MANTRA II

Time? To Rock? ... Time? To... PUNK?As Mantra II cruise to the release of the new album "WEREWOLVES OF LONDON."
There may soon be time... to breathe. Especially for CAT MANTRA, the overworked, tortured, and possibly, insane lead singer and songwriter.
For many, or even most, the creation of music is purely egotistical, or.. capitalistic? But for CAT MANTRA, it is neither. It is only because THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. Or even, what he HAS to do. To retain some sense of reality. And not let a virtually unstoppable lurking niggling feeling of existentialism take over.
ALL you hear from MANTRA II is - The Truth.
CAT MANTRA has gained the respect of his peers. And, perhaps, his HEROES.
Former ADAM AND THE ANTS drummer Terry Lee Miall is now a firm fixture of MANTRA II. (One of Cat Mantras heroes!)
Former ADAM AND THE ANTS lead guitarist, and general punk legend Marco Pirroni guests on BOTH Mantra albums released thus far.
MANTRA II is NOT a copy, not a Xerox, but it IS a result of many influences. There is NO SUCH THING as a new Genre.
Enjoy the second revolution. BE DISMAYED if you were not there for the first.
GENERATION X will be the last.
FROM AMAZON.COM:
'Mantra 2 are an exciting mixture of 80's individualism, colourful image and new beats for the millenium. Added to this great melodies and some intoxicating guitar riffs makes MANTRA 2 a REAL breath of fresh air. As they would say: "Be One of us". Something we would definitely recommend. They are the NEW new romantics. '
FROM "PUNK TRANNY": 'More Sevenths than Oasis, more BOLLOCKS than the Pistols'
FROM "EXPOSED MAGAZINE UK": 'Chant Mantra II uses a sample from Duran Duran's "All she wants is." Except, sacriligeous as it sounds... its better.'
FROM "HOLLY HERNANDEZ" (Melody Maker/NME): 'He wrote "love falls down" about a girl who stole his soul. (In this track) He "croons" breathily over acoustic guitars.'
FROM "JAMES DOORNE" (Bizarre UK):
"He's shunning the limelight and turning Mantra II into a cartoon band. Too right."
Info from cartrouble.nl :
Mantra II News - Werewolves Of London, the new album from Mantra II is now available to order at HMV.co.uk.
The 12 track CD, which features Terry Lee Miall, Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou was released on August 21st 2006. It is a landmark release as it brings Terry and Marco together on the same recording for the first time in 25 years.
The album also features seven tracks post-produced by Carty.
Here's the track listing:
01 - Werewolves Of London (ft Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou)
02 - Don't We Miss You Know
03 - Honesty
04 - Wise Lies
05 - Confusion (ft Terry Lee Miall) (post-production by Carty)
06 - Angels Are Forever (ft Marco Pirroni and Terry Lee Miall) (post-production by Carty)
07 - Those Crazy Demons (ft Terry Lee Miall) (post-production by Carty)
08 - See Mantra
09 - Star (post-production by Carty)
10 - (Chant) Mantra II (Filthy Remix) (remixed by Carty)
11 - Goodbye (Part 1 ) (post-production by Carty)
12 - Goodbye (Part 2) (post-production by Carty)
All the big names will be attended the album's launch party in London on August 12th, which I'd rather not talk about as I was unable to make it on that date. I hope the beer was flat and the JD tasted likes horse piss. :-)
The last album "This is Called Fantasy" is available in all good stores in the USA, and through AMAZON in the UK.
Go here:THIS IS CALLED FANTASY
AND THE NEW ALBUM IS RELEASED ON AUGUST 21ST 2006. ORDER IT HERE NOW: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2, 2006:
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON to be released in the USA in Spring 2007.
News is seeping in/out? of possible new recordings. Mantra plan to release a limited edition Vinyl EP in SUMMER 07. Whether or not this leads to a further album is yet to be announced. But the EP is GUARANTEED to be the peak of whatever the hell this has all been leading to...
UPDATE: NOVEMBER 18, 2006:
Mantra II will be going out LIVE in 2007.
NOVEMBER 28,2006:
First show:
Main site: www.mantra2.com
The FIRST Mantra digital release from 2004 is now available here: