First the return of Radio Birdman and now the Hoodoo Gurus!
HOODOO GURUS ARE BACK!
REISSUE OF BAND'S FIRST CD STONEAGE ROMEOS;
TUNNEL VISION DVD RELEASE;
NEW STUDIO CD
For over twenty years and eight albums, Australia's Hoodoo Gurus have given the world a dozen classic anthems, topped the charts and gained cult hero status. Hoodoo Gurus have now remastered their early albums and on October 24, the bands' own Hoodoo Gurus' Records will reissue their debut recording Stoneage Romeos. Additional back catalogue will be available digitally and a new studio release is planned for 2007.? Hoodoo Gurus have also assembled all their favorite video footage together in a long-form DVD for the US release of Tunnel Vision.
The Stoneage Romeos reissue comes with the original Australian front cover art, as well as additional new material, including a fold out poster, and features bonus tracks "Leilani Pt 2", "Be My Guru" and "Hoodoo You Love". Full of? garage punk songs, big fat rhythm section and a wall of guitars, the band's debut topped the US college charts ahead of The Replacements, REM and Black Flag and stayed at #1 for seven weeks.? The first track, '(Let's All) Turn On' is a manifesto - checking off the Flaming Groovies, Ramones, Elvis, the Stones T-Rex and the Archies. Of the release, All Music Guide says "StoneAge Romeos ranks with the most solid debut albums of the 1980's and if you don't like the Hoodoo Gurus, I suspect you don't like rock & roll very much."
The two disc DVD, Tunnel Vision, includes all the band's thirty videos, live performance filmed in venues around the world, and a full length documentary including interviews with the band as well as special guests including Red Kross and The Bangles.? "Tunnel Vision is a timely reminder of the importance of the Hoodoo Gurus." - Kerang
The band is currently in the studio recording a new album for release in Spring of 2007 to be accompanied by their first live dates in the United States in many years.