FORBIDDEN TIGERS-

'Magnetic
Problems'

LP/CD

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Well there seems to be hope for the Lincoln/Ohama, Nebraska rock n roll scene after all. First BRIMSTONE HOWL, than THE TERMINALS and now another new band to add to the small list of certified Nebraska wall shakers....The FORBIDDEN TIGERS. This Grand Island, NE rock band was born and raised in the sticks, and their debut’s a nice tantilizing slice of life outside the farm seen through the eyes of four budding young up and coming musicians. The FORBIDDEN TIGERS certainly aren’t unfamiliar with the torrid, raunchy world of a rock n roll band since the TIGERS contain Calvin Retzlaff, David Nance and Nick Waggoner whom also share damage duty in BOMP/ALIVE main stays BRIMSTONE HOWL. Calvin, David and Nick recruited long time friend Zach Butz to start a new band for no other reason than to “fuck around”. And what better reason to start a band, right?? Well bucking all odds this talented young four piece, just barely drinkin age, have chosen a debaucherous life in rock n roll and they’ve certainly made their mark with ‘Magnetic Problems’.

You can practically see the records that tattered the floors of each of the members of the FORBIDDEN TIGERS when they were growin up. Gun Club, The Saints, Jon Spencer, ‘68 Comeback, Rolling Stones, Lightnin Hopkins, James Brown and The Scientists were certainly records strewn amongst the floor right next to their balled up home made T Shirts emblazoned with the words: REATARDS, SPACESHITS, REGNING SOUND and GORIES written in faded black magic marker. On ‘Magnetic Problems’ the FORBIDDEN TIGERS bash out 12 tracks with precise, acuracy all the while sounding pretty care free and unrehearsed. ‘Son Of A Carnivore’ and ‘Forbidden Tigers’ certainly stand out as two tracks that aim to maim. They completely nail the fast n hard approach and the mid-fi recording perfectly accentuates the fierce, decimating, guitar tones. The rhythm track alone on ‘Forbidden Tigers’ is pure perfection and brings to mind an early GG pickin away in the basement with a cig hangin off his lip and a spilled bottle of Jim Bean on the floor. Just pure reckless, care free rock n roll that grabs your ear drums and doesn’t let go. But the entire album isn’t a whirl-wind of noise, feedback and distortion. The majority of ‘Magnetic Problems’ contains a pleasant mish-mash of mid tempo, blues amped, rock n ravers all tied together with the loose, raspy baritone howl of what sounds like the ghost of Jeffrey Lee Pierce. From the Black Lips gone country twang of ‘Can of Beans’ to the neo primativee Gories clatter of ‘Magnetic Problems’, they cover alot of ground on their debut and certainly strum, pluck, beat and scream like the best of their mentors. It’s nice to see such a young new band write a solid album and not fall into the standard new band, riff-rip trappings of most bands their age. If yer keepin up on contemporary garage rock, this ones a must have.

-Recorded by fellow Nebraskan Brooks Hitt at DNA Studios (Creteens, Brimstone Howl, The Terminals, Spread Eagles, Daily Void). Cover art designed by Chris Taylor (Real Losers, X Ray Goggles design) with help from Alix Brown (Lids, Angry Angles, Arch Rivals).

For Fans of: Demon’s Claws, Haunted George, King Khan And His Shrines, The Terminals, Grave Blankest, Oblivians, Gories, Blacktop, Sons Of Cyrus, Reatards, Fatals, Carbonas, Sone Of Hercules, Angry Angles, Spaceshits, Hex Dipsensers, Starvations, Brimstone Howl and Cococoma.

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