Review: The Stray Cats - Live at Rockpalast
As a seminal rockabilly band who blazed a trail for roots rock in the time of disco, The Stray Cats have always been as cool as Elvis, Gene and Eddie, but with an added punk rock edge. Songs like Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town made an indelible impression on pop culture, sounding nothing like anything else that was getting commercial radio airplay at that time in the USA, and the image of these rockabilly cats--looking like a 1950s version of Walter Hill's The Warriors-- was the stuff of pure rebellion. Stray Cats: Live at Rockpalast turns back the clock to two unique live shows, one from Cologne in 1981 and another from Loreley in 1983. Both shows are presented in their entirety on CD and a region free DVD and were recorded for Germany's long-running Rockpalast TV series, which introduced Europeans to countless rock acts. Though the two concert performances presented in this release are only two years apart and there's a fair bit of overlap in the setlist, t...
