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SYA006 JOHNWOO 'Who?' 7" e.p. 300 hand numbered copies: electric blue - odd numbers trasparent pink - even numbers February 2004 SOLD OUT
track list: Met Demon Meets Anarchy / Hello, Mr. Birdman! / Negative cars, crashing feelings |
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REVIEWS
English John Woo is Italian answer to nu wave. Fast trashy punk with strong new wave influence. Comparing with many nu wave bands I heard, John Woo belongs to the top together with A Frames, Lost Sounds, Les Baton Rouge. I specially like their original approach to nu wave - using of strange strong structure and synth. Also vocal is a bit weird and goes really good with the rest. I think their song titles are really cool (I don't really get them all, but who cares): "Sasaki Yumeka", "Logout Theme For Nabuk", "Negative Cars, Crashing Feelings" ... To be honest I heard this CD few times and I like it more and more. First hearing it was OK, but I wasn't that impressed, like I am now - after few listenings - so if John Woo music don't get to you straight, give them few chances and you will love them for sure. They are too weird and you have to get used on their songs and sound a bit. Great band, I hope to hear more from them. (Vanya – No Brains Zine - april 2004 review about demo) * * * * * * * Heard good things about this band frum sum Euro pundits. It ain't exacly what I expected considering what said pundits would normally recommend, as they tend to hate anything beyond 3-chord 4/4 straight-ahead pungarage, but I'm actually glad it's not what I expected in this case. Initial spins lead me to believe that this was a buncha' completely unrelated parts Krazy Glued on the ass/nose of the previous/following (unrelated) part, but since them parts was cool, I spun it a few more times, and it's good. Clone Defects rips snuggle up to surfbits which are Stitched onto euro pungarage, and so on, but those repeated listens seem to confirm that there's at least as much song logic as later Piranhas or the Fuse!, so whaddaya know? If that bothers you, it will. I think the recent Ameri-jerkwave sounds are finally being assimilated across the pond. (Todd Tricknee – Terminal Boredom webzine – mar/apr 2004) * * * * * * * Weird record here, dudes. Buuurrrrp! Ahh. Now I remember those films Mr. Woo made back in the early 90s, like Killer and A Better Tomorrow, while we sat around taking acid and letting our hair grow. This doesn't have much comparison to those wasted nights, and I really don't know how to describe it besides non-typical, non-garagey 'rock' with some turbo-powered hooks. I guess it's better than most of the garbage we get to review. Buuurrrrp! Uh.. later (Stevie Sixpack – Horizontal Action #13 – spring/summer 2004)
Dutch Zelfde label, zelfde kliek, maar de band John Woo is er het langst en heeft dan ook zowel Hormonas als Mojomatics voort-gebracht. Toch is John Woo in vergelijking met de andere twee merkwaardig progressief in zijn mengeling van stijlen. Op hun Who? single is de kernfusie compleet. De vreemde songs houden moeiteloos stand op de bizarre basis van up-tempo new wave-ritmes, koude funkriffs (die weer helemaal in de mode komen), enkele krenten uit de now wave pap, hier en daar een komiek orgeltje, dan weer een flardje transistorhel uit de keyboards en gitaren, een vleugje zoete sixties, en dit alles op een hele vage echo van de Zuid-Europese stomp. Uiterst sterk geschreven werk dus. Een hele vreemde en een hele goeie, in geniale ranzigheid grossierende liedjesband. (Nanne Tepper – Oor Magazine – april 2004)
Italian [……]Più vicini eppure infinitamente lontani sono i JOHN WOO, quattro teppisti venusiani finiti nel piscio dei Canali. Veloci, approssimativi, e futuristicamente vintage, se mi passate l'ossimoro. Il nuovo 7" su Shake Your Ass prosegue sul solco tracciato dai precedenti lavori: carcasse di astronavi che si sfidano nelle polveri secche di qualche cazzo di pianeta perduto. Negative Cars è una molecola d'amianto liberata dall'incendio del giardino di plastica dei Devo, Matt Daemon meets Anarchy e Hello Mr.Birdman due votici garage punk suonati dai replicanti alieni dei Michelle Gun Elephant […..] (Franco "Lys" Dimauro – Rumore/ Bassa Fedeltà #146, marzo 2004) * * * * * * *
Avevo ormai rinunciato a cercare questo 7"...
sia i JohnWoo che Beppe Capinch che li ha prodotti li davano ormai per
esauriti... e invece, nel solito negozio,
spulciando più per passare il tempo che per curiosità vera e propria tra i
7" italiani, è spuntata la copertina giallo evidenziatore di questo disco...
mio! (Bored webzine - luglio 2004) * * * * * * * Questo singolo proviene da un altro pianeta, dove, evidentemente, gli abitanti sanno scrivere canzoni della madonna e nel contempo essere devastanti! i 4 ceffi veneti, infatti, ci scaricano addosso un punkrock ipercinetico, arricchito da una tastierina che tanto mi ricorda i Dow Jones & The Industrials: un pezzo come "Negative cars, crashing feelings" sta a dimostrare che John Woo merita di regnare incontrastato! Comprate o crepate! (Vom – Bam! Magazine #3, luglio 2004)
German Eine echte Hoffnung für den europäischen Garage-Punk sind die italienischen THE JOHN WOO. Die 4 Typen haben bereits eine Debüt-CD veröffentlicht und melden sich nun mit den drei klasse Songs der „Who?“-Single auf Shake Your Ass Records zurück. Das Songmaterial ist nicht so leichte Kost, geht aber trotzdem erstaunlich gut runter. Dafür sorgen Tempo, die sparsam eingesetzte Orgel, sich überschlagender Gesang, spannende Breaks und Riffs, die stellenweise positiv an die besten Momente der HIVES erinnern. Wer die EVAPORATORS mag, sollte vor den THE JOHN WOO nicht seine Augen und Ohren verschließen. Von der 7“ gibt‘s 300 Exemplare in Blau und transparentem Pink. (9) (Chris Virgo – Ox Fanzine #55 - May 2004) |
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