Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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14627983 | Play | Run The Night | 05:09 Tools | |
14627984 | Play | War Cloud | 07:40 Tools | |
14627987 | Play | I'm A Freak | 05:01 Tools | |
14627988 | Play | The Axeman Cometh | 06:55 Tools | |
14627986 | Play | Wicked Lady | 05:01 Tools | |
14627989 | Play | Life and Death | 10:03 Tools | |
14627985 | Play | Out of the Dark | 10:20 Tools | |
14627990 | Play | Rebel | 03:38 Tools | |
14627991 | Play | Living on the Edge | 03:38 Tools | |
14627993 | Play | Tell The Truth | 05:08 Tools | |
14627992 | Play | Sin City | 07:05 Tools | |
14627995 | Play | Passion | 09:29 Tools | |
14627994 | Play | Ship Of Ghosts | 22:00 Tools | |
14627997 | Play | Why Don't You Let Me Try Your P.C.P. | 05:02 Tools | |
14627996 | Play | Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 04:41 Tools | |
14627999 | Play | Why Don't You Let Me Try | 05:00 Tools | |
14628000 | Play | Voodoo Chile | 04:41 Tools | |
14628001 | Play | Let's Talk Passion | 08:29 Tools | |
14628014 | Play | Wicked Lady - Out Of The Dark | 10:17 Tools | |
14628009 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Run The Night | 05:12 Tools | |
14628007 | Play | The Axeman Cometh [Instrumental] | 06:55 Tools | |
14628024 | Play | Psychotic Overkill | 58:29 Tools | |
14628008 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman C | 05:13 Tools | |
14628018 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Rebel | 03:36 Tools | |
14628015 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (02) - War Cloud | 07:40 Tools | |
14628029 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh | 06:55 Tools | |
14628051 | Play | War Cloud (1969) | 07:40 Tools | |
14628025 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Life and Death | 10:03 Tools | |
14628013 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Out of the Dark | 10:18 Tools | |
14628035 | Play | The Wicked Lady - War Cloud | 07:40 Tools | |
14628017 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (05) - Wicked Lady | 06:07 Tools | |
14628012 | Play | Voodoo Chile (Hendrix) | 04:41 Tools | |
14628011 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Living on the Edge | 10:09 Tools | |
14628019 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (01) - Run The Night | 05:12 Tools | |
14628022 | Play | The Wicked Lady - Wicked Lady | 06:07 Tools | |
87472252 | Play | I Am a Freak | 06:07 Tools | |
14628006 | Play | War Cloud (Part II) | 06:56 Tools | |
14628003 | Play | War Cloud (Part I) | 07:43 Tools | |
14628036 | Play | Wicked Lady (1969) | 06:07 Tools | |
14628034 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (04) - Life And Death | 10:03 Tools | |
14628030 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (03) - War Cloud | 06:55 Tools | |
14628028 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (06) - Out Of The Dark | 10:18 Tools | |
14628042 | Play | I'm Freak (1972) | 04:56 Tools | |
14628045 | Play | The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh - (08) - Living On The Edge | 10:09 Tools | |
54537513 | Play | A01. I'm A Freak | 10:09 Tools | |
14628027 | Play | The Axman Cometh (1969-1972) | 00:03 Tools | |
14628021 | Play | Life & Death | 10:03 Tools | |
54537515 | Play | A04. Let's Talk Passion | 10:20 Tools | |
14628016 | Play | 06 Out Of The Dark | 10:20 Tools | |
54537514 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 1 - i'm a freak | 10:20 Tools | |
14628020 | Play | 02 War Cloud (Part I) | 07:42 Tools | |
14628026 | Play | 03 War Cloud (Part II) | 06:55 Tools | |
54537516 | Play | A03. Sin City | 10:03 Tools | |
54537517 | Play | 07 Rebel | 10:03 Tools | |
54537518 | Play | B02. Tell The Truth | 00:03 Tools | |
54537519 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 4 - why don't you let me try your p.c.p | 00:03 Tools | |
54537520 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 5 - sin city | 00:03 Tools | |
89421895 | Play | Underneath The Neon Tonight | 00:03 Tools | |
54537521 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 2 - tell the truth | 00:03 Tools | |
87472253 | Play | The Axeman Cometh (full album) | 00:03 Tools | |
54537525 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 7 - ship of ghosts | 00:03 Tools | |
89421896 | Play | Manolito | 00:03 Tools | |
54537523 | Play | wicked lady - psychotic overkill - 3 - voodoo chile (slight return) | 00:03 Tools | |
89421897 | Play | Voodoo Child | 00:03 Tools | |
54537522 | Play | The Axman Cometh | 00:03 Tools | |
54537524 | Play | Living On The Ed | 00:03 Tools | |
89421898 | Play | Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)[Jimi Hendrix cover] | 00:03 Tools | |
89421899 | Play | Suicide Star | 00:03 Tools |
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.