SPEEDBALL JR. “WHIPLASH”

Year of initial release: 2003

Label: Drunkabilly Records

REVIEWED BY: Rino Vincken For The ERNESTO SITTARD,  MUSIC & CUISINE ART CLUB IN LIMBURG, THE NETHERLANDS famous for their THE SLACKERS SKA LIVE RECORDINGS SESSIONS

From the Belgian city of Ghent came this extra ordinary Surf band. It featured three band members and a go-go dancer. And let me tell you……..this is not the “Hawai-shirt-sit-back-and-relax-version” of Surf.

This is the high tempo, full blast, in ya face version of the genre.

Of the 14 songs there are 12 originals. All of them full blast ahead or extremely menacing. I’ve included an expressionistic black and white video of the song “V8” in the comments so you can watch the band explode at 0.36 seconds.

We’ve booked this band a couple of times at the infamous Ernesto’s club in Sittard, the Netherlands and live they even add an extra gear to it. The showstopper is guitarist Fré who bends himself in impossible poses and extreme facial grimaces all the while firing his guitar like a machine gun. Combine this with the go-go dancer and you’ve got one hell of a show. For me personally the best Surfband ever.

Anybody even slightly interested in this genre should check this album out.