Smoke Mohawk – Viva El Heavy Man

Smoke Mohawk – Viva El Heavy Man

Noisolution / Oh Yeah! – 2012

Rock, Seventies, Sixties, Psychedelica, Garage

Rated: ****

The debut album The Dogs Are Turning Red by Norwegian supergroup Smoke Mohawk released in 2010 did not really impress and was a bit of a disappointment. But that might also have been due to the high expectations on my part. For, ever since I learned Smoke Mohawk was releasing an album; I turned all giddy inside. How can anyone not be aroused hearing that members from Gluecifer and My Midnight Creeps are teaming up. Quickly after the release, news arrived that a new one was in the works and that the boys weren’t completely happy with the TDATR result. Hope, lust and anticipation battled for weeks until it slowly faded. And now; after so many months not having a clue we stumble upon their sophomore release and learn it was already out since October 2012. Full of humor the boys give us that righteous throwback magic and easily succeed where the former record failed. Yes, Viva El Heavy Man celebrates all that goodness from the sixties and seventies without becoming sappy about it. They dive deep and headfirst into the very essence of rock and give you their colorful take on heaviness… Light as a feather but weighing a ton!

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Smoke Mohawk - Crazy Horses

Smoke Mohawk - Crazy Horses

Crazy Horses is taken from their second  album Viva El Heavy Man. This is a cover of the 1972 hitsong as perfomed by The Osmonds. For everybody who digs Turbonegro, WE, Smut Peddlers, Gluecifer, Bela B, The Lust-O-Rama, Astroburger, The Highrollers, Stone-O-Saurus, Asbury Park, My Midnight Creeps, Vidar Vang and LoveOctopus... Yes; the guys also played in those magnificent bands!

Smoke Mohawk - Inspector Holmes

Smoke Mohawk - Inspector Holmes 

The first single Inspecter Holmes taken from their second album Viva El Heavy Man! For everybody who digs Turbonegro, WE, Smut Peddlers, Gluecifer, Bela B, The Lust-O-Rama, Astroburger, The Highrollers, Stone-O-Saurus, Asbury Park, My Midnight Creeps, Vidar Vang and LoveOctopus... Yes; the guys also played in those magnificent bands!

Smoke Mohawk – The Dogs Are Turning Red

Smoke Mohawk – The Dogs Are Turning Red
Impeller Recordings – 2010
Rock, Psychedelica, Sixties, Garage
Waardering: ***

The Norwegian Smoke Mohawk could be categorized as a supergroup; although most of their former bands will not immediately ring a bell amongst all listeners. Though Gluecifer surely will, We perhaps and let’s hope that one of the best bands ever does too: My Midnight Creeps. They also played in a grand list of other projects; namely: Turbonegro, Smut Peddlers, Vidar Vang, The Lust-O-Rama, Astroburger, The Highrollers, Stone-O-Saurus, Asbury Park, LoveOctopus and Bela B. After only a few jam-sessions the guys decided to start playing a truckload of different styles and conquer the charts and eventually the world with their sound. The last goal will probably never come to fruition; but enchanting the listener with their stroll through musical history surely will. The Dogs Are Turning Red is a wonderful debut album which mostly just shows the enormous potential this formation possesses. And with the promise of a new album in 2011; we wait patiently in our basket like a good little doggy…

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