The Cooters "Punk Metal"
new compact disc is out now! released by Profane Existence Recordson June 1, 2005
THE COOTERS are a trio of punk metal bastards, willingly exiled to the backwoods of Mississippi to spread the gospels on the front lines. Being their third and best full-length release, this new CD was written and constructed over the course of three years and skillfully recorded by Tom Queyja in Oxford, Mississippi. THE COOTERS have been blowing away unsuspecting audiences since 1993, formed when bass player Neuter Cooter returned to his home territory after living for some time in Minneapolis (where he previously formed the band PISSED and
helped edit Profane Existence Magazine, not to mention his own 'zine Assault With Intent to Free). THE COOTERS first EP was released in 1994 and have since been carefully crafting a sound that combines elements of punk, metal, and even some elements of classic southern blues, taking on serious political issues with humor and wit. This is NOT your typical Profane Existence Records release, which of course makes us even more proud to take part.
This is it: THE COOTERS album that almost wasn't. Recorded between 2001 and 2003 the DIY way: no budget, no studio, and nobody to help. Nobody but Tom Queyja that is, who found an old, abandoned wood house, right in the middle of Oxford, Mississippi, and converted it into a functioning studio. Tom took us in and recorded hours upon hours of COOTERS songwriting, jamming, and rocking out with some of our close buddies. It was hard, certainly not easy, and we have some scars on our souls from it, but somehow we managed to pull it all together and whittle the tapes into a cohesive collection that kicks ass. Profane Existence Records have released the CD, and we couldn't be more honored. This album is 100% D.I.Y. COOTERS PUNK METAL!
Order The Cooters "Punk Metal" CD from The Cooters for $10.00 postage paid.
If you would like to purchase individual songs from this album, please visit The Cooters MP3 Store
1. The Gooch
2. Society Sets The Stereotype
3. Carpetbaggers
4. Crusty
5. Life Like
6. Wheels in Motion
7. Kill Them With Kindness
8. Okolona!
9. Woo Lord! (featuring Tom Queyja)
10. The Redneck Slut From Hell
This CD is an Enhanced CD featuring a special bonus video playable on
Macintosh and PC computers
"Work for the Gooch" Directed by Matt Gillentine at the Court Street Lounge,
Tupelo, Mississippi 02.13.2004
Winner of the 2004 Oxford Film Festival
Award "Best Music Video"
Also included is a 16 page full color booklet
featuring original artwork, flyers, collages,
live photos, lyrics and liner notes...
Special guest musicians on this album include...
Tom Queyja (vocals)
Max Hipp (guitar, backing vocals)
Augie Joachim (bowed upright bass)
"Punk Metal" credits...
Produced by The Cooters and Tom Queyja
Engineered by Tom Queyja
Recorded at The Lip, Oxford, Mississippi
December 2000-December 2001
Mixed by Jeffrey Reed at Taproot Audio Design
June 2003-May 2004
Additional mixing by Clay Jones and Tom Queyja at Sweet Tea Studio, Oxford, Mississippi
June 3rd and August 9, 2004
Mastered by Rodney Mills Mastering
Atlanta, Georgia, January 2005
Some reviews of this album:
Awarded "Best Album of 2005 By A Band You've Never Heard Of" by Memphis's largest newspaper, The Commercial Appeal, December 30, 2005
"On their third album, “Punk Metal,” The Cooters present just that — punk-influenced metal which transcends any genre. Their inspired endeavor into uncharted musical frontiers paves the way for potential settlement by aspiring punk rockers. The Cooters showcase undeniable ingenuity with clever arrangements, crisp, clean grooves and guitar solos which would rival the likes of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or Eric Clapton."
-The Daily Mississippian, July 2005
"The Cooters incorporate the driving rhythms of MOTORHEAD, some fancy lead work, and political lyrics, to a punk sensivity, and sense of melody. Think the first SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Lp duking it out with the better bits of LYNARD SKYNRD. Their third full length and it rocks!" -American Music Press magazine, September 2005
"If ever an album title was truth in advertising, this is it, except the virtues this band draws from each genre is older and less trendy than the genres' current commercial representations. This trio from north Mississippi combines speedy metal guitars with gutter-punk aggression and a bit of Southern rock attitude, resulting in a version of "punk metal" that evokes Motörhead and the Stooges more than AFI or My Chemical Romance. ("Carpetbaggers," "Crusty," "Woo Lord!")" -The Memphis Flyer, November 2005
"This is a pretty bitchin’ rock n’ roll record, snakin’ its way through the tall grass with DIRTY POWER riffs, DRI kicks, and NASHVILLE PUSSY licks. Songs like “The Gooch,” “Crusty,” “Kill them With Kindness,” and “Life Like” come barking at you like a junkyard dog on a loose leash, while “Woo Lord!” is a sugar coated, Bolanesque melody maker, making it the best of the bunch here – the one shiny hit on this otherwise lean n’ mean grease parade." -Sleazegrinder webzine, September 2005
"Based on the title, you should be able to guess what this is going to sound like. It's more metal than punk, though. These guys play a MOTORHEAD-meets-BIOHAZARD, headbanging, lighters-in-the-air, air-guitar-solo-playing fanfare. Excellent production throughout; you can hear everything. The drums are punchy and the guitars crunch like eating granola. The bass gives you the lows that thumps on your chest when you have the volume up. If these guys were playing at the bar after I had my tenth round, they would have me pissing in my pants while I rocked to the beat!" -Razorcake 'zine, October 2005
"'Woo Lord' is liable to make any big metal-head pull out the air guitar to try and tackle some of the same colossal solos contributed to the album by Gentry Webb" -PunkNews.org webzine, November 2005
"The Cooters go for a more punk / hardcore inflected sound, think ZEKE by way of ANTISEEN by way of NEGATIVE APPROACH by way of HANOI ROCKS. I bet you think I'm joking!" -Roadburn webzine, August 2005
"They use satire to get their point across in the same jolly and obnoxious way that S.O.D., FEAR or ANTISEEN did. Musically its metal played with an punk attitude and lyrically its snotty as punk and a bit crude as in metal and together its music which you can both shake your fist and drink beer to."-Disgraceland webzine, July 2005
