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A Ruckus Caucus: Quotes About The Album
Shimmering, electrifying... A great achievement! - Ken Barnes, USA Today
I salute you for bringing back the dream. You make us proud. - Shadoe Stevens, Cabo Wabo radio
"Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions" is every bit the landmark for 2008 that the Monksâ€™ "Black Monk Time" was for 1966. - Mike McDowell, Blitz magazine
This is amazing... 21st Century rockabilly... I can't imagine Mike & The Ravens possibly sounding this good back in the 60s. They're better than before. Hats off to the friggen drummer! - Rick Brown, singer for psychedelic myths, The Misunderstood
One of my favorite finds... I can't remember the last time I heard that much energy in a recording from anyone, at any age. You've got to hear these guys to believe them... Keep your eyes and ears open for these guys - they give a whole new meaning to the term 60's punk! - Performing Songwriter magazine
Great vocals... whacky guitar... a bit weird and wonderful... unpredictable... it's great! - Eddie Phillips, guitarist for freakbeat legends, The Creation
Stunning... This is not "oldies but goodies," this is not retro, this is not even what I'd call a reunion disc, this is rockers playing hot shit rock 'n' roll, the music idiots used to call the Devil's music because it scared them... Do not miss this one! - Laurent Bigot, Ugly Things magazine

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Member Since: 9/16/2007
Band Website: zohomusic.com
Band Members: Mike Brassard (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Bo Blodgett (lead guitar), Steve Blodgett (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Brian Lyford (bass and backing vocals), Peter Young (drums)
Influences: Gene Vincent, Howlin' Wolf, Everly Brothers, Link Wray, Sonics, Velvet Underground, Half Japanese, Flat Duo Jets, Monks
Sounds Like: Mike & The Ravens sounded like a train wreck. - Bill Kennedy of The Twiliters
Record Label: Zoho Roots
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Album review from Blitz

FROM BLITZ MAGAZINE'S WEB SITE:http://blitzmag.blogspot.com/ THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COMEBy Michael McDowell NOISY BOYS! THE SAXONY SESSIONS -Mike And The Ravens (Zoho) When the protagonists of the ne...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:55:00 PST

Feature story on Mike & The Ravens

from Perfect Sound Foreverat http://www.furious.com/perfect/mikeandtheravens.htmlMike & The RavensBy Gretchen WoodBands break up all the time, but how many crumble after the three hot rocker attorneys...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:46:00 PST

Album review from Dagger

I had never heard of these guys but apparently they were playing Vermont frat houses and barn dances back in the early 1960's and this the first time these guys have recorded together in more than 30 ...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:31:00 PST

Feature story on Mike & The Ravens

Published September 24, 2008 11:45 pm in Plattsburgh Press Republican - The '60s band's new CD, "Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions" has been released on Zoho Roots label.Mike & the Ravens returns wi...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:36:00 PST

Album review from Top Twenty-One

The John Shelton Ivany Top Twenty-One Incredible rock'n'roll from a time when the genre was actually respectable. While today we are left with only fossilized remnents of the once magnificent genre, t...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:59:00 PST

Album review from Metro Spirit

Mike And The Ravens"The Saxony Sessions"Zoho RootsBy Rich McCracken-IIThe band Mike and the Ravens is an obscure pioneering garage band that came out even before the Beatles. Formed around 1960 and ha...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:46:00 PST

Album review from Cool Spins

Mike & The Ravens: Noisy Boys!(Zoho Records) Speaking of reunions...Mike & The Ravens have apparently been playing and recording together since the early 1960s, but this album comes as a revel...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:14:00 PST

Album review from Seven Days

Mike and The Ravens, Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions Album Review By Jeffery R. Lindholm (Zoho Roots, CD) It took Mike and the Ravens more than 45 years to make their first full-length alb...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:49:00 PST

feature story from Burlington Free Press

Taking flight, againBy Brent Hallenbeck " August 12, 2008 SOUTH BURLINGTON -- The drummer hadn't played in 36 years. The vocalist, known for his howling, wild style, suffered a paralyzing facial cond...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:18:00 PST

Album review from Quickies

Mike & The Ravens Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions By Pico Band reunions seem to be all the rage these days, with The Police and Genesis leading the pack. Here's a band reunion that has a more inte...
Posted by Mike & The Ravens NOW! on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:22:00 PST