Holy Mackerel!

About the Artist
Fish Out of Water is an acoustic rock band that delivers straight ahead guitar driven rock and roll, sometimes quiet and reflective, other times determined and passionate. The group seeks to connect with the hearts of it's listeners through it's music and message.The songs are based on real life experiences and are approached from Christian Faith.

Product Description
Acoustic Folk/Rock/Pop meets Straight up Guitar driven rock with faith centered lyrics.

Holy Mackerel!,Fish Out of Water

Average customer rating: CRAZY LES AND THE GOODS! A few songs drag this down Les's Bass work is amazing as usual, yet several songs flop Still a good CD, but only for fans ....

Highball with the Devil Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel Manufacturer: Fontana Interscope ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Riddles Are Abound Tonight Purple Onion The Big Eyeball in the Sky Of Whales and Woe The Grand Pecking Order ASIN: B000001Y2S Release Date: 1996-08-27

Tracks:

1. Running The Gauntlet
2. Holy Mackerel
3. Highball With The Devil
4. Hendershot
5. Calling Kyle
6. Rancor
7. Cohibas Esplenditos
8. Delicate Tendrils
9. The Awakening
10. Precipitation
11. George E. Porge
12. El Sobrante Fortnight
13. Granny's Little Yard Gnome
14. Me And Chuck
15. Carolina Rig

Customer Reviews:

CRAZY LES AND THE GOODS!.......2005-09-28

This stuff is crazy good. CRAZY! I like more than PRIMUS. Its got the funky drive you'd expect from LES and just all kinds of all out insanity on this peice. HIGHBALL WITH THE DEVIL is in itself a great track, I DIG the repetition at the end and I think it should be about ten minutes longer. HENDERSHOT too is very cool; but thats just the beggining. GET CRAZY! Some of LES' BEST.

A few songs drag this down.......2005-03-02

Let me start be saying that "the Awakening" is the highlight here. "Holy Mackerel" is another great track, and overall the album is solid. Worthy of only 3 stars only because of a few songs that suck. Here they are: "Calling Kyle", "Highball with the Devil" (It's way too repetitive!), "Rancor" and "Percipitation." Good efort, but not up to par. I think this album should have done away with the slower songs becasue this album is all about Les Claypool, and the tracks that slow down often don't showcase his talent. Ex: "Calling Kyle." Not for casual listeners, but recomended to harcore Les/Primus fans.

Les's Bass work is amazing as usual, yet several songs flop.......2004-08-05

I'd actually rate this album 3.5 stars. I gave a 4 star rating because this cd deserves more than a 3. As said before by other members the first four songs are impressive. Running the Gauntlet is a little too short, clocking in a little over a minute. Holy Mackeral and Highball With the Devil are the album's highlights. Hendershot is a good song, which is very reminicent of an oldie song. Calling Kyle is not a good song to say the least. Claypool's vocals are rather irritating. This is why I think a lot of the songs on this cd failed to impress me. Rancor, Cohibas Esplenditos, and George E. Porge are rather boring songs. Delicate Trendils, Awakening, Precipitation, Granny's Little Yard Gnome, and Me and Chuck are all very good. Whereas Sobrante Fortnight and Carolina Rig are just decent.
To sum it up, this is no where near being a bad cd, nor is it Les's best side project. It is a decent cd with some amazing songs and several flops. Les good have done a better job with the vocals. His vocals were not as fun as other cds I have heard. I recommend Purple Onion, The Grand Pecking Order, Frizzle Fry, Sailling the Seas of Cheese, Tales From the Punchbowl, and Angel Dust over this cd. Hope I was of some help...Oh and check out the lyrics to 'Granny's Little Yard Gnome'. It is a quite humorous song.

Still a good CD, but only for fans.......2004-02-20

I'm not going to go into what a great bass player Les Claypool is. Realistically, it's pretty common knowledge given how many awards for it he's received from sources like Guitar magazine.

Additionally, I'm not going to go into how much of a fan for Les Claypool's music I am. I love it.

That being said, this is a great album for fans. It's is definitive of Les Claypool's style and sensibility and I'd have to say that if you like Primus, you should, by all means, like this album.

Given that I've now said all that, if you're not a Primus fan, this could be a dissappointment for you. Primus is kind of one of those bands you either LOVE or HATE, I've come to find, and there are a lot of people who just don't get them. If you don't like the slap-bass sounds and strange rhythems that Les uses, you don't want this album. If you love primus, then you should have either heard this album, want this album or HAVE this album...

...........2003-11-23

the first four songs are just plain awesome. any primus/claypool fan should be able to dig these tunes as well as a few others on this album like precipitation and granny's yard gnome. those are definately 4/5 star songs all the way. and they sound even better when played live and that's very nice. the rest of the album isn't bad, but it won't really grab you like a primus album or like some of les' later solo side projects. those songs are just 'ok'.

the collection of great songs and ok songs make for a decent album. buy it for running the gauntlet, holy mackerel, high ball with the devil, hendershot and a few others. everything else on the album is alright.

Average customer rating:

The Holy Mackerel The Holy Mackerel Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Someday Man Midsummer's Day A Collection 1969-1979: Songs for the Family of Man Phantom Of The Paradise: Original Soundtrack Recording Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends ASIN: B0009MI7M2 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. The Secret of Pleasure
2. Scorpio Red
3. The Lady Is Waiting
4. Wildflowers
5. The Somewhere In Arizona At 4:30 A.M. Restaurant Song (And Now I Am Alone)
6. Prinderella
7. Bitter Honey
8. Nothin' Short of Misery
9. The Golden Ghost Of Love
10. The Wild Side Of Life
11. 10,000 Men
12. 1984

Product Description

1. The Secret Of Pleasure
2. Scorpio Red
3. The Lady Is Waiting
4. Wildflowers
5. The Somewhere In Arizona At 4:30 A.M. Restaurant Song (And Now I Am Alone)
6. Prinderella
7. Bitter Honey
8. Nothin’ Short Of Misery
9. The Golden Ghost Of Love
10. The Wild Side Of Life
11. 10,000 Men
12. 1984

Format: CD

Average customer rating:

Whiskey Flats Golden Jubilee Jaclyn (The Kid) Miller , Donna Ridgway , Out of the Blue , MaMa's Jam , Holy Mackerel , Valerie "Miss Val" Cassity , Butch Dubarri , West Coast Singers , and Cal Joe Stevenson Manufacturer: Lonesome Music Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000K65IOM

Product Description

"100% Original Music from the Kern River Valley"

Average customer rating:

Turn It Up Pass It On Volume 8 Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel , NY Loose , Headcrash , Tonic , Reacharound , Nil Lara , Sandbox , Vibrolush , Super Deluxe , and The Reverend Horton heat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RHFH36

Product Description

1. les claypool and the holy mackerel - holy mackerel 2. ny loose - rip me up 3. headcrash - safehouse 4. i mother earth - one more astronaut 5. reacharound - big chair 6. nil lara - baby 7. sandbox - curious 8. vibrolush - no regrets 9. super deluxe 10. the reverend horton heat - it's martini time 11. tonic - open up your eyes 12. dogstar - honesty anyway 13. hoodoo gurus - down on me 14. wedge - sugar 15. metabolic state - stop the rain

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Holy Mackerel! ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005V5Y3 Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

1. I Want To Please You
2. Surrender
3. Swimmer's Ear
4. Be the Blood
5. Hurting You and Helpless Me
6. Think About
7. Freedom
8. Disengaged
9. So Much That I Could Say
10. Where Have You Gone?
11. I Remember
12. Man Overboard
13. Holy Mackerel!

Album Description

Acoustic Folk/Rock/Pop meets Straight up Guitar driven rock with faith centered lyrics.

Average customer rating:

A Live Acoustic Celebration One Night in Cambridge Manufacturer: Holy Mackerel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8JTW Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Hata Inta Kaman [Shaabi]
2. Mali [Classic Balady] - Mohammed Ali
3. Shuruk [Remix] - Roger Abboud
4. Boukra Taaban [Shaabi]
5. Harramtini [Balady]
6. Hadiyya [Modern Routine] - Gizira Band
7. Zawwarin [Drum Solo] - Gamal Goma
8. Afrah in the Club [Remix] - Roger Abboud
9. Al Manafsaj [Classic Routine] - Mohammed Ali
10. Desert Eclipse [Remix]
11. Mystic Veil [Fusion] - Mosavo
12. Sawwah [Remix] - Roger Abboud

Rock Music:

1. Home from Home [Import]
2. Hurricane Jar
3. Ian McNabb [Import]
4. I Get Wet [Import]
5. Inside the Whale
6. JR Lake
7. Just for a Thrill [Import]
8. Les Bains Douches - 18 December 1979 [Import]
9. Live in Australia 1990 [Import]
10. Live in London [Import]

Rock Music