Speed Crazy

Speed Crazy
Speed Crazy
[email protected]
www.njspeedcrazy.com
Greg Bury: Guitar/ Vocals
Augie Catarella: Drums/Vocals
Erica Kozak: Slap Bass/Vocals
Recordings
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Full length and EP compilation, Spring 2005
Chicken Fried Valentine, August 2002
Love Kills, December 2000
Unsafe at Any Speed, September 1999
Speed Crazy, April 1997
Showcases & Festivals
• Woodstock Tatoo and Body Arts Festival, 2004
• Drop Dead Festival, NYC, September 2004
• Road to Macabre, Los Angeles, March 2004
• Heavy Rebel Weekend,Winston-Salem NC,2004 & prior
• Sleazefest, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004 and prior
• West Coast Wreckers’ Ball, Los Angeles, 2002
• NYC Psychobilly Rumble, 2000
• North by NorthEast, Toronto, 2000
• Raucous Records London Psycho Weekender, 2000
Showcase Appearances with Reverend Horton Heat,
Demented Are Go,Hank III, Southern Culture on the Skids,
Guanabatz, The Quakes, and more
Press
Biography
Like a train running off the track, NJ's Speed Crazy burst off
the rails fueled on the Nihilism of Pure Rock and Roll.
Blending the more sinister aspects of 50's rockabilly with
hardcore punk, their sonic slap-bass assault converts openmouthed audiences into rabid fans with each stunning
performance.
With two sold out EPs, various compilation cuts, and two
releases currently in international distribution, Speed Crazy's
recorded legacy continues to win critical acclaim, as well as a
devoted following in the US and abroad.
No mere "retro act" relying on recycled licks and grade B
horror cliches, Speed Crazy's "Noir" approach to psychobilly
paints a harrowing portrait of the world in which they live:
hectic and hard edged.
More than a band name, Speed Crazy is a state of mind: the
soundtrack of a world on edge; of desperate love poised against
hate; of the white-knuckled hysteria on the steering wheel of a
mad machine spun hideously out of control.
This is the sound of Speed Crazy. Get it...before it gets you.
• Drop Dead Festival Review, Starvox Music Zine,
November 2004
• The Sonic Equivalent of a Three Car Pile-Up, Hard Core
Ink, Issue 7, 2003
An Interview with Speed Crazy, Rock’n’Roll Purgatory,
October 2002
• Speed Crazy, Abort Zine, September 2002
• Speed Crazy a Perfect Fit for Sleazefest, ESP Magazine,
August 2002
• Rockabilly Meets Punk in Speed Crazy, The Islander,
August 2002
• Unsafe at Any Speed, Prick Magazine, February 2002
• Speed Crazy Turns It Up a Notch, Night & Day, July 2001
About Speed Crazy
“What comes out of the fryer is a steaming, screaming mass of
raw energy”
ESP Magazine
“Songs that sizzle…an outstanding punkabilly trio”
Asbury Park Press
“follow up 2000’s excellent Love Kills with five absolutely
killer tracks”
The Aquarian
“Come on like gangbusters and never, never, ever, let up!”
Two River Times
“Not one ounce of the abundant talent in this three-piece is
Abort ‘Zine
wasted”
“They conjure up a mad blast of noise that’s as fast and loud as
a dragster…Three people, three instruments, and a big, big
Starvox.net
sound”
Drop Dead Festival
Knitting Factory, New York City
Friday September 3 to Sunday September 5 2004
~by Uncle Nemesis
"...proof that individuality and a no-shit contemporary attitude
can co-exist with a musical style in which roots and rules are
sometimes treated with too much reverence."
Now we’re four bands in. Who’s next? I see yet another double bass being
hauled on stage. Hmmm. Looks like we’re in the rockabilly zone again. The band
which appears before us is Speed
Crazy. They may sport the regular
three-piece ‘billy line-up, but they do
something decidedly different with it.
From the kick-off of the very first song,
it’s clear that Speed Crazy certainly
don’t believe in treating that hoary ol’
50s aesthetic with any surplus respect.
They conjure up a mad blast of noise
that’s as fast and loud as a dragster, a
great rush of a Ramones-ish rampage
that seems utterly incongruous coming
from a three-piece band. I find myself
looking around for the extra guitarist,
convinced that just one guitar can’t
create *that* massive, overdriven
sound. Nope, what you see is what you
get. Three people, three instruments,
and a big, big, sound. Speed Crazy’s
secret weapon is their stand-up bass
player, who spends much of the set whupping and pummelling and hauling her
bass about the stage like she’s breaking in a bronco. She jumps on it, picks it up
like it was a guitar, and even plays it behind her head. It’s as if she’s learned how
to play a double bass by watching Jimi Hendrix videos. In all of this craziness,
her pounding rhythm never stops, and she even takes time out to provide an
occasional lead vocal. Good stuff, and surprising stuff, too: proof that individuality
and a no-shit contemporary attitude can co-exist with a musical style in which
roots and rules are sometimes treated with too much reverence.
Review courtesy Starvox Music Zine, www.starvox.net
Varla, Issue Number 10, Summer 2004