bio

The Devastations formed in Melbourne, Australia in September 2002. After just 4 gigs they joined UK band, Tindersticks, on their Australian tour, and their reputation further enhanced with support from legendary Birthday Party guitarist, Rowland S. Howard, who was moved to write an insightful and lengthy article on the band in the Australian press, as well as join them from time to time onstage. (more…)

interview

Interview with Rowland S. Howard

The DEVASTATIONS are: the sound of a meteor cooling in the cut grass; the clash of a terrible beauty with the customary; Tom Carlyon, Hugo Cran, Conrad Standish.
This is what happened. (more…)

andre #2 (interview)

“Look man, I’m not a liberator, I am an entertainer!”

Joss Hutton, Philippe Korpar-Migrenne and Ski Williams chewed the “Bacon Fat” with one of R&B’s wildest, Andre “Mr Rhythm” Willliams. Over the past forty years, Bessamer, Alabama-born Andre Williams has written, recorded and produced some of the most ribald (“Humpin’, Bumpin’ & Thumpin'”), infectious (“Rib Tips”) and downright bizarre (“Please Pass The Biscuits”) R&B ever committed to vinyl. (more…)

andre williams #1

Andre Williams doesn’t mince words. He doesn’t have time for that. He’s seen a promising R&B career go up in smoke, he’s fallen victim to drug addiction, and he’s spent more time hustling his way out of the gutter than he’d care to remember. So when this resuscitated soul man sings, he sings of his urges, in the most blatant terms. (more…)

Andre “Mr. Rhythm” Williams

?U odnosu na Andrea Williamsa Little Richard zvu?i kao Pat Boone? Lux Interior (THE CRAMPS)

Black Godfather je ?56. imao hit na US R?n?B top ten ? ?Bacon Fat?. Sledile su ?Greasy Chicken?, ?Humpin, Bumpin? & Thumpin?? (nedavno ?pozajmljena? od Fat Boy Slima!!), ?Rib Tips?, ?Please Pass The Biscuits?, ?Jail Bait?? (more…)