are the upbeat rock-n-roll tunes such as Surfin' the Stars, Masked Man, Undertow, Pipe-Wipe, and Forbidden Extremity. - Cri Du Coyote No. 100
Discography
2010 self released "Whimsical Surf" collection of 17 originals, available from CD Baby (www.CDBaby.com/cd/insanitizers2). We also released a CDR in 2007 entitled "Dark Surf Collection" that is still available on download.
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We primarily play our own originals, short rock-n-roll versions of great classical music, and rearranged famous instrumentals. The songs focus on new ways of wringing energy and tension from guitar music. We aim to be inventive and have developed a broad array of original guitar techniques, riffs, and music structures that are jammed with frenetic emotional energy. We have a unique multi-drive electric guitar we use in about a quarter of our repertoire; it sounds like a combination of guitar, slide guitar, overdrive, organ, and horn section. The band proficiently integrates rhythmic support, counterpoint and texture.
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