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Release date: June 2003
1. Deviltown
2. The Lizard King
3. Lookout, Here Comes Tomorrow
4. The King Kong Stomp
5. The Beast With Five Hands
6. Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt)
7. Blood Beach
8. The Blob
9. 50,000 Spaceships (Watching Over Me)
10. Do The Bat
11. Running With Bigfoot
12. Pet Sematary
The king and queens of ghoulish punkrock'n'roll return on Stardumb with
this 12 track blast from their past! That's right! 12 of their out of
print and hard to get monster hits all re-recorded in Mass Giorgini's
legendary Sonic Iguana Studio.
Kepi, Roach and Scampi blast out all your favorite hard to get Ghoulie
tunes such as ‘Deviltown’, ‘The Beast With Five Hands’,
‘The Blob’, ‘50.000 Spaceships’, ‘Running
With The Bigfoot’ and the Ramones’ ‘Pet Cemetary’!
This makes the album “Monster Club” both a great introduction
to the Groovie Ghoulies and a must have for the long time fans!
This album comes with a full color 8 page booklet loaded with lyrics,
Kepi art, Ghoulie tour pics, cover artwork by your very own Stefan Stardumb
and to top it off a Monster Club membership card!
FILE UNDER: PUNKY MONSTERPOP CLASSICS
More info about Groovie Ghoulies:
Presspage
Homepage
Reviews:
Review taken from Artist
Direct:
' Monster Club album is made up mostly of re-recorded versions of songs
from the band's early singles and albums. They don't always capture the
youthful exuberance the band had when it first began, but the new versions
are always fun, funny punk-pop of the highest order. As usual, the songs
are short, sharp stabs of loud guitars, snottily melodic vocals, and silly
monster movie-inspired lyrics. The originals like "Blood Beach"
and "Do the Bat" are cool, but the best songs on the record
are the covers. Their version of "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow"
does a smashing job of recasting the Monkees tune into a punk-pop anthem.
They also do fun things with Daniel Johnston's "Deviltown,"
the silly '50s rocker "The King Kong Stomp," and Herman's Hermits'
"Don't Go Out in the Rain (You're Going to Melt)." The only
cover that fails is their attempt at one of their main inspiration's songs.
Then again "Pet Sematary" is one of the Ramones' worst songs
anyway. The band surely only chose it because of the scary subject matter.
This is a record that fans of the band will find to be a fun diversion,
certainly not essential though real fanatics will want to have the one
new song, the goofy "Lizard King." Listeners new to the band
may find it to be a good introduction to the Ghoulies sound but would
probably be better off getting one of their more recent albums instead.
~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
Review taken from Long
Gone Loser:
I have
a few Groovie Ghoulies albums now and they all seem to hit me the same
way. Straight away I really enjoy their Ramones styled horror cartoon
tunes. And it never hurts to have the great sound that Mass Giorgini produces
so well for harmonic punk rock bands, I've loved it since I heard Screeching
Weasel's Television City Dream. The hooks are really good, working so
well with the balance between all the cutesy and the hardness to the guitar.
This is how I felt with the last couple too, but now that they have a
new little brother they just remain unlistened on the shelf. I dunno if
it's just me or if their appeal wears off after they've been listened
in. Granted, my attention span is little better than pathetic. -- Aaron
from Adelaide, Australia
Italian:
Reviews taken from Kronic:
Giorni felici e di festa anche al Club dei Mostri: 12 illustri e gallonate
vecchie conoscenze del club rinnovano fra gli applausi la loro iscrizione,
con la benedizione del presidente, "master Kepi" e del collegio
(spesso ad interim!) degli altri Groovie Ghoulies! Ognuna rappresenta
e porta in dote una canzone, appunto già edita in passato, ma per
l`occasione rivista e riregistrata al solito Iguana Studio.
12 vecchie glorie quindi (peraltro difficilmente trovabili qui da noi)
che compongono un album moolto gradevole e variopinto. Certo che... se
non ce l`avessero detto, non ce ne saremmo mai accorti che si trattava
di pezzi antiquati, visto che la differenza con le hits ascoltate nel
recente passato di "Go! Stories" (tanto per dirne uno..) pare
nulla. I toni appaiono davvero del tutto simili: solito ammiccante poppunk
dalle venature r`n`r che sprizza sangue e zucchero, soliti racconti horror
all`acqua di rose, solita voce "più-di-naso-che-di-diaframma"
e chitarre gracchianti. E tante tante cover, a partire dal bel tributo
a Dee Dee Ramone di "Pet Sematary" passando per la dolce e delicata
"Devil Town" fino ad arrivare alla vivacissima allegria di "Lookout,Here
Comes Tomorrow" e "Don`t Come Out Into The Rain (You`re Going
To Melt)"...queste ultime poi caratterizzate da un dna davvero riempipiste!
Il resto è routine, seppur di notevolissimo spessore: r`n`r da
sorrisi ed euforia con "Beast With Five Hands" rallentamenti
e tinte (un pelo!) noir con "50000 Spaceships Watching Over Me",
il tutto condito anche da qualche strano de ja vu , come nella la pur
coinvolgente "Running With Big Foot", ma troppo simile a "Let`s
Do It Again" di "Go! Stories".
Bello, solito. La domanda a questo punto sorge quasi spontanea: songwriting
immutabile o 200 pezzi (e disegni) fatti a 4 mani 10 anni fa da Kepi con
la chiara intenzione di spalmarli col contagoccie nell`arco di qualche
lustro? ...Ragazzi, avete già pensato troppo, state solo perdendo
tempo e il party al club è già iniziato... mica vorrete
mancare! Album comunque valido, da "febbre del sabato sera"...astenersi
filosofi!
Review taken from Be
Nice To Mommy:
Continua
a sfornare dell'ottimo punk rock l'olandese Stardumb, che con queste due
nuove uscite lega ancora più a doppio filo le due band americane.
Per i Ghoulies una bella raccolta di materiale
precedentemente comparso su b-side varie, registrato nuovamente al Sonic
Iguana, più un pezzo inedito. La solita spensierata atmosfera da
party per un gruppo che non mi stanco davvero mai di
ascoltare.
French:
Review taken from GPS
(Geneva Punk Ska):
Les infatiguables Groovie Ghoulies reviennent avec Monster Club leur nouvel
album, comme chaque année d'ailleur (Go Stories en 2002, Freaks
On Parade en 2001, Travel With My Amp en 2000, Fun in the Dark en 1999),
je fais l'impasse sur ceux d'avant, cette liste est déjà
impressionnante en matière de sortie. Réduit en trio depuis
Go Stories, ils ont également accueilli depuis une batteuse, laissant
la majorité à la gente féminine. Malgré ces
changements, Les Groovie Ghoulies sont réstés fidèle
à leur musique juvenilement basique brassant pop-punk et rock'n'roll.
S' ils n'en reste pas moins qu'un groupe pris à la légère
pour la nouvelle vague de punk-rockers, Kepi (basse,chant) et sa bande,
bénéficient toutefois d'un enthousiasme vénérable
de la part d'un public plus ancien et expérimenté (allez
voir leur site internet www.groovieghoulies.com, le nombre de dates laisse
reveur). Sûrement grace au charme de la guitariste "Roach"
qui continue inlassablement de dénicher de nouveaux riffs, jamais
très différents des autres, mais permettant au groupe d'écouler
une cascade de tube. Cette simplicité est une des conséquence
logique de leur productivité, et à l'instar de la technicité,
tous ces groupes comme Groovie Ghoulies prouvent que cette même
simplicitée peut être redoutable.
Des titres comme "Deviltown", "Lookout, Here Comes Tomorrow",
"The King Kong Stomp", "The Beast With Five Hands",
"Blood Beach", "Do The Bat", "Running With Bigfoot",
expliquent mes dires à merveille. Monster club est un des albums
les plus réussi du combo, alors si jamais ils passent à
côté de chez vous, fonçez les voir, pour groovie ghouler
un bon coup! -- Peg
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