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The Saudi PlayboysClick here to listen to the interview The Saudi Playboys are Chegoku, Dragonpunch and Roman NewYork, three friends who are spinning new angles on old songs, new remixes and original material with the help of todays indie rising stars.  The first release on Apartment's Fleet Street Records is a cover of The Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" which features vocals from Jason Bavanandan of Battle and Liz Holdforth of The Far Cries as well as Roman NewYork's trademark falsetto. While Chegoku was roaming the globe from Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam creating cutting edge audiovisuals and releasing all kinds of stuff on his own No-Mad Productions (www.no-mad.com), the elusive Roman NewYork was squatting between Berlin and London... making his living as a sculptor and moonlighting the Search Generation scene of East London. Dragonpunch on the other hand was busy making cutting edge shorts and promos for up and coming bands... the life he led took him down dark alleys and eventually Chegoku forced him into rehab, where he still is a part time patient.  Che' and Roman met at a Jarvis Cocker party, where the quest for originality and progress was out, and the punk ethic of hard and fast was in. The addition of Dragonpunch created the holy triad of 3 best friends now setting out to create something special. The Saudi's have strong political views about todays world and under every sugar coated release lies the stronger message... one that is directly inspired by todays current events: war, control through fear, media manipulation, lack of education, conspiracy theories... and through reworked and carefully chosen punk and post punk songs, are trying to weave a tapestry of messages that hopefully will reverberate through this generation and through time. Phoenix FM’s Steve Mead met up with Chegoku and Dragon Punch at the Fopp store on Tottenham Court Road recently to see what they are all about. He got some interesting answers, listen to the interview to find out.
http://www.myspace.com/thesaudiplayboys Article by Steve Mead, 31 Mar 2007 |
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