The Booby Traps

"The Booby Traps are a smokin' engine room of big beat sweat, throbbin' bass and sneering fuzz guitar behind two sultry females, with vocals both equal parts Gerry Rosalie and Mary Weiss. Fans of mid-sixties punk, the Pacific NorthWest and girl group sounds will shred their cubans down to the sole once they hit the dance floor!"The Booby Traps have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with The Hoodoo Gurus, The Stems, The Johnnys, The Detroit Cobras, Billy Childish & The Buff Medways, The Persian Rugs, 5,6,7,8s, The Strange Tenants, The Runout Grooves,Johnny Casino, Intercontinental Playboys, , Dolly Rocker Movement, DTS, Hell City Glamours, The Specimens, The Sailors, The Double Agents, The Groovie Ghoulies, Mach Pelican, Asteroid B6-12, Six Ft Hick, The Spazzys and many moreTheir full-length album was released in 2006 through Off The Hip. 13 new recordings, keeping true to their 60s punk roots and having switched up a gear, thrown out the manual and burnt up the track to produce a main course of fuzz-laden dance-floor stompers. Punters need not order dessert. They are heading back into the studio to start work on their next album..... Since The Booby Traps started in 2003 the reviews of their shows have always been favourable, highlighting the unique sounds that they have showcased to the Australian public. Here are a few excerpts from some of these reviewsSneering Shangri-las inspired girl-group, meets the fuzz monsters from the garage. Primevil & raw, with a lead singer thats equal parts Gerry Roslie (of Sonics fame) & wild cat hillbilly. Go see em, theyre great to watch. Youll dance & shake, youll be revived.(TIMEWARP NOV/DEC 03 NEWSLETTER)If youre looking for some chick fuzz pop to go go with catchy songs you can play loud at your next party without the guests leaving immediately,, go ahead and check the Booby Traps out!!(LOW CUT..34)The Booby Traps would have to be the hardest working garage band currently playing the Sydney circuit.Theyre great at what they do and that whole accelerator-down, chicks-with-flick knives feel that their music has, is pretty special.A Booby Traps show is always an enjoyable one. Plenty of sixties garage comin at you. Screaming, nasty vocals, warm fuzzy guitar that takes me to a time when Boss Hoss and Skinny Minny let the good times roll. Sweet melodies and drumbeats that come from the heart of all things garage.The Booby Traps were rockin and rollin and the only thing the crowd were left with were extremely sore feet.Mod escapees from a Russ Meyer flick!(Faster Louder 2004-2005)live shots courtesy of Tim Chuma @ myspace.com/timchumaI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 ..I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)Style type="text/css" source="http://www.strikefile.com/" author="Thomas Zwaagstra" table, tr, td{ background-color:transparent; }body, body.bodycontent{ background-color:rgb(18,12,12); } a I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)