The 'Los Kikes' experience can be described as a hallucinogenic symbiosis of fifties Rock n' Roll, Hard-Core Punk, sleazy Garage, profane Black Metal, heroic Stoner-Rock and primitive Surf with a Psychedelic Trance atmosphere in the background. The band made its first steps when Eliav "Batz" Betzalel (ex-frontman of USF, Mishkav Behema and The Astroglides) sharpened his drumsticks and gathered Yaniv Sharon (on guitar, ex-member of Freestyle), Roy Nadel (guitar, member of the Astroglides), Shuki "Shukmyster" Tzarfati (Bass) and Kiryo Postoyv (Vocals) around him in order to form the most malignant band in Israel. The band members managed to mix their own eclectic tastes into an exceptional sound that became their trademark. During the years the band played in varied places, from fancy clubs and over-crowded record stores to the miasmic underground tunnels of Tel-Aviv city. The band's live performances were always exuberant and hectic, and their frantic nature became almost legendary among the local scenesters. The Kikes started to record their first album during 2005, with the glorious Charlie Megira as their producer. Megira's Midas touch blended perfectly with the Kikes crude inclination and the result is Sshaking RecordsS' first release- a deviant journey into the saturnine and blasphemous roots of rock n' roll.

"I'm an old school skater and I'm proud/My smell fits only, the vintage lovers/My unique is that I love to destroy." Those are the words of Israel's Los Kikes and they pretty much sum up what they are all about. Musically, Los Kikes are as mixed up as their English, but like the lines above, you pretty much figure out what they mean. On their debut releases, these guys have taken the past 20 years of punk and metal, bled the pop and emo out of it, and then shoved it into a massive echo chamber. What results are songs that sound influenced by both Venom and the Mummies at the same time. There a moments on this CD where the reverb is so strong that it nearly destroys what structure there is of the song. Add to this mix a drummer who either deliberately or not drops beats and Los Kikes become even more demented. And the dementia is not forced. It is natural in the way that the stanger bands on TAM 89 releases are. Because this sounds organic it also escapes being disjointed. I've listened to this three times through and it makes me shake my head in disbelief every time. If that doesn't make you interested, how about some parting words from Los Kikes. "My love for you is like a truck/Would you like some making fuck." - Terminal Boredoms' Scott Soriano

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