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So nowadays, Bonfire Night plays alongside garage punk, rockabilly and goth bands (such as Bella Morte), with [Chuck Owston]'s own takes on macabre folktales, medieval balladry and cold, bloody murder. On Bonfire Night's debut five-song EP, [Johnny Scarecrow], there are aspects of classic '70s heavy rock - Hawkwind, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath - but the folk idioms still emerge unscathed. Tracks like the aptly named "Dirge" and "Bloody Crow" spin chilly midnight yarns, coming across like blustery pirate sea shanties for gothic landlubbers dressed in tall boots and corsets.
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Johnny Scarecrow
Bonfire Night
Johnny ScarecrowDREADED EOLK ROCKOVER THE PAST four decades, the music of 65-year-old guitar...See the full content of this document
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