Artist description Crunchy, hifi stereo garage punk rock. With GUITARS!

Music Style Punk Rock, Garage Punk

Musical Influences Ramones, Music Machine, RFTC, ? & The Mysterians, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Seeds, Cramps, Fleshtones, Fuzztones, The Woggles, The Supersuckers, Cynics, The Kingsmen, Sex Pistols, Jay & The Americans, Martin Denny, Man or Astroman, Rezillos, Muffs, Clash, Mitch Ryder, Louis Prima, Cake, Robots.

Similar Artists Ramones, Rocket from the Crypt, Music Machine, Clash, Electric Frankenstein, Ace-Tones.

Group Members Andy Last - Vox/Guitar, Tony Major - Guitar/Vox, Zig Criscuolo - Bass/Vox, Ian Cook-Abbott - Vox Continental, Pinball Geoff - Drums/no Vox.

Instruments Yup.

Albums Brain Machine (One Louder Records LOUDER 18)

Press Reviews Loud, fast, and trashy in the venerable tradition of Question Mark and the Mysterians crossed with the Ramones, the Witchdoktors also owe a couple of spiked beers to everyone from The Cramps to The Seeds, their approach rarely deviating from a substantial sonic barrage, penetrated from time to time by stabs of Vox Continental organ, filthy bass, howling harmonica and the earthenware growl of Andy Last. They cross Steppenwolf with The Monkees on stand-out track of the Brain Machine LP, “Reach Out”, and dip into an unexpected well of regret for the churchy doomfest “All We Wanted”. If you can go with the flow and your volume control is set at 11, this is a lot of fun. **** Q Magazine - With a distinctly retro feel to their music, The Witchdoktors sound not unlike the Doors of the Jim Morrison era, but that isn’t the whole picture; the weirdness that propels this crazy posse is strangely attractive. Is it any accident that while opening my ears to their punked up, garage-fuelled toons, I feel in dire need of some kind of medicinal remedy ? The Witchdoktors are great and but if this CD carried a cure for the common cold, they would be truly awesome ! *** Metal Hammer

Additional Info Doctor John EP (Tribal Vibes TVCD001), Neck Tattoo EP (Tribal Vibes TVCD002).

Location Epsom, Surrey - United Kingdom

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