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Sunday, October 4, 2026

The Kingshakes

Hard Knocks

(Milkshake Records)



High-octane go-juice (laced with some under-the-counter substance) gushed straight from the pump into these bopification implements - of that, one feels confident. Those words are in no manner intended to slight the fracture-daddies wielding said jive tools; indeed, it is through their knowing administration that eardrums the globe over have been turned inside-out and upside-down - to owners' gratification.

The combo issued three singles besides this 2024 maiden wax: "Those Lips" (2024), "Car 89" (2024), and "Rockabilly Gay Bar" (2026).Also issued was 2024 EP Back Tracks.

Recommended: "Gunnin for the Dog," "Hardknocks," "Hooker" (Sharks forever!), "Bye Bye Girl," "Breakaway," "Lookin' Back," "Do Bad Things," "Down the Dust Pipe," "You Belong to Me," "Big Boys"

Videos: "Gunnin' for the Dog"   "Breakaway" (live)   "Big Boys"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..