Champagne. Caviar. Sweat. Spotlights. Born of an unadulterated fetish for the masculine, streamlined ghosts of 70s debonair rock and 80s cock rock/ new wave, Ladykiller enter the fray in a haze of sweetly perfumed air and blazing white light. As the smoke clears, Ladykiller lay waste to your cheating heart in their inimitable fashion.
Equally at home in a head-to-toe denim ensemble or a fresh tuxedo, steely elegance and raw masculinity are combined to devastating effect. The heat of passion, a stolen glance, a bead of sweat flowing down a supple thigh, silk curtains shimmering over a bed of chrome, hearts ache, break, and eventually, are sated. You belong to Ladykiller tonight. Don’t waste it.
In London, 2003 (maybe) a brief dalliance with classic rock’s heart of darkness yielded sweet fruit. Two antipodean semi-youths shot their arrows at the mass consciousness, like Cupid in leather pants. They flew high…perhaps too high. Whether it was the adventurous and raw production techniques, the barely controlled passion and fire in the performances or simply the lack of a major label distribution network, their opus went largely unheard. In the wake of this album similar acts would achieve mass success so perhaps their timing was off.
Still, it matters not. We have the music and that’s what really matters, right? They were inspired by what could be termed ‘man-rock’, music of the late 60s, 70s and 80s which was made for one reason – getting high and getting it on. Better make that two reasons. The two singer-songwriters tipped their hat to greats like Thin Lizzy, The Cars, BTO, Whitesnake and The Who, but never settled into mere tribute. Lyrically, they covered 4 bases – first, second, third and home. The guitar solos are heroic and the passion is real. After this album a follow-up was started but never completed, for reasons unknown.
So check it out and prepare to get down in the most cataclysmic sense – Ladykiller’s first and only full-length ‘…And Then I Woke Up’. Yeooow!!!
Download the album as a zip file (you'll have to 'unzip' it using a program like Winzip to listen to it) from www.doddrell.com/mp3.
More direct link - http://mp3.doddrell.com/Default.asp?FolderSpec=%2F%2FLady+Killer+%2D+2003+to+2005+%2D+70s+cock%2Csoft+and+cowboy+rock&sort=2
Tracklist:
1. Burnt Lips
2. (I’m A) Ladykiller
3. My Heart Is Your Home
4. U Know It’s True
5. Desert Gigolo
6. Lady
7. Inside Of U
8. Campfire Cowboy
9. Hotel California
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