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Davie Allan: High Priest of the Fuzz Guitar

03/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 17-track instrumental guitar collection is an absolute essential collection for anyone into surf, hot rod, garage punk. Why? Because Davie Allan was the guitarist who combined it all into a singular, visceral vision back in the mid-sixties, keeping it rockin' and instrumental for the latter part of that decade throughout a multitude of albums The Arrows cut in their own name and under aliases for a staggering number of biker films ("The Wild Angels", "Devil's Angels", "Born Losers", "Hellcats" and many others) and sundry other classics of exploitation cinema. A full 30 years later, Allan's powerful fuzztone-guitar attack is still going full throttle. "Fuzz Fest" (newly re-released with two bonus tracks) shows Allan's playing as original and effortless as ever. A brilliant interpretation of Henry Mancini's "Experiment In Terror", the spaghetti western grit of "Helldorado" and the full-blown rock and roll of "Emergency" show Allan at the top of his form, and there are fourteen other tracks that deliver the goods in all it's monoxide fury. A high mass delivered by the high priest of fuzz guitar. Are you ready to testify?"

This is rock and roll

COMPUTERJAZZMAN | Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States | 01/04/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"when you listen to a CD like this, you wonder what ever happened to rock and roll music. This is great stuff, with a lot of fuzzed out guitar and feedback. Holds up a lot better than what passes for rock nowadays."