Evil Beaver was a female bass 'n drums hard rock duo composed of Evie Beaver and Laura Ann Beaver. The Chicago band fooled me with their title, leading me to expect a Nirvana parody, but they just riffed on the title with what sounds like their own original tune. Or tunes: there's the CD's title song, and then there's another song called just "Smells Like Christmas Spirit," the latter a speedy bit of fuzzed-up thrash giving Santa a Christmas list, the former a bit more about togetherness of the season with a little more rhythmic variety. The rest of this short collection from 2001 is covers. "Feliz Navidad" is poppy with just a little thrash on the bridge, "Christmas In Hollis" is a not-bad version of Run-DMC's tune, and they take a semi-funky crack at James Brown with "Soulful Christmas." "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is kind of military-marchy, and they attempt an Elvis impression on "Santa Claus is Back in Town," although the latter has a bit of a problem keeping the augmented lineup (piano and harmonica) playing in the same key. Somebody does a brief Marilyn Monroe impression with "HBJC," or "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus." And for no apparent reason, they close with their version of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs." UPDATE: Evil Beaver underwent a painful breakup sometime after this CD was made, with Laura getting the boot and Evie becoming Evil, but this disc remains available on the band's website as Evil Beaver Punk Rock Xmas.
Still... Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Evil Beaver (Frooty Nation)
Evil Beaver was a female bass 'n drums hard rock duo composed of Evie Beaver and Laura Ann Beaver. The Chicago band fooled me with their title, leading me to expect a Nirvana parody, but they just riffed on the title with what sounds like their own original tune. Or tunes: there's the CD's title song, and then there's another song called just "Smells Like Christmas Spirit," the latter a speedy bit of fuzzed-up thrash giving Santa a Christmas list, the former a bit more about togetherness of the season with a little more rhythmic variety. The rest of this short collection from 2001 is covers. "Feliz Navidad" is poppy with just a little thrash on the bridge, "Christmas In Hollis" is a not-bad version of Run-DMC's tune, and they take a semi-funky crack at James Brown with "Soulful Christmas." "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is kind of military-marchy, and they attempt an Elvis impression on "Santa Claus is Back in Town," although the latter has a bit of a problem keeping the augmented lineup (piano and harmonica) playing in the same key. Somebody does a brief Marilyn Monroe impression with "HBJC," or "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus." And for no apparent reason, they close with their version of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs." UPDATE: Evil Beaver underwent a painful breakup sometime after this CD was made, with Laura getting the boot and Evie becoming Evil, but this disc remains available on the band's website as Evil Beaver Punk Rock Xmas.
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