Haunted George - American Crow

 

I am continuing to research the post-Beguiled career of my old pal Steve Pallow and came across this discovery - I had no idea that he had been doing a crazed one-man band that advanced the gothic/blues/ R'n'B/Bo Diddley/Headcoats/Cramps-ian sounds that the Beguiled started and the Necessary Evils pursued with even more abandon. This project is even more trashed out almost to the point of incomprehension at times, with fairly indecipherable lyrics that are truly disturbing when you read them in the booklet included (altho Steve was one of the nicest guys I've known). There is an "autobiographical" song about the Haunted George character showing Steve love for gothic horror in the best Hammer film style. 

Absolutely not for the weak of heart - this has the intensity of a garage version of death metal but it sounds more real, in a creepily, almost alarming way. Low fi to the extreme, trashier than a fuzzed out chainsaw, noisier than the Stooges "L.A. Blues", this is definitely only for those who enjoy embracing the madness. But those who do, will certainly embrace this!