Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space
Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space | |
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Tampere Club Sin 2009 |
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General information | |
origin | Vienna , Austria |
Genre (s) | Horror punk , psychobilly |
founding | 2002 |
Website | www.zombies.at |
Founding members | |
Dead Richy Gein | |
Mr. Jim Evilize | |
Reverend Bloodbath | |
Current occupation | |
Dead Richy Gein | |
Mr. Jim Evilize | |
Reverend Bloodbath | |
Dejan Decay | |
Scary Germs | |
former members | |
Dr. Hermann Schreck |
The Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space or short BZfOS are a Founded in 2002 Austrian horror punk - and Psychobilly - band from Vienna . The band uses the mixed names "Horrorbilly" or "Horror Rock'n Roll" to describe the music they play.
history
The music group, which sees itself as influenced by people like Tobe Hooper , Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento and bands like Nekromantix and Mad Sin , usually praises the themes and clichés of popular horror B-movies (e.g. about zombies, mummies) in a humorous way and serial killers, cemetery party fantasies or Dracula's Cadillac).
The band members themselves stick to pseudonyms and attitudes, which they also increasingly express at concerts of the group. According to their own statement, the band comes from the distant planet Transylvania and came to earth to “flood people with the music of evil, rock'n roll, and play what is by far the bloodiest rock'n roll, the mother Earth has ever seen. "
In 2004, the Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space's debut album, See You at Disneyland , was released, already well received by critics . The title of the album refers to a quote from the serial killer Richard Ramírez . The second album, A Night at Grand Guignol , released in 2005 , is, as the title suggests, a declaration of love to the Théâtre du Grand Guignol . This album also features The Fairy Tale of Billy the Butcher . The text of four songs tells the story of this fictional serial killer, while a narrator in between spins the story on. In spring 2008 the group's third album, Monster Mutant Boogie , was released. In 2009 the band released the mini-album Killer Klowns from Outer Space, limited to 666 copies .
The albums previously released, released under the horror punk label Fiend Force Records , received good reviews in specialist magazines and quickly made the group popular. The first two albums were also released as vinyl records by Fiend Force . The third album was also released as a record in 2010, but under the label Halb 7 . This was limited to 333 copies, offered a bonus song and a new artwork. In June 2010 the Bloodsucking Zombies released their fourth studio album, Return of the Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space . As a curiosity , this one with Murderer Blues contains a hidden track in Viennese dialect.
In October 2010 the split album Clash of the Monsters was released with the psychobilly band Thee Flanders . The first edition, limited to 999 copies, also includes a live CD with pieces from both groups from the Psychomania Rumble festival as a bonus . In June 2011 the EP Mörder Blues was released, the lyrics are in Viennese dialect and the arrangements are acoustic. This EP was also released in a limited edition, which contains a single-sided record and the CD. The start of the band's own label Schlitzer-Pepi Records was given with the Mörder-Blues- EP .
To mark its 10th anniversary in 2012, the band released their first best-of album, Decade of Decay - Gravest Hits , with 15 newly recorded and partly reinterpreted songs , still with the original line-up . On February 14, 2014, after four years, the fifth studio album entitled Toxic Terror Trax - Music for the Postapocalypse was released . Musically, the band is also more diverse, with borrowings from blues and classic rock, mariachi sounds and keyboard melodies. The cover artwork was designed by tattoo legend Bernie Luther.
In 2015 they won the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the “Hard & Heavy” category. In September 2015, Murderer Blues 2 was released . This was the first time they made it into the Austrian charts . In 2016 they were nominated again for the Amadeus.
Discography
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Demos
- 2003: Eaters of the Dead
Albums
- 2004: See You at Disneyland (CD / LP)
- 2005: A Night at Grand Guignol (CD / LP)
- 2008: Monster Mutant Boogie (CD, 2009 as LP)
- 2010: Return of the Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space (CD / LP)
- 2012: Decade of Decay - Gravest Hits (compilation, CD / LP)
- 2013: Anatomy of the Dead (acoustic live, CD / LP)
- 2014: Toxic Terror Trax: Music for the Post-Apocalypse (CD / LP)
- 2015: Murderer Blues 2 - The return of the Pompfüneberer (CD / LP)
- 2016: Bloody Unholy Christmas (CD / LP)
- 2019: All These Fiendish Things (CD / LP)
EPs
- 2005: The Fairy Tale of Billy the Butcher (7 "vinyl, as part of A Night at Grand Guignol -LP)
- 2009: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- 2010: Clash of the Monsters (split EP with Thee Flanders , with 4 unreleased songs: Amok , Jack the Ripper , The Witch , CHUD )
- 2011: Killer Blues
- 2014: Trick or Treat (7 "vinyl LP)
- 2016: Mr. Barlow
- 2015: Horrorbilly Since 2002 (Promo CD)
- 2018: Nice Day for an Exorcism (with Ouija board)
- 2018: Bela Kiss (7 "vinyl LP, limited to 300 copies)
- 2019: Night Flier / Rainy Season (10 "vinyl LP, limited to 400 copies)
Exclusive sampler contributions
- 2008: Psychobilly Ratpack, Vol. 2 (3 exclusive songs: Cellar Dweller , Dead Eyes , Nocturnal Vacation )
- 2013: We Are Rockers Tribute-Sampler (Song: Graveyard Blues )
Video albums
- 2010: Anatomy of the Dead: Live at the Anatomietheater Wien Unplugged concert
- 2017: 15 Years of Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space: Live in Vienna Halloween 2017
Music videos
- 2004: Moonlight Sonata
- 2006: Reign of Devils
- 2008: Blood on Satan's Claw
- 2008: Monster Mutant Boogie
- 2010: Dr. Freudstein
- 2014: Radio Active
- 2015: Vienna Calling
- 2015: The singing children of Hernals
- 2016: Mister Barlow
- 2018: Bela Kiss
- 2019: Night Flier
Awards
- Awarded 2015 : Hard & Heavy
- 2016 nominated: Hard & Heavy
- 2020 nominated: Hard & Heavy (pending)
Web links
- Official website
- Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space on Facebook
- Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space at laut.de
- Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space at Discogs (English)
- Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space at Allmusic (English)