Franks & Deans Return with "Too Drunk to F#@k" from Upcoming Punk/Surf Rock Instrumental Album SURFIN' TURF (SquidHat Records)

I've been, personally, mulling over something recently: what's the most creative Punk/Hardcore band name? I've since come to the conclusion that it's either The Mr. T Experience (MTX,) The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza (TTDTE,) or Franks & Deans. MTX is American Punk Rock/Pop-Punk band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California, while TTDTE is a now-defunct American Mathcore/Grindcore band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Las Vegas, Nevada's Franks & Deans—a homage to Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin, of course—have deemed themselves the "world's first Rock "N" Roll Rat Pack band tributing Sinatra and his boys of The Rat Pack." Franks & Deans are currently signed to SquidHat Records and consists of Robert "Rob" DeTie on vocals/4-string, Mike "Pip" Ullemeyer on drums/backing vocals, Jordan "HOSS" Hoss on guitar/vocals, Ryan "Sampson" Sampson on guitar/vocals, Nickole "Muse" Muse providing "visuals/innuendos." Rob DeTie has previously spent time playing with The Happy Campers & Betting On Tomorrow and HOSS has toured with The Reverend Horton Heat, as well as his own band, Switch Hitter. Franks & Deans have released two albums with SquidHat, 2015's How Did You All Get In My Room? and 2017's The Best You're Gonna Feel All Day, fully displaying their trademark Rat Pack/Punk Rock stylings.

Franks & Deans have covered everyone from Frank "Ol' Blue Eyes" Sinatra himself to Louis Prima/David Lee Roth and now, they've decided to flip the scrip a bit with their schtick: Franks & Deans' upcoming third album, Surfin' Turf will feature, according to HOSS, "Punk Rock songs made [into] Instrumental Surf tunes, while sneaking in a few classic Surf Rock melodies!" Our first teaser from Surfin' Turf finds Franks & Deans effortlessly flippin' Dead Kennedys' then-controversial 1981 non-album single for Cherry Red Records, "Too Drunk to F#@k" into a Beach Boys-reminiscent ditty riffing on guitarist East Bay Ray's original Surf/Garage Rock-indebted riffs. HOSS explained, via emailed transmission, that Surfin' Turf will, also, feature Punk/Surf Rock versions of smash hits and deep cuts from the likes of Bad Religion, Green Day, Lagwagon, NOFX, The Ramones, Rancid, Screeching Weasels, Teenage Bottlerocket, and... Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass! Franks & Deans recorded Surfin' Turf with Garage/Surf Rock & Rockabilly guru Deke Dickerson, who, HOSS explains, even makes an unspecified cameo on the record, as well. Franks & Deans' Surfin' Turf will be released digitally on SquidHat Records on Friday, July 12, 2019.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel

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