Song Review - DANZIG Covers Davie Allan and The Arrows


An earworm, by definition is a song one can't get out of their head, especially when not actually listening to it. For some, earworms can be maddening. I've had a very welcome earworm for the past couple days, put there by way of a newly released cover by DANZIG.

The song is "Devil's Angels", the theme song to the Roger Corman biker movie of the same name. Originally recorded by Southern California's Davie Allan and The Arrows in 1967, Glenn Danzig has released it ahead of his upcoming covers album. If this track is indicative of the rest of the album, this will be one of the rare covers sets from an established artist that succeeds as a great listen, as opposed to being an ego-stroking boondoggle.

The track is not embeddable, so please head over to DANZIG's site to take a listen, then come back to rev up the original.


The best part of this cover is how the band has captured the essence of Glenn Danzig's sound, circa 1979, which according to a quote from his website, is exactly what they were going for:

"I've wanted to record this song since 1979 & this is exactly the same arrangement I had for it back then, so it pretty much sounds like that late 70's style of mine." - Glenn Danzig

Danzig's baritone vocals fit perfectly among the darkened up riffage and the track as a whole is reminiscent of the catchy anarchy of The Misfits's classic, "Where Eagles Dare" Now, let's take the original by Davie Allan and The Arrows out for a spin.



The fuzz-tone guitar of Davie Allan is something that far too few people are even aware of, despite one of his songs being among the first learned to play by a guitarist named Eddie Van Halen, as the story goes. So if that dirty, delicious distortion that grabbed Glenn Danzig's ears grabs yours, by all means check out Davie Allan's website for more on his music.

*BONUS TRACK*

While looking for a link to "Where Eagles Dare", I fell over when I found the trio known as the Fruity Ukuladies (props for best name, ever) covering it. Insert the sound of wild applause, here.






Comments

  1. Fruity UkuladiesJune 22, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    Thanks for the mention! Glad you liked our cover :)

    The Fruity Ukuladies

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