Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers

Hey! Teenager

(Big Beat Records)

In a recent Facebook post, Rumble Road Records principal Robert Pilson announced plans to upload all Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers LPs onto Bandcamp. Robert noted he has secured permission from Cavan's iconic guitarist Lyndon Needs, and that he anticipated it to be a lengthy process.

Along with several other Cavan LPs, Hey! Teenager has now been loaded onto Bandcamp. By the time of its 1982 issuance, the legendary combo had already issued several records and tooled its attack precisely. Its members were among the leading players in Europe's chain-swinging Ted vanguard, an esteemed contingent that also included Matchbox and the Flying Saucers.

Hey! Teenager brimmed with the roisterous flick-knife Rock'n'Roll and cheek for which Cavan was cheered by halls full of roaring drape-and-creeper insurgents. The popular wax boasted potent rockers jolted still further by Lyndon's arrestive punctuations, ever evocative of pioneer voicings. 

Occasional moments of respite were offered when the group downshifted for pensive fare; such allowed Cavan Grogan opportunity to emote affectingly. 

Hey! Teenager stands as significant in the 1980s Ted catalog. And despite time's passage, the disc still bristles with dynamism. (An accolade hardly applicable to the decade's 'alternative' pop-rock, it bears observance.)

Robert Pilson shared plans to compile numerous Cavan songs from the group's extensive oeuvre on Rumble Road's Bandcamp.

"[O]nce I'm done setting up their Bandcamp I will turn it over to them," he explained. "So if anyone buys the albums that money will be going into my Paypal and I will forward it over to them."

He added "I will have an artpiece done for the comp that will be on my Rumble Road Records Bandcamp...

"Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers have been a favorite of mine for over 20 years now, and I'm very happy to be working with them on this, even if it is just in a small way."

Recommended: "Jumpin' Jive," "Watcha Doin' After School," "Margie," "It's All Your Fault," "Isle of Capri," "Alligator Shoes," "Hey Teenager," "Raw Deal," "Sweet 'N' Easy," "Crazy Little Mama," "The Right Side Of the Law," "Do What You Do, Do Well"

Video: "Alligator Shoes"

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