Joyce Hotel [Explicit Lyrics]

The Oregonian, January 4, 2002
The mix is blasting, raw and jangly. Flavored by glam-rock's lusty slur and rock's swagger

Product Description
Joyce Hotel is the smashing debut from Portland, Oregon’s Crack City Rockers, a band that steeps itself in the greatest sounds of the early punk explosion. Co-produced and engineered by Larry Crane (Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, The Go-Betweens) at Portland's Jackpot Studios, it inhales deeply from the music of bands like the New York Dolls, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, the Saints, Patti Smith Group, Television, and early Rolling Stones and exhales the sound of the great lost album of '78 with the vision of a post apocalyptic Raymond Carver.

An electric exciting album, energetic and smart enough to appeal to the younger generation, but with enough of a sense of musical history to convince anyone over thirty that the second coming is at hand. On Joyce Hotel, the rock n’ roll flame isn’t just carried on, it explodes super nova.

A lethal combination on tightly interlocked guitars, a powerful rhythm section and Eric Gregory’s driving vocals which matches the soulful firepower of the musicians note for note. Even on the relatively subdued numbers (such as the blues workout "yr rotten luck"), the band sounds like they're locked in tight and cooking with gas, while the full-blown rockers are as gloriously thunderous as anything ever committed to tape.

Crack City Rockers’ Joyce Hotel takes you on a journey through the heart of the city. The beauty and pain of the night life where desire is indulged, vice and sin go hand in hand with the hope for redemption. It’s Joseph Conrad channeled through the libido of Prince and the fury of the MC5.

Here is an album that taps into the adrenaline rush of one’s first reckless joyride. This is the album you crave as the anthem for your night out.

Joyce Hotel [Explicit Lyrics]

Joyce Hotel,Crack City Rockers,Paisley Pop,Flavored by glam-rock's lusty slur and rock's swagger, The Crack City Rockers play a noisy, hip-grinding batch of punk R&B, and stripped down rock and roll,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Well, my son is the bass player... Better than....

Joyce Hotel Crack City Rockers Manufacturer: Paisley Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YY96 Release Date: 2002-02-12

Tracks:

1. I Do Alright
2. Zombitime
3. Yr Rotten Luck
4. Hey World
5. Born Nervous
6. I'm Too Easy on Myself
7. Hunger
8. Now I Know
9. Beggar & a Chooser
10. Rolling Yr Eyes Blues

Album Description

Joyce Hotel is the smashing debut from Portland, Oregon's Crack City Rockers, a band that steeps itself in the greatest sounds of the early punk explosion. Co-produced and engineered by Larry Crane (Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, The Go-Betweens) at Portland's Jackpot Studios, it inhales deeply from the music of bands like the New York Dolls, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, the Saints, Patti Smith Group, Television, and early Rolling Stones and exhales the sound of the great lost album of '78 with the vision of a post apocalyptic Raymond Carver.

An electric exciting album, energetic and smart enough to appeal to the younger generation, but with enough of a sense of musical history to convince anyone over thirty that the second coming is at hand. On Joyce Hotel, the rock n' roll flame isn't just carried on, it explodes super nova.

A lethal combination on tightly interlocked guitars, a powerful rhythm section and Eric Gregory's driving vocals which matches the soulful firepower of the musicians note for note. Even on the relatively subdued numbers (such as the blues workout "yr rotten luck"), the band sounds like they're locked in tight and cooking with gas, while the full-blown rockers are as gloriously thunderous as anything ever committed to tape.

Crack City Rockers' Joyce Hotel takes you on a journey through the heart of the city. The beauty and pain of the night life where desire is indulged, vice and sin go hand in hand with the hope for redemption. It's Joseph Conrad channeled through the libido of Prince and the fury of the MC5.

Here is an album that taps into the adrenaline rush of one's first reckless joyride. This is the album you crave as the anthem for your night out.

Customer Reviews:

Well, my son is the bass player..........2002-07-05

I knew something good would come of all those guitar lessons. I'd like this CD even if my son Sean Flora weren't the bass player. This is good, elemental rock & roll, played the way it should be. The perfect antidote to the junk we get on the radio and MTV these days.
Buy it. Tell your friends to buy it. Make my kid rich so he can support me in my old age.

Better than...........2002-03-28

The Crack City Rockers drink from the same late 70s NYC, CBGB's, ...[mixing]Television, the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell, Lou & the VU, and some secret ingredients into a special sauce, CCR rule the proto-punk universe!!!

Average customer rating:

Limits ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000HEYZBY Release Date: 2006-09-12

Average customer rating:

Gilberto Mendes: Chamber Music Manufacturer: Rene Gailly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000044ZP Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Qualquer Musica
2. Saudades Do Parque Balneario Hotel
3. Claro Clarone
4. Ulysses In Copacabana Surfing W. James Joyce And Dorothy Lamour
5. Um Estudo? Eisler E Webern Caminham Nos Mares Do Sul...
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