Surf Instro-Garage Rock Review: Monster Party 2000 - Various Artists

What did you dress up as this Halloween? Did you have enough candy for all the groveling rugrats? None of it matters if you had Monster Party 2000 blaring out into the street. This CD is eerie, scary, and cool all wrapped into one package. Look no further than MuSick Recordings to make every Halloween a real party.

MuSick Recordings, known for its selective approach, doesn’t flood the market with music. Instead, they carefully curate their releases, ensuring that each one is a unique and special addition to your collection.

Some of the best instrumental, garage, and instro artists are gathered together on this CD, offering a diverse range of music styles. From reverb excitement that makes your blood curdle to howling speakers, this CD promises a musical journey that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I guarantee you will be the hippest house on the block if you play this music while the pumpkin is all aglow with its fiendish smile, beckoning the wary to approach your haunted house.

This is no trick, it’s a treat, and it rocks. This bag of treats is jock full of surf-instro, garage, punk, and good old rock and roll to make your party the best in town. Some of the guests are The Boss Martians, known for their high-energy surf rock; The Space Cossacks, masters of instrumental rock; Satan’s Pilgrims, a surf rock band with a spooky twist; Hypnomen, a garage rock-surf-pysch sensation; and Los Straightjackets, a band that combines surf rock with Mexican influences! ...All of the heavy hitters.

This is not just music for a season, my friends, this is kick-ass music that's perfect for any time of year. So, whether it's Halloween, a summer barbecue, or just a regular day when you need a pick-me-up, grab your makeup, costumes, and masks (if necessary) and let’s rock! How can you go wrong when you start the party with the Munsters’ theme?

This was a lot of fun, and that’s what it’s all about. This kind of graveyard bash gets you loosened up right from the start. Let your hair hang down, get down and get weird, and enjoy this ghoulish platter.

Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck

November 20, 2000

Tracks:

01. Welcome To The Party   

02. Frankenstomp-Satan’s Pilgrims   

03. Have You Ever Seen...?-The Boss Martians   

04. Transylvanian Orbit-The Space Cossacks

05. Frankie’s Groovy Monster Boots-Eddie Angel & The Omega Men   

06. Dracula’s Deuce-Freddy Fortune & The Four-Gone Conclusions

07. The Goon-Bleed     

08. Theme From “Young Frakenstien”-The Madeira    

09. Ghosts From Boot Hill-The Hellbenders  

10. Nosferatu-The 3-D Invisibles

11. The Pendulum-Hypnomen     

12. Daddy Long Legs-The Tiki Tones    

13. (Theme From) Slaying Beauty-Bambi Molesters   

14. Billy’s Dead-Deadbolt

15. Evil Walks In-Fifty Foot Combo   

16. El Monster Surfin’ Time    

17. Already Dead-Electric Frankenstein    

18. Roadside Cross-Cobrajets

19. Rockula-Los Straightjackets    

20. Dracula’s Daughter-The Woggles   

21. It’s The Mummy-The Chimps

22. Theme From “Young Frankenstein” (Reprise)-Madeira