THE VIVISECTORS – S/T, CD
Private label 2003

“Lo-fi Psychosurf band from Deep Russian Underground”! That’s how these lads from Moscow, Russia are calling themselves and they are just accurate! The Vivisectors play instrumental music borrowing music elements from the Bomboras & The Phantom Surfers and all the surf madness that conquered the US some years ago along with the spaghetti western instromania ala Hank Ray, the 50s instro-motives ala Charles Napiers and the sci-fi instro alien invasion of bands like Man Or Astroman?. This CD includes 27 instro tunes with titles like ‘Go-Go’, ‘El Zorro Theme’, ‘Transylvanian Train’, ‘Alien In A Government’, ‘Russki Psycho’. The Vivisectors also perform an instrumental version of ‘The Animals’ ‘House Of The Rising Son’! These Russians have another CD too titled ‘Case History Of John Dee’ which includes 26 songs of the same style and instromania. Some of these tunes are included in this CD that is being reviewed here, which it seems to be a collection of the best \Vivisectors tracks. I bet every Russian Astronaut carries a Vivisectors CD in his spaceship, so why not you here in earth?

31 October 2003