The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
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The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show is an album featuring the soundtrack of the 1975 cult film
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as performed by modern punk rock
bands. The album was released in 2003 on Springman Records
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Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the...
as performed by modern punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands. The album was released in 2003 on Springman Records
Springman Records
Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...
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Track listing
- "Science Fiction/Double Feature" - Me First and the Gimme GimmesMe First and the Gimme GimmesMe First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...
- "Dammit, Janet" - Love Equals DeathLove Equals DeathLove Equals Death was a punk rock band from Petaluma, California whose music drew influence from classic rock and horror punk.. The group formed in 2003 and released two EPs, one compilation album, and one studio album, 2006's Nightmerica...
- "Over at the Frankenstein Place" - Alkaline TrioAlkaline TrioAlkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
- "The Time Warp" - The Groovie GhouliesThe Groovie GhouliesThe Groovie Ghoulies were an American pop punk band from Sacramento, California whose music took inspiration from horror movies. They released numerous albums, EPs, and singles, and toured internationally...
- "Sweet Transvestite" - Apocalypse HobokenApocalypse HobokenApocalypse Hoboken was an American punk rock band hailing from Chicago, Illinois which toured the US and Europe and released seven albums on various labels, including Rocco Records and Dyslexic Records...
- "The Sword of Damocles" - The IndependentsThe Independents (band)-Biography:The Independents are an American swamp-ska/grind-core/horror-punk/doo-wop/fusion-jazz/ Emerson, Lake & Palmer cover band formed in Florence,SC in 1992 by Evil Presley and Willy B from the ashes of their 80's synth band "Snipe-hunter"...
- "I Can Make You a Man" - Pansy DivisionPansy DivisionPansy Division is an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California in 1991. Featuring primarily gay musicians and focusing mostly on gay-related themes, Pansy Division is one of the more melodic-oriented bands to emerge from the "queercore" movement that began in the 1980s.-Early...
- "Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)" - The Phenomenauts
- "I Can Make You A Man (Reprise)" - The Secretions
- "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" - Chubbies
- "Once in a While" - Big D and the Kids TableBig D and the Kids TableBig D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy...
- "Eddie's Teddy" - Swingin' Utters
- "Planet, Schmanet, Janet" - Tsunami BombTsunami BombTsunami Bomb was a punk rock band from Petaluma, California that was active between 1998 and October 2005 and released 2 studio albums and 4 EPs. They were founded by Dominic David who left in 2003...
- "Rose Tint My World/Floor Show" - Luckie Strike
- "Fanfare/Don't Dream It" - Stunt Monkey
- "Wild and Untamed Thing" - Gametime
- "I'm Going Home" - The Migranes
- "Super Heroes" - Ruth's Hat
- "Science Fiction Double Feature (Reprise)" - The AtarisThe AtarisThe Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
Personnel
A&R for this album was done by Eddie Migrane of The Migranes and Avi Ehrlich of Springman Records. Artwork by Steve RolstonSteve Rolston
Steve Rolston is a Canadian artist and writer of comic books and graphic novels currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia. After working in story boards for various animated series, he got his first break from Oni Press as the penciler and inker of the first four issues of their on-going...
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