Tag: Don Cabellero

The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour #17 – 21st December 2019

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Music from Captain Beefheart, MIA, Danielson, Screaming Maldini, The Crowd, Lovely Little Girls, Bruno Nicholai, GISM, Sajjanu, Mason, Don Cabellero, Caroliner, Thingy, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Family Fodder, Teenage PHDs, The Girls, Soul Junk, Naked Raygun, Discharge.

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to have developed my friendly personality. I never used to be like this but have practiced hard and now have the self-confidence to talk to people openly.

To-do list

  • Talk to a stranger.
  • Compliment as many people as you can (sincerely).
  • Record new TCRAH.
  • Upload latest TCRAH.
  • Read 3 chapters.
  • Study some more Thai.
  • Sort some more CDs.

Did it list

  • Managed to do everything on my to do list today.
  • Talked with a stranger.
  • Complimented as many people as I could – Fern, Khawthang, Phuli, Sea, Prang, Amy.
  • Recorded new TCRAH.
  • Uploaded and shared latest TCRAH.
  • Read 4 chapters of Anna Karenina.
  • Studied a little more Thai.
  • Sorted CDs and music files.
  • Helped Amy prepare for tomorrow.
  • Got up before 8am.
  • Started looking at old writing etc.

I didn’t think I’d completed my to do list today but realised I did talk to a stranger, JaJa. She was sitting with her cat outside the copy shop. 
I complimented a few people today but realise I could compliment even more. It was good that it was in my mind though. 
Recording TCRAH felt a little rushed today because we are quite busy with other things – this meant that I didn’t get to experiment as much as I would’ve liked. 
Studying Thai at my own pace seems to suit me a little – if I can form that habit continually it will make me feel good.

When Chimps Attack – 25th December 2009

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 2 Comments

Cat #: 031TZM

In Sydney bands come and go like the breeze and When Chimps Attack are no exception.  4 dudes, mid to late twenty somethings came from out of nowhere to absolutely blast their stamp on the Sydney music scene and as quickly as they came it was over.  Various band members lived in huts in the jungles of South East Asia and one followed his heart to South America where, stepping off the plane he wondered ‘what the fuck am I doing here!?’  And then they were back. More brutal and more vicious than ever. 

And then they were gone again!  Destination Europe this time.  In between all the travels, gigs were played, shows filmed (Super 8 Diaries launch) and recorded plus some studio time in there too. And finally Santa is bringing it to you on Christmas Day.  A perfect CD collection featuring studio, live and rehearsal tracks – some familiar, others less so. This superb release on long time support label tenzenmen will be available via Paypal on the 25th of December and in shops after the new year. 

Often remembered for their nerve calming alcohol intake pre show, audiences stood mouths agape at the super tight hardcore ala Breadwinner, Oxes and Don Caballero.  What the fuck!  Who werethose guys? 

“Pummeling riffs, chainsaw vocals, MUCHO TIME SIG HEAVEN!!” said Matt Richards from 20/20 Trainwreck who was so impressed he invited the band to perform at the launch of the Super 8 Diaries show.  Other fans are difficult to quote as they’re often too stunned to find the right words, “..that second riff……”, “…the drums…” etc etc.  Number one fan, Shaun from tenzenmen, sums up his feelings outrageously stating “I want to say that I think When Chimps Attack could be the best band I’ve ever seen in my entire life.”  And that’s something from someone who saw Nirvana live in the Eighties and the Boredoms in the early Nineties! 

So, out of action yet again (at least in their home country) and in pursuit of other things life brings, let this CD tide you over until they can once again be reunited to bring that ferocious sound to stages across Australia.  It will happen.  tenzenmen says so. 

Available from Christmas Day online and in all good record stores thereafter, the When Chimps Attack CD collects 17 tracks of studio and live recordings and will cost just $10 postpaid.