Okay, so I’m biased. I’ve had the privilege of following the making of this album. Larry’s entrusted demos to me as he’s gone along, so I’ve heard most of these tracks in changing shapes and forms, at different tempos, in altered idioms. I’ve seen them develop, mutate and mature before I could legally adopt them (how else could I have Lazza’s children…?!?).

But I’d stood with the dissenters who discounted "Previously Unreleased" as a Pink Fairies release (hey, go back and listen to it as demos for Dr Feelgood and it’s great!). "Kill ‘em and Eat ‘em" had its moments, sure, but it wasn’t the killer return-to-form we’d all hoped for, was it? But now…

Okay, let’s be realistic. After all, it’s been nearly thirty years since "Kings Of Oblivion" hit the streets. More than a few oceans worth of liquid have been passed into the sewers during those three decades. The
city kids have become stockbrokers, the guy who wished he was a girl had the operation and now he’s a woman, the fun never did begin, the chromium plating got covered in rust, a supermarket was built on the site of the raceway, the chambermaid now runs a chain of hotels and the street urchin became a backbencher in the Houses of Parliament.

Don’t believe a word of it!

"Death In The Guitarfternoon" is about guitars, death and surviving both, with kick-ass tracks and brooding epics, the negativity of Futureworld echoed from the delinquent past of the rebel dude in the mirrored shades and leather jacket.

"Are We Having Fun Yet?" is the opening question, a sequel to "When’s The Fun Begin", while "Police Car" gets the new-style registration plates. "Meatman" (previewed on "Hogwatch" ) gets reheated for adoption by vegetarian activists and the new version of "Crying All Night" (the 1980 edition was included on "Son Of Ham") proves that a sentimental love song doesn’t have to sound like a sentimental love song.

Many of you will have heard a brief snippet of "Mrs Hippy Burning" on the website - wait till you hear the red-hot guitarwork on this incendiary device of a recording!

As for "El Diablo’s Hangin’ Ten" and "Dead Man Riding" (the latter a "Ghost Riders In The Sky" for the 21st century) …somebody get me Quentin Tarantino’s phone number - this album should be the soundtrack of his next movie. Imagine that - "From Dusk Till Dawn 5: Dead Man Riding" (screenplay by Mick Farren, score by Larry Wallis).

"Where The Freaks Hang Out", "Downtown Jury", and "Don’t Fuck With Dimitri" sound exactly like their titles suggest they will (yeah, that good!), leaving the vitriol of "Screw It!" to ensure that the first thing you’ll do when the album ends is to hit both the ‘start’ and ‘repeat’ buttons.

With Savage Pencil artwork and lyrical contributions from Mick Farren, this album not only stakes its claim to, but demands its rightful place.

The new "Kings Of Oblivion".
The first Larry Wallis solo album.
The best post-Pink Fairies release yet.
Album Of The Year.

Death In The Guitarfternoon.