BiografieAnd so it happened, oh dear and gentle readers-the ievitable: two coasts merged - east/west, left bank/right bank, cool/uncool - this humble LA suburban punk who loaded his crap into his car, and drove (NOT rode, as others would have it) into the sunset (well, okay, it was already dark, but you get the point) was converted - YES Oh Brothers and Sisters, converted to the faith of NYC punk rock, his soul cleansed in the hellfire sparked by the churning pistons and burning rubber of the Turbo A.C.´s!
Inspired by a guy in a Turbo A.C.´s shirt who told me at the Circle Jerks show that I won for best shirt of the night (Black Flag - My War - fashion demon that I am), I decided to check this band out.So, I made my trek into Manhattan, made a stop into the bored sweater-wearing indie-snob paradise that is Kim´s (oh, don´t get me STARTED) and then I walked around the corner to Thee Heavenly Continental Club.
The opening bands were - er - well, they were opening bands (yes, I´m being very nice).And then the Turbo A.C.´s took the stage, built an alter and slaughtered a virgin. Or, rather, they popped my cherry. A recent cohort in crime said, "Well, they´re kind of like Motorhead" and, indeed, they had that Motorhead breakneck speed, but throw in hillbilly surf rock guitar riffs a la Dead Kennedys and the wall of sound power of Turbonegro and you get ONE HELL OF A FUCKING BAND!
I swear, my Precious Punk Persephones, while the band played and the crowd bobbed, your Los Angeles cowboy stood stunned, mouth open like a flytrap, in complete awe of these punk rock gods. This may be old hat to you folks at the optical center who have been around to see this for a while, but for this new kid on the block (or state or island or whathaveyou) it was truly transcendental. Even HD Thoreau would have quit pondering his pond and practiced some real civil disobedience if he had sauntered in at this precise moment. I swear, this band picks up the torch where Turbonegro left it in the Olympunk Marathon, and the flame is fired by hatred, gasoline and hot desert highways. Just pick up their new CD, Fuel for Life (which I bought at the show while mildly intoxicated with my last twelve dollars from Herr Bass Player and it was well worth it) and listen to "Last One Standing" and if THAT doesn´t get your studded-wrist fist waving in the air, then go live in the fucking past of punk rock long gone because THIS IS THE FUTURE BABY and it´s going to shove its snot-covered middle finger up your dinosaur ass!
Quelle: http://www.turboacs.comDiscografieSUPERCHARGED STRAIGHT TO HELL - 1995 - TURBO TITANS RECORDS

6 SONG CD EP. ON OUR OWN LABEL, BACK WHEN THE A.C.´S WERE MORE OF AN IDEA THAN A BAND. THE 4 PIECE LINE-UP WITH OUR OL´ BUDDY DAVE CROOK ON VOCALS. HEY, WE STILL PLAY BOCA CHICA, WHEN EVER MICHAEL IS IN THE MOOD TO ROCK A LITTLE HARMONICA...

PUNK ROCK JUKE BOX - 1995 - BLACKOUT! RECORDS

BLACKOUT RECORDS FOUNDER BILL WILSON DECIDES TO GIVE US A SHOT... OUR VERSION OF "WOMAN" BY ANTI -NOWHERE LEAGUE ON THE PUNK ROCK JUKE BOX 7" & A DEAL...

EAT MY DUST/RIGHTEOUS RULER 7" - 1995 - BLACKOUT! RECORDS

THE TURBO SOUND REALLY STARTS TO FORM HERE, EVEN THOUGH THESE SONGS WERE DONE WITH THE 4 PIECE LINE-UP...

DAMNATION OVERDRIVE - 1996 - BLACKOUT! RECORDS

OUR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM, THE SURF STYLINGS OF THE LATER RELEASES ARE SUBTLY GETTING THEIR START HERE. GEARHEAD MAGAZINE CALLS THE NEW 3 PIECE LINE-UP "A YOUNGER HUNGRIER SUPERSUCKERS."

RAFR 2 - 1997 - FLIPSIDE RECORDS

MARTIN MCMARTIN´S FLIPSIDE SPINOFF COMPILATION PUTS US ON THE MAP WITH SOME OF THE BEST BANDS AROUND...HUMPERS, HELLACOPTERS, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN, ETC...

CHUPACABRA! 7" - 1997 - BLACKOUT! RECORDS

THE STORY OF THE BLOODTHIRSTY MONSTER OF MEXICAN FOLKLORE WITH COVER ART BY KEVIN COLE.

SMELLS LIKE SPRING - 1997 - INTENSIVE SCARE RECORDS

ALMOST OTHERWISE UNRELEASED VERSION OF "MEAN MISTREATER" SHOWS UP ON THIS INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION, DOUBLE ALBUM ON BLUE VINYL . SPECIAL THANX TO SCOTTY WILKENS FOR THE HOOK UP...

HELLBOYS/TURBO A.C.´S SPLIT 7" - 1997 - EXPLICIT SOUNDS RECORDS

INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOY, AND SOMETIME TURBO A.C. NIKOLA HELLBOY OF PARIS ORGANIZED THIS ONE. THE ONLY OTHER PLACE YOU´LL FIND THAT VERSION OF "MEAN MISTREATER," IT´S NOT VERY LIKELY THAT YOU´LL FIND IT THOUGH... ONLY 500 PRESSED IN FRANCE (PINK VINYL)...

WINNER TAKE ALL - 1998 - CACOPHONE RECORDS/COMMUNITY/RENATE RECORDS

AFTER TWO TOURS OF EUROPE AND THE STATES BLACKOUT! FALLS APART. LONGTIME FANS AT CACOPHONE RECORDS (KICK ASS GARAGE/PUNK/ROCKABILLY LABEL FROM UPSTATE NY) STEP IN TO DO THIS ALBUM. MORE SURF, MORE PUNK, MORE ROCK INDEED. THE TURBO SOUND TAKES OFF...

UNEXPECTED FLYING OBJECETS - 1999 - FLYING RED VINYL

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSION OF "TRUE BELIEVER" IN EUROPE . KICK ASS COMPILATION FOR THE 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLYING REVOLVERBLATT ONE OF GERMANY´S COOLEST FANZINES . WITH THE CELLOPHANE SUCKERS, SCARED OF CHAKA, ETC...

HERE WE ARE NOWHERE - 1999 - SUBSTANDARD RECORDS

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED IN THE US, THIS VERSION OF "TRUE BELIEVER" APPEARS ON ANOTHER GREAT COMP. WITH UK SUBS, SWINGIN UTTERS, & MORE...

HIT & RUN 7" - 1999 - INTO THE VORTEX

THE COOLEST ALL VINYL LABEL AROUND, RELEASED BY THE FAMOUS DEATHFOOT ( REMEMBER TRACK 12 ON "WINNER TAKE ALL"...)

VANS WARPED TOUR COMPILATION ´99 - 1999 - JKP RECORDS

HAVING DONE SOME OF THE WARPED TOUR DATES LAST SUMMER, WE´RE INCLUDED ON THIS HIGHLY ECLECTIC COMPILATION WITH EVERYONE FROM H20, & SUICIDAL TENDENCIES TO ICE-T...

HIT THE ROAD 10" PICTURE DISC - 1999 - COMMUNITY/RENATE RECORDS

FEATURING "HIT THE ROAD" FROM WINNER TAKE ALL, WITH ARTWORK MADE FROM CLIPS FROM THE "HIT THE ROAD" VIDEO. PLUS 3 UNRELEASED TRACKS, ONE BEING OUR VERSION OF THE SURF CLASSIC EXODUS...

TOUT A FOND - 1999 - KILL CITY RECORDS

JUST CAME OUT FEATURING "BE FAST" OFF THE OUT OF PRINT DAMNATION OVERDRIVE. THIS IS RELEASED BY SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE FROM MONTIPILLE FRANCE. PICK IT UP IF YOU´RE EVER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE...

HEADS WILL ROLL COMPILATION -1999 - SONIC TONE

FEATURING "HIT & RUN" FROM THE GERMAN IMPORT 7", AS WELL AS KILLER TRACKS FROM ZEKE, NASHVILLE PUSSY, & GLUCIFER. THANX TO JOE TRUCK FROM THE SNAKECHARMERS FOR PUTTING THIS ONE TOGETHER...

NOVA! - 2000 - FAN BOY RECORDS

INSPIRED BY NOVA FROM THE REAL "PLANET OF THE APES" WITH BACKUP VOCALS & PRODUCED BY ROGER MIRET

PRIMER BLACK - 2000 - KNOCK OUT RECORDS

SPLIT WITH THE AWESOME ELECTRIC HELL CLUB! DIRTY DEMO VERSION OF PRIMER BLACK FROM "FUEL FOR LIFE" A TREAT FOR ALL THE LO-FI HEADS OUT THERE.

CLEAN - 2000 - RADIO BLAST RECORDS

SPLIT WITH THE DEMONICS DOING "MOPAR OR NO CAR"FOR ALL US MOPAR FANATICS! RECORDED IN THE "FUEL FOR LIFE" SESSION, PRODUCED BY ROGER MIRET

FUEL FOR LIFE - 2001 - NITRO RECORDS

THE HARDEST HITTING TURBO A.C.´S TO DATE... GET IT, LIVE IT! PRODUCED BY ROGER MIRET

PUNKZILLA - 2002 - NITRO RECORDS

KILLER NITRO COMPILATION, FEATURING HYPNOTIZED BY THE TURBO A.C.´S!

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