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01/02/2024

15/01/2024

27/10/2023

The Hawkmen 'Characteristic' music video is online, on YouTube now!

The Hawkmen 'CHARACTERISTIC" - OUT 27th October 2023!Download and stream from your favourite music service here:https://orcd.co/thehawkmencharacteristicOr:iT...

24/02/2022

Check out that analog reverb! 😎

Our song 'Under Your Spell', also features on our new album 'When It's Gone'! Go check out the video now: https://youtu.be/eNfS5IP4yzI

If you're under our spell, please share away. Aha!
When It's Gone tour dates coming up:

26th February - Walls Club, Gloucester
https://mailchi.mp/94fd8e42209e/winter-warmer-dance-live-band?fbclid=IwAR3PEs26k68s2Felbo7QwrdjGhv6CUOAZKnl_KPRMVHQIYdgVWbormhXs68

3rd March – Face Bar, Reading
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/530804

4th March – Star Inn, Guildford
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-hawkmen/the-star-inn/2155891

5th March – Esquires, Bedford
Tickets: https://tickets.ents24.com/event/the-hawkmen/bedford-esquires/1817876?inf=4c0ef000b492d02b

11th March – Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-hawkmen-pavilion-mid-wales-tickets/10898055

12th March – Blue Sky, Bangor
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/531876/

18th March – Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester
Tickets: https://threewisemonkeyscolchester.com/events/the-hawkmen/

19th March - Green Note, London
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-hawkmen-green-note-tickets/11558535

23rd March – Retro, Manchester
TicketWeb: https://bit.ly/3CJb3UO
Fatsoma: https://fatso.ma/Vg95

24th March – Y Theatre, Leicester
Tickets: https://leicesterymca.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173618616

25th March – Mama Hoodoo’s, Underground, Bradford
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hawkmen-plus-support-at-the-underground-bradford-tickets-215946189867

26th March – Mr Wolfs, Bristol
Tickets: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/ =2022-03-26&event_id=69365

The album is available now on CD, digital download and streaming. And pre-order your vinyl LP now at: www.freakcity.co.uk

More info at: www.thehawkmen.com
For bookings: Midnight Mango Ltd

10/09/2021

Greystone Records & Bopflix Film present The Hawkmen "Under Your Spell' - released 10th September 2021.'Under Your Spell' is available to download and stream...

04/09/2021

New single "Under Your Spell" available to download/stream NOW! Listen here: https://orcd.co/underyourspell

And come and see us play live, this month! Ticket links below.

17th Sept - Mr Wolfs, Bristol*
Tickets: http://hdfst.uk/E64268

18th Sept - Green Note, Camden, London*
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-hawkmen-green-note-tickets/10995075

19th Sept - Henley Festival
Tickets: https://henley-festival.co.uk/

24th Sept - Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/the-hawkmen-pavilion-mid-wales-tickets/10898055?pl=pavilionmidwales

25th Sept - Blue Sky, Bangor
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/514891/

1st Oct - Hot Box Live, Chelmsford
Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/KertZWK6Bfb

2nd Oct - Somborne Session, Kings Somborne
Tickets: http://www.sombornesessions.co.uk/

3rd Oct - Leek Festival
Tickets/Info: https://www.facebook.com/Leekblues/

7th Oct - Esquires, Bedford
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-hawkmen/bedford-esquires/1817876

22nd Oct - Gloster Swing Dance, Walls Club, Gloucester
https://www.facebook.com/events/556327612424561

20/08/2021

Album · 2021 · 1 Song

09/03/2020

The Hawkmen – Hotrod’n’Soul EP (3 songs), 7 inch, 45rpm vinyl have arrived 2 weeks ahead of the official release date, and are now shipping Worldwide!
The initial price is only £5 plus shipping, but there's only a limited number at this price, so get them quick.
Buy here: https://www.freakcity.co.uk/shop/rockabilly/the-hawkmen-hotrodnsoul-ep-7-vinyl-45rpm/

RELEASED 23rd March 2020 – 7 inch vinyl EP and digital.

Track 1: “Bonnie And Clyde” is a classic slice of pop, with a heavy beat, a double bass groove and keys by Buster Shuffle.
Track 2: “Hawkmen Stomp” is an authentic sounding, brassed-up r’n’b/northern-soul stomper.
Track 3: “Tequila” is a rockabilly meets latin-soul interpretation of this classic instrumental party pleaser….”Tequila!!!”.

05/08/2019

The Kings Of Outer Space 'Ghost Radio' 4 track EP OUT NOW! Download and stream from: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1473045947 Spotify: https://ope...

01/04/2019

The Hawkmen debut album is shipping out today!! CDs available for delivery Worldwide from FreakCity, at only £7.00 GBP each (plus postage cost). Order now:
https://www.freakcity.co.uk/shop/rockabilly/the-hawkmen-the-hawkmen-cd-album/

Official release date is 5th April, so get your copy first.
This could be the coolest CD in your collection!

01/08/2018

VINYL VINYL VINYL!!!...singles, EPs and album LPs from Greystone Records, in stock and ready to ship worldwide now at www.freakcity.co.uk
The Surf Rats, Coffin Nails, The Hawkmen and Thee Creepfreaks.

27/07/2018

Greystone Records has not 1, but 2 albums in UK Rock'n'Roll Magazine Psychobilly Albums chart! Very proud of The Surf Rats and Thee Creepfreaks releases!
Limited vinyl LP albums of both releases, so get yours quick, before they sell out!

21/06/2018

Reviews are coming in!

Enter the Ghost Train: THE SURF RATS make us witness “Strange Things” on their new album

Do you remember my review for the SURF RATS vinyl 7’’”Strange Things Happen Here At Midnight” (Just For Fun Productions)? The title track was outstanding good and the expectations were high, when the album “Strange Things” (Greystone Records) made it to my desk. If I had to choose a motto for this record, it would be “Expect The Unexpected”. Gaz Marson (vocals and guitar), Thomas Lorioux (Upright Bass) and Gaybeul Gualdi on drums plus a whole bunch of guest musicians have prepared a fantastic witching hour made to scare the s**t out of purists. Which means, it is extremely entertaining for the open minded crowds at the same time.

“Strange Things (Happen Here At Midnight)” opens the album with the clock marking the midnight hour, the gorgeous melody, the breathtaking break and the funny skeleton-playing-the-piano-middle part. The only thing that’s better than listening to this outstanding song on the longplayer is to own the 7’’. The enthralling question is: What will the band deliver after this masterpiece? Well, “Deal With The Devil” is a surprising aggressive piece of music, that kicks ass with a chorus that doesn’t care to much about melody, but shows the rhythm section as a precise weapon of musical destruction, while Andy Kandil (MOONSHINE STALKERS, GUITAR SLINGERS, KDV DEVIATORS) contributes some guitar soling. Wow. That was a blast. Wasn’t it? But what the heck happens next? The CD-Bonus “Big Fat Cadillac” recalls the SKA-sounds of all time heroes THE SPECIALS with some guest horns and organ and a laid back feeling that suddenly made me smile like a pancake on happy pills. This has nothing to do with psycho, but as I always was into SKA besides psychobilly, the song is a gift. Well written, well performed. Who could ask for more?

Well how about a dark ballad, that makes you shiver? “Alone In The Dark” is a great piece of spooky music that hides a powerful surprise within. I won’t say anything else here than: breathtaking! “The Deceiver” combines a more rocking approach with a return to psycho madness and paves the way for the rockabilly rooted “Velvet Lovebone (Trip Daddy)”. No doubt: This is a true billy-band. The guys just like to take a look at other musical terrain here and there. And be it the jungle of “Widababakiki”. No, this is not at all an attempt to follow KING KURT destination Zululand. It’s a wild psychobilly outbreak with a slightly progressive twist that doesn’t decrease the energy and shows the finesse of the band that launches into some kind of Balkan infused Neo-Swing-Psychobilly next with “Smash It Up, Smash It Up” next.

It’s hard not to mention every song. The dark “Murder In The Tub”, that has some kind of TOM WAITS feeling, features producer and label owner Scott Milsom (Ex COFFIN NAILS) on upright bass. It shows another cool facette. And how about the accordion and the pirate feeling of “Where Do You Go To When You’re Dead”? After two more uptempo numbers (“It’s The End” sounds a bit as if someone had crossbred older SURF RATS, NEKROMANTIX and MOTÖRHEAD). “Low” ends the fun with some sophisticated bar jazz. Well, it could happen, that the sophisticated performers plunder the bar and desolate the club in the early morning. Who knows? Strange things happen her at Midnight or thereafter… But be honest: Would you like to miss any of it?

Here’s the official album trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHgeWAR50Q

Ab in die Geisterbahn: Die SURF RATS konfrontieren uns auf ihrem neuen Album mit „Strange Things“.
Erinnert Ihr Euch noch an meine Rezension der SURF RATS Vinyl 7'' „Strange Things Happen Here At Midnight” (Just For Fun Productions)? Der Titeltrack war hervorragend und die Erwartungen an einen nachfolgenden Langspieler entsprechend hoch. Nun liegt er in Form des Albums „Strange Things“ (Greystone Records) vor und ist auch auf meinen Schreibtisch gelangt. Wenn ich für diese Platte ein Motto wählen müsste, wäre es „Expect The Unexpected“. Gaz Marson (Gesang und Gitarre), Thomas Lorioux (Upright Bass) und Gaybeul Gualdi am Schlagzeug sowie eine ganze Reihe von Gastmusikern haben eine fantastische Geisterstunde gestaltet, die Puristen vor Schreck erstarren lassen dürfte. Das heißt andererseits, dass diese Veröffentlichung für aufgeschlossene Zeitgenossen äußerst unterhaltsam ist.

„Strange Things (Happen Here At Midnight)“ eröffnet das Album in altbewährt glänzender Manier: bestechende Melodie, atemberaubende Breaks und der augenzwinkernde Das-Skelett-haut-in-die-Tasten-Mittelteil – es ist alles am Start. Das Einzige, was besser ist, als diesem herausragenden Song auf dem Longplayer zu lauschen, ist, die 7 '' zu besitzen. Die spannende Frage bleibt: Was wird die Band nach diesem Meisterwerk abliefern? Nun, „Deal With The Devil“ ist ein überraschend aggressives Stück Musik, das mit einem Refrain, der sich nicht viel um Melodik schert in die Vollen geht und die Rhythmussektion als präzise Werkzeug klanglicher Zerstörung präsentiert, während Andy Kandil (MOONSHINE STALKERS, GUITAR SLINGERS, KDV DEVIATORS) etwas Gitarre beiträgt. Beeindruckend. Das war explosiver Stoff, was? Aber was zum Teufel passiert nun als nächstes? Der CD-Bonustrack „Big Fat Cadillac“ erinnert an den SKA-Sound von alten Helden wie den SPECIALS, Gasthörner und Orgel inklusive. Nicht zu vergessen das entspannte Grundgefühl, dass mich beim ersten Hören wie ein Honigkuchenpferd auf Happy Pills im Kreis grinsen ließ. Richtig, das hier hat nichts mit Psychobilly zu tun. Wer wie ich auch immer schon ein Faible für SKA hatte, für den ist dieser Song aber ein Geschenk. Gut geschrieben, gut gemacht. Was will man mehr?

Nun, wie wäre es zum Beispiel mit einer düsteren Ballade, die eine wohlige Gänsehaut verursacht? „Alone In The Dark“ ist ein sehr gelungenes, leicht verspuktes Stück Musik, das mit einer faustdicken Überraschung aufwartet. Ich will hier nicht mehr sagen als: atemberaubend! „The Deceiver“ kombiniert einen rockigeren Ansatz mit einer Rückkehr zum Psycho-Wahnsinn und ebnet den Weg für das Rockabilly-orientierte „Velvet Lovebone (Trip Daddy)“. Kein Zweifel: Hier ist eine waschechte Billy-Band am Werk. Die Herren schauen sich hier und da aber auch gerne mal auf etwas anderem musikalischem Terrain um. Und sei es der Dschungel von „Widababakiki“. Nein, das keineswegs ein Versuch, KING KURT in Richtung Zululand zu folgen. Das Ding ist ein wilder Psychobilly-Ausbruch mit einem leicht progressiven Twist, der die Energie nicht mindert, aber die Finesse der Band zeigt, die als nächstes mit „Smash It Up, Smash It Up“ in Richtung balkan-beeinflussten Neo-Swing-Psychobilly abbiegt.

Es fällt schwer, sich nicht für jedes einzelne Lied zu erwähnen. Das abgründige „Murder In The Tub“, das eine Art TOM WAITS-Feeling aufweist, präsentiert Produzent und Label-Inhaber Scott Milsom (Ex COFFIN NAILS) am Kontrabass. Der Song repräsentiert eine weiter coole Facette der SURF RATS. Und was ist mit dem Akkordeon und dem Piratenflair von „Where Do You Go To When You’re Dead”? Nach zwei weiteren Uptempo-Nummern („It's The End“ klingt ein bisschen so, als habe man ältere SURF RATS, NEKROMANTIX und MOTÖRHEAD gekreuzt) beendet „Low“ das Vergnügen mit etwas gepflegtem Bar Jazz. Allerdings könnte es durchaus passieren, dass die feinfühligen Künstler die Bar nach der Performance plündern und den Club in den frühen Morgenstunden verwüsten. Wer weiß? Seltsame Dinge passieren hier nach Mitternacht. Aber mal ehrlich: Wollt Ihr irgendetwas davon verpassen?

Hier findet sich der offizielle Trailer zum Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHgeWAR50Q

02/05/2018

Another busy day shipping out The Surf Rats new album 'Strange Things'!
Sorry Mr Postman, the vinyl is 180g HEAVY weight! 😉🤘Get your copy soon!
http://www.freakcity.co.uk/psychobilly/strange-things.aspx

28/03/2018

Scheduled release date for our brand new album, Strange Things is Monday 23rd April if everything goes to plan. More info to come soon.

15/03/2018

Coming soon on Greystone Records, our fourth studio album and the first for 9 years, Strange Things. Featuring 10 brand new Gaz Marson penned tracks on gorgeous 180gm black vinyl.
Also available on CD with 3 bonus tracks.
Special guest appearances by original Surf Rats bass man, Stan Marson, Scott Milsom (Skinny Lister), Andy Kandil (Mad Sin), Gavin Povey (Shakin' Stevens and Albee Lee), Max Thomas (Skinny Lister), KO Ristolainen (Mad Sin), Zack Brines (Kings of Nuthin'), Glen Carrig (Spellbound) and loads more!

14/03/2018

Always exciting when the test pressings arrive...

Look what came in the mail this morning. Almost there.

13/02/2018

Almost done! Scott working on final mixing tweaks today and tomorrow ready for proper mastering on Thursday. Still on schedule for a mid April release. It's been a huge amount of work for all concerned making this album and I think the results will speak for themselves.

25/01/2018

It's been 35 years since myself, my little brother, Stan and a school pal, Nigel formed a little garage psychobilly band called The Wharf Rats. Nigel moved on, Carty joined in 1985 and we became The Surf Rats. Our iconic debut album, Trouble is 30 years old in 2018 and to celebrate these milestones we are releasing our 4th studio album in April on Greystone Records. In support we hope to be playing as many shows as possible. Thank you Surf Rats fans worldwide. We'll see you in your pit wherever you may be.

16/01/2018

15/01/2018

Buy now on 7 inch vinyl: http://www.freakcity.co.uk/ The Hawkmen - Chemistry Of Love Tour Dates: 19 Jan '18 - Surfin' Birds Album Launch, Dorchester 20 Jan '...