Wicked Lady

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Run The Night 05:09 Tools
War Cloud 07:40 Tools
I'm A Freak 05:01 Tools
The Axeman Cometh 06:55 Tools
Wicked Lady 05:01 Tools
Life and Death 10:03 Tools
Out of the Dark 10:20 Tools
Rebel 03:38 Tools
Living on the Edge 03:38 Tools
Tell The Truth 05:08 Tools
Sin City 07:05 Tools
Passion 09:29 Tools
Ship Of Ghosts 22:00 Tools
Why Don't You Let Me Try Your P.C.P. 05:02 Tools
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 04:41 Tools
Why Don't You Let Me Try 05:00 Tools
Voodoo Chile 04:41 Tools
Let's Talk Passion 08:29 Tools
Wicked Lady - Out Of The Dark 10:17 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Run The Night 05:12 Tools
The Axeman Cometh [Instrumental] 06:55 Tools
Psychotic Overkill 58:29 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman C 05:13 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Rebel 03:36 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (02) - War Cloud 07:40 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh 06:55 Tools
War Cloud (1969) 07:40 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Life and Death 10:03 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Out of the Dark 10:18 Tools
The Wicked Lady - War Cloud 07:40 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (05) - Wicked Lady 06:07 Tools
Voodoo Chile (Hendrix) 04:41 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Living on the Edge 10:09 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (01) - Run The Night 05:12 Tools
The Wicked Lady - Wicked Lady 06:07 Tools
I Am a Freak 06:07 Tools
War Cloud (Part II) 06:56 Tools
War Cloud (Part I) 07:43 Tools
Wicked Lady (1969) 06:07 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (04) - Life And Death 10:03 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (03) - War Cloud 06:55 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (06) - Out Of The Dark 10:18 Tools
I'm Freak (1972) 04:56 Tools
The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (08) - Living On The Edge 10:09 Tools
A01. I'm A Freak 10:09 Tools
The Axman Cometh (1969-1972) 00:03 Tools
Life & Death 10:03 Tools
A04. Let's Talk Passion 10:20 Tools
06 Out Of The Dark 10:20 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 1 - i'm a freak 10:20 Tools
02 War Cloud (Part I) 07:42 Tools
03 War Cloud (Part II) 06:55 Tools
A03. Sin City 10:03 Tools
07 Rebel 10:03 Tools
B02. Tell The Truth 00:03 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 4 - why don't you let me try your p.c.p 00:03 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 5 - sin city 00:03 Tools
Underneath The Neon Tonight 00:03 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 2 - tell the truth 00:03 Tools
The Axeman Cometh (full album) 00:03 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 7 - ship of ghosts 00:03 Tools
Manolito 00:03 Tools
wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 3 - voodoo chile (slight return) 00:03 Tools
Voodoo Child 00:03 Tools
The Axman Cometh 00:03 Tools
Living On The Ed 00:03 Tools
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)[Jimi Hendrix cover] 00:03 Tools
Suicide Star 00:03 Tools
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Wicked Lady exemplifies the "record collector" bands that gain new life through reissues: in this case, Kissing Spell's albums The Axeman Cometh and Psychotic Overkill. Their appearance marked some belated recognition for the power trio, which Northampton singer-guitarist Martin Weaver formed in 1968 with drummer "Mad" Dick Smith and bassist Bob Jeffries. However, Wicked Lady never came within a whisper of the stratospheric status attained by Cream, or the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The band's liberal use of feedback -- and large biker following -- kept them relegated to clubs, even during the twilight hours of the psychedelic era. Awash in drink and drugs, Wicked Lady split up in 1970, but Smith and Weaver soon regrouped with new bassist, Del "German Head" Morley. The new lineup duly set about documenting its existence, as captured on Psychotic Overkill -- whose feel is looser than Axeman Cometh. The effect is a shotgun marriage of Black Sabbath-style rifferama, supported by a less risk-taking rhythm section. Weaver's vocal style lacks charisma, but his wah-wah and fuzz-driven guitar style carries the day. The highlights include a bluesy cover of Hendrix's "Voodoo Child," the sex 'n' drugs snapshot of "Sin City," and the howling, 21-minute epic, "Ship Of Ghosts." But Wicked Lady's erratic ways proved too difficult for clubowners, who eventually refused to let them play. (At one gig, the band reportedly played the same song over and over until an irritated management pulled the plug on them.) Wicked Lady imploded in 1972, but Weaver rebounded that same year by joining the Dark, a more psychedelic- and progressive-outfit. Their Round The Edges album became a Holy Grail for collectors -- because only a handful of copies were made for band members and their associates. (Kissing Spell reissued the album in 1991.) Weaver next teamed with classically-trained keyboardist Dave "Doc" Wadley -- who'd worked with a pre-Sabbath Tony Iommi -- in the Mind Doctors. Kissing Spell also reissued On The Threshold Of Reality, an album of laidback instrumental "head" music.Weaver most recently surfaced on the re-formed Dark's Anonymous Days (1996), which featured material written in the 1970s and 1990s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.