On their 13th album, the Japanese rock’n’rollers reaffirm what they do best: making the once-rebellious sounds of surf, rockabilly, and CBGB punk seem dangerous again.
There are garage-rock bands, and then there’s Tokyo terrors Guitar Wolf, whose sound couldn’t possibly be contained by a mere cinder-block carport. This band’s style of rock’n’roll demands more imposing prefixes, like “jet,” “hurricane,” and “Kawasaki ZII 750.” Much as 1960s British Invasion groups bastardized the blues and sold it back to American teens, Guitar Wolf have spent the past 30 years making once-rebellious Stateside sounds—surf, rockabilly, Nuggets, CBGB punk—seem dangerous again, forsaking retro purism for monomania. Your typical garage band might make your ears ring; this one kills zombies.
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