MONOS

Classic Monsters   7" vinyl and digital

(Self-issued)

Appeal here is not limited to scare-flick fanatics who mainline cathode rays and recognize names like Curt Siodmak and Erle C. Kenton. Reward also awaits Testors-huffing social undesirables who cross themselves at the mention of Dee Dee and regret nothing about their beerily squandered lives. Sounds just as trashy-good from under tables. Few know Strickfaden also devised guitars.

Recommended: "Demolicion," "Voodoo Doll," "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," "Frankenstein's Wife"

Videos: "Voodoo Doll"   "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (live)   

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Let's Do It!!   EP

(Lumpen Creativo)

Nothing scant of face-ravaging could be anticipated from a self-mantled "one Wolfman band," nor are such expectations dashed. A likely theory submits his sinister command of multiple instruments owes to lunar projections. Maleva knows his way is thorny.

Recommended: "Let's Do It!!," "Gotta Fade Away," "Never Been Loved"

Videos: "Gotta Fade Away"   "Never Been Loved"

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Isaac Rother & the Phantoms

"Like a Wolfman" b/w  "Ghost Party"   single

(Outro Records)

The Terrifying Return Of...   full-length release

(Rock N Rhythm Records)

Lon Chaney, Sr. is said to have remarked that man is the only animal that scares himself. These songs summon to mind images of kids squealing delightedly as rubber-visaged bugaboos lurch across matinee screens. Isaac's reeling, wigged-out sprees fuse such garish scarification to 1960s-rooted, hypno-coin shindigs. The arrow spins from the Fun meter. The man's growled declarations, sometimes befriended by "ah-ooing" girl choruses, are so attention-seizing as to almost distract from his six-string wizardry. Almost.

Isaac Rother and the Phantoms will perform and vend at the mid-September Famous Monsters Fest, in Pennsylvania. In a recent Facebook post, the caped frontman said: "This is such an honor to be included given the incredible legacy of Famous Monsters. In the pre-internet world, Famous Monsters Of Filmland was THE place to learn about horror movies and its legacy is unmatched."

Videos: "Like a Wolfman"   "Ghost Party"

Recommended, The Terrifying Return Of...: "Haunted Castle," "Crystal Ball Baby," "Fairytale," "Eye Of the Storm," "Kiss Of Death," "Born Blue," "Possession," "13th Wave Of the Phantom," "Left Hand Path," "Yip Yip Sharaw," "Hitman"

Videos: "Haunted Castle"   "Kiss Of Death"

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