Crosstops from San Francisco consist of strange and impressive
characters such as lead guitar master and vocals The Wooper (a.k.a.
Barry "D'live" Ward) who has served time for many years with R.K.L.
(Rich Kids on LSD), and been a hired gun with the likes of Gwar, Me
First & The Gimme Gimme's, Don Cikuta (Spain) & many more.
Eyeball (a.k.a. Isaac Camner) jams the Rhythm Guitar and is also known
for a slew of music videos he's directed for Bad Co films & Hot Rod
Pictures. Cecil B. Feeder (Also of The Bar Feeders) is the drum
extraordinaire and rounding up the mix is Dui Goodpecker a.k.a. Clint
Westwood of the South Bay phenomena Whiskey Avengers, Mad Drama and
Trashkannon, kicking out the bass lines and handling vocals with ease.
As a team the band will continue to infest the minds of those who listen
and continue to inspire, entertain, inform and perhaps force feed the
masses with a heavy morsel of rock candy guaranteed to curb almost any
punk enthusiast's sweet tooth, as well as stroke the soft spot of those
who appreciate a dose of Americana.
The new record is the kind of a record that you hide from your
parents or significant other, hoping they’ll inadvertently find it and
suddenly see that you’re cooler than they think you are. Or perhaps
it’ll scare away someone you care about. Either way it is guaranteed to
stir up something. You can’t pigeonhole this band with their particular
brand of punk rock country tinged acidtized rock metal jazz comedy. But
you can brand them as all around entertaining. “The Ego that ate the
World” is an epic sonic assault on all things right and proper. The kind
of record that makes other records cringe in shame and ask to be filed
next to the latest greatest spoon fed band flavor of the week. So it’s
not for the commercial minded sappy pop slop emo fans who can’t take a
joke. But if you have a taste for the risqué, like a little danger,
thrill, excitement and fun. It’s for you. All jokes aside... a recent
quote from a die hard Crosstops fan was.... IT FUCKIN’ ROCKS!!!! And
that it does.
http://www.myspace.com/crosstops
Produced and engineered by The Wooper and Justin Phelps
Mastered by John Cuniberti (Also responsible for the mastering of the Dead Kennedy‘s)
Cover art by The Foz (You might have recognized his work for NOFX)
limited CD: 200 copies/ silkscreened digipack(Rockstar/ 2010)
Tracks:
1. dear satan
2. cockblocker
3. the ego that ate the world
4. cocain angel
5. bloodlust in the new wild west
6. the great american rip off
7. wasting away again
8. camping with 2 bi-sexual girls
9. a long way home
10. i´m your heathen scum
11. wine and dine
12. creature of the night
13. somebody came in grandmas hair
14. the booty bump
15. blow me (a kiss)
16. dear disgruntled
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 29 January, 2011.
