THE RED ONIONS
The Red Onions
Your Politics
7” Vinyl FJ- 033
Out NOW!
Hailing from Los Angeles,
where your salad comes with a complimentary snub and a parking
ticket, The Red Onions have managed to break people away from
some annoying ever- passing trends (like the ‘new’ new wave
/disco /post punk revival- revival) and instead have given
the public something with substance, packaged in a damn good
time. Call it Stax Soul on crack, Funk, Neo garage punk or
just straight up Rock N' Roll; whatever the fuck you wanna
call it, these guys bring it hard and heavy; the objective
being “get the blood pumpin', the sexual juices flowin' and
that ass shakin.” Bring your dry humpin’ jeans and your dancin’
shoes and leave your ego at the door. This band is here to
make your night right. This single comes hot off the heels
of their self titled CD / EP co- released by Fat Possum /
Flapping Jet. It’s a double song scorcher that we hope you
will like.
The Red Onions S/T CD EP.
This was co-released with Fat
Possum .
Track Listing:
1. Gimmie Some More
2. Truth
3. A New Direction
4. Horses With Blinders
5. Feel Alright
Simply put, its Stax on Crack.
The Red Onions knew they were
on to something when the singer Paul Gonzalez hurled himself
into the drum kit at their first practice. Like a lot of great
punk bands, the Red Onions have unlikely and humble origins;
they met while working at a Gardena California K-Mart. While
they have gone in various directions with their day jobs the
remainder of their lives is now focused upon writing music
and recording as The Red Onions.
The songs on their new Fat Possum/Flapping Jet EP are tightly
packed rock nuggets, with a proud low end and hair raising
fuzz guitar solos. Recorded with John Reis(Hot Snakes, Drive
like Jehu, Rocket From the Crypt), who knows a thing or two
about Soul/Roots music, the EP is set to establish The Red
Onions as the most vital band to emerge from Los Angeles’
South Bay since Black Flag.
Currently nominated for a 2004 LA Weekly music award for Best
New Rock band this debut EP is sure to establish The Red Onions
as one of the most explosive new bands in the country.
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ONIONS WILL FUCK UP ANY TOWN, ANY TIME
Press:
THE RED ONIONS On their five-song,
13-minute debut EP, "The Red Onions"
(Flapping Jet/Fat Possum), this band of
Mexican-Americans from Gardena, Calif.,
plays terse, hard-riffing songs full of girl trouble,
political frustrations and buzzing guitar.
Not content with one retro style, the Red Onions
flip through garage-rock, the Stooges, punk and funk,
all with the perfect combination of snarl and kick.
New York Times
A lotta bands try to hotwire
the Detroit sound of the latter ‘60s, but the Red Onions
– four young working- class guys from Gardena –
come closest to actually channeling that primal, high-energy
Stooges, MC5 sound. It’s cuz they’ve got songs,
friend, and it’s cuz they got solid players, and it’s
cuz their singer, Paul, is one of those littler, dangerous
guys (think Iggy, Keith Morris, etc) who go absolutely firecrackers
on stage. A coupla week ago they put on an unforgettable,
estatic show at a party in a Silver Lake skate shop: Joined
by a tuff saxist on a coupla numbers, they closed with a cover
of the Stooges classic “Funhouse.” As the band
wailed, Paul jumped into the crowd- and was passed on hands
from the stage all the way out the door. Unbelievable!
Jay Babcock (Arthur, LA Weekly,
Mojo)
So what do you get for your
money on this one? A pretty good deal actually. 5 crazy and
raw rock and roll songs from these spazz’s who work
the catchy punk, handclap, ‘everybody come up to the
front’ angle real well. The opening ‘Gimme Some
More ‘ starts with a simple drumbeat that builds into
some great fuzzed out guitar solos, it ends in some Spanish,
which I found nice. The vocals have a kind of Hives delivery
with maybe a little more of a snarl but the production by
John Reis (Rocket From the Crypt/Hot Snakes) is very un-Hives
like -just simple bash and strum but it only adds to the charm
of these punky punk rockers. The Red Onions, one more reason
why Cali is OK in my book.
Screaming Bloody Mess.com
The Red Onions, from Gardena,
Calif., have a formidable reputation as a live band. Their
forth-coming EP shines with razor-lined party rock that swaps
dance for death with the Stooges.
Willamette Weekly.
Flapping
Jet Records 2704 Corona St. Lemon
Grove, CA 91945 |
