Raucous CDs reviewed by Simon "Big Cheese" Nott

THE SEX PRESLEYS ‘God Save The King’
(Raucous) 3/5

The Sex Pistols do Elvis.

This is a weird one, a mini album by what on first listening seem to be a very talented Sex Pistols tribute band circa 1977. There are six songs made famous by the Elvis Presley that are sung in a very convincing Johnny Rotten snarl, at least those are the songs that are on the cover. Each one is played Pistols style and then morph into Pistols classics and back again in an almost seamless fashion. ‘Teddy Bear’ into ‘Anarchy In The UK’ anyone? The intro to ‘Pretty Vacant’ twisting into ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’? I kid you not. Further investigation makes things all the weirder. ‘Johnny Rotten’ is a bloke named Priscilla that looks like a bird. It gets a three because it’s so short, but a five for curiosity value! (Simon Nott)

ACES AND EIGHTS 'Ace and Eights' (Raucous) 4/5

Excellent rocking debut. An in places shambolic, fuzzed up and pummeling slab of unpolished rockin' mayhem with distorted vocals a serious irreverence and attitude problem, you can't get much better praise than that. Aces and Eights have their own style but it seems to morph in each and every song, definitely not boring almost as if you are hearing a band develop as the album progresses. There are some excellent little touches in songs like a lovely plink plink of piano when you least expect it. This is a very promising debut from a band that can diversify from track to track and still stamp their own identity on each one. (Simon Nott)