{"id":17311,"date":"2021-12-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17311"},"modified":"2021-12-05T20:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T20:10:44","slug":"the-drippers-scandinavian-thunder-the-sign-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17311","title":{"rendered":"The Drippers\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 &#8216;Scandinavian Thunder&#8217; (The Sign Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/590002.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drippers are back for a second bite at your cherry \u2013 If 2019&#8217;s \u201cAction Rock\u201d smashed you around the ball bag with it&#8217;s full on fuzz mastery, then \u201cScandinavian Thunder\u201d may make you shit your pants!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two years and a world wide plague, the Gothenburg threesome have teamed up again with the legendary Tomas Skogsberg &#8211; the man who has previously twiddled the knobs of The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, Entombed and Backyard Babies \u2013 and have squeezed the sound of all of them into one super sexy Sunlight Studio cock-tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, phaser, wah, BOOM!!! and off we go&#8230;&#8230;\u201d5 Day Blues (2 Day Boogie)\u201d is quite simply the banger that sets the scene for the next half an hour of full on sexy Scandinavian magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up \u201cOverload\u201d blends motor bikes and Motorhead into a very satisfying chunk of noise, while \u201cNo Stars\u201d drags you kicking and screaming into Turbonegro \/ Hanoi Rocks territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tempted to check it out yet? I bet you are!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up \u201cTime For Some Action\u201d. A track so good that they filmed a video to celebrate its majesty. It&#8217;s simply a tune that Backyard Babies would kill to come up with these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE DRIPPERS -  TIME FOR SOME ACTION (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8n0GHZ0r7os?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShine No Light\u201d is of a whirlwind of a rocker, while \u201cRacing Down A Dead End\u201d is another lesson in balls to the wall &#8211; Total 13 \u2013 Scandi-rock mastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bass intro and drum beat of \u201cRollin&#8217; Aces\u201d takes on a fast and furious Motorhead white knuckle ride. Chuck in some wah guitar and BANG another stand out track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDraparshuffle\u201d serves to remind you how great an album \u201cAction Rock\u201d is &#8211; whadda-ya-mean you haven&#8217;t heard it???&#8230;&#8230;YET!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Into the home straight now &#8211; the frenzied wah attack of \u201cShit Island Showdown\u201d pulls you into &#8216;Copters territory and \u201cDeadbeat Groove\u201d takes you back into Backyard Babies territory \u2013 the great stuff they recorded before they discovered Social Distortion and went off the boil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last up, the Misfits \/ Where Eagles Dare intro of \u201cFeel The Darkness\u201d rounds out the best 30 minutes of your day in fine style.. This is the booze, bad decision kind of rock &amp; roll that&#8217;s made Scandinavia THE place for all things fast and loud since the dawn of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century (and a fair few years before that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy it, steal it, love it!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Say hello to The Drippers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDrippersgbg\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDrippersgbg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and share the love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like that lot, check out this lot&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SUPERSONIC DEUCES - BORED &amp; STROKED - HARDCORE WORLDWIDE (OFFICIAL HD VERSION HCWW)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7_7AHoEk-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Buy &#8216;Scandinavian Thunder&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDrippersgbg\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDrippersgbg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Fraser Munro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Drippers are back for a second bite at your cherry \u2013 If 2019&#8217;s \u201cAction Rock\u201d smashed you around the ball bag with it&#8217;s full on fuzz mastery, then \u201cScandinavian Thunder\u201d may make you shit your pants! 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