Written By: Ken HulseySources: Bonsai Kitten
With the impending Rapture and the following Zombie Apocalypse on our doorstep I thought that it would be a great public service to turn MIN readers on to another great rockabilly band that actually took the time to search me out.
The band that I think everyone should ride out the end of the world listening to is the German band Bonsai Kitten who combine punk and bass rattling tracks with modern pop to form a unique sound that will definitely cause some sort of cataclysm.
Here is their bio:
When there is a genre for the own musical creations missing, one either has to weirdly name it "a mixture of..." or just come up with a new trademark for the own style of music. The Berlin combo BONSAI KITTEN did just that by labeling their mixture of NEWPUNK and ROCKABILLY simply as "KILLBILLY". It contains explosive own compositions next to well-known, yet energetically shagged songs from the 80is and 90ies. Founded by the female singer Tiger Lilly Marleen in early 2005, grasping lots of attention within a wee of time, BONSAI KITTEN soon released their self-entitled debut album on the Japanese record-label "ON THE HILL" in 2007. The Lady Tiger Lilly Marleen lives up her name by wearing sexy outfits in leopard-print to rock the stage and sing the songs with a husky alto and full body action. All songs are performed with heavy speed by KRCZYCZ double-bass and HAJO SUN´s electric guitar to ignite the explosive material with a feisty punk rock attitude. To top it all off, drummer ALEXX Delarge´s beats it all down to a burning boiling point of music. All in all BONSAI KITTEN sum up to a rock..n..roll driven combo of dedicated musicians, who cleverly merge all different kinds of music styles into a spicy killbilly party. They do their jobs whole-hearted, sexy and with a lot of fun.
Killbilly .... now that's something I hadn't heard of .... but in regards to Bonsai Kitten it fits.
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Here are some music vids from Bonsai Kitten:
Only the Germans would have enough guts to take on Pat Benatar!
Bonsai Kitten photo gallery:
Bonsai Kitten Tour Dates:
28.05.2011 @ Alleefest, Erfurt
28.05.2011 @ Ilvers Club, Erfurt
04.06.2011 @ Jazzkeller, Hofheim
11.06.2011 @ Psychomania Rumble, Potsdam
24.06.2011 @ Finnegan´s Irish House, Altenburg
25.06.2011 @ Rock´n Roll lives! Open Air, Fürth
01.07.2011 @ Binger Open Air, Bingen
02.07.2011 @ Sound´n Arts, Bamberg
27.08.2011 @ Festival, tba
02.09.2011 @ Birranthology Festival, Italy
21.10.2011 @ Dr. Rock, Lübeck
22.10.2011 @ Pferdestall, Wittenberge
29.10.2011 @ Halloween, Jugenhaus, Nord
