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Pirato Ketchup

Rank #5 Liege, BE Rock / Surf / Garage

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Members: Monkey Ju (Guitar) Wild Wild Will (Guitar) Flying Marty (Guitar) Doctor Fan Kenstein (Bass) Ben Plastic (Drums)

Sounds Like: The Razorblades, The Taikonauts, Satan's Pilgrims

Bio: (French Below)

Summer ’65 : five guys from Walifornian Middlecoast form Pirato Ketchup, a unique fun band ! Influenced by new surf rock craze, their music is also related to movies and tv-series soundtrack, with a garage sound and tons aof reverb ! The band successed in mixing surf music along w... See Full Bio

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“Pirato Ketchup is a 5 piece surf band with 3 guitars from Belgium! Lots of originality here, but you will hear influences of rockabilly, Spaghetti Western, horror surf, and Eastern Europe. High energy; drips ocean water especially track 5. PGM: Track 6 appears to be 18:30 long; actually 5:30, then 10:00 silence, then 3:00 hidden track at end. ”

— Cousin Mary, KFJC On-Line Review

“Surf music has spread across the European continent for years, but there aren’t too many surf bands based in Belgium. The most famous are probably Fifty Foot Combo and Speedball Jr. Well, there’s another band to add to the list – the oddly named Pirato Ketchup. Don’t let the name scare you off though – this band delivers slightly lo-fi, aggressive surf rock with a down n’ dirty edge. You might even say there’s a touch of punk rock to their sound. This is their debut CD-EP, with 6 original songs (7 if you include the secret bonus track at the end – whoops, guess it isn’t a secret any more!). ”

— Sean Berry, Continental Magazine #18

“Liège, capitale mondiale du Surf, abrite en ses murs un combo militant pour l'érection d'une statue de Quentin Tarantino, place Saint Lambert. Ses membres, loin d'être manchots, s'astiquent le manche le soir dans le garage d'un quartier malfamé proche du carré et à l'occasion, ils sortent volontiers leur Bat-mobile pour secourir la veuve et l'orphelin. Sacrément compulsive, foutrement jouissive, excessivement contagieuse, leur musique essentiellement instrumentale s’étale comme le sirop local. Des thèmes comme « Escape from Trinidon » ou « Kryptonic » donnent le (bon) t(h)on, et l'ambiance est aux réjouissances, bien avant le 15 août.”

— Akim Serar, Musiczine

“Speed Surfer is loaded with engaging, original, and way off the beaten path surf music. There may only be a handful of tracks here, but there is a ton of invention and abnormal musical thinking. Check your attitude hat at the door and prepare for new horizons. Pirato Ketchup is to surf what Captain Beefheart (RIP) is to the electric blues!”

— Phil Dirt, Reverb Central

“Their debut EP "Speed Surfer" definitely toes the line musically. Fast drumming and layers of reverb-infused guitars for the backbone of every track but one, in a style reminiscent of bands like The Woggles or The Wrong Notes. best of all is the - already - old fashioned "hidden track", a cover of the Singing Nun's "Dominique" played in the manner of The Shadows. Sweet Baby Jesus !”

— PM Doutreligne, Brussels Unlimited (extract)

“Ganz neu in der Szene sind Pirato Ketchup aus Lüttich. Die Band um das Clepak-Kollektiv - eine Konzertinitiiative, die Rock'n'Roll, Surf und Punk-Konzerte in Verschiedenen Clubs in Lüttich veranstaltet - hat gerade ihren ersten Longplayer "Speed Surfer" veröfftenlicht und bietet in ihrem Liveset klassiche surfhits, eignene songs und originele Coverversionen, unter enderem "Guns of Brixton" von The Clash. Ausgestattet mit drei (!!!) Gitarristen ist die junge Band gerade auf Frankreich-Tour. Für den coolen Instromix der Lütticher Band braucht man laut Gitarrist Julien : "Vintage Surf, alten Rock'n'Roll, Horrorfilme, Piraten, Fender-Gitarren, sexy Girls und Barbecues".”

— Martin Schmidt, Dynamite! Magazine

“Pirato Ketchup est un groupe liégeois qui propose du surf rock résolument fun. Dès l'écoute du titre éponyme qui ouvre "Speed Surfer", on se sent transporté dans l'Amérique mythique de Dick Dale. Vient enseuite l'excellent et endiablé "Escape from Tridion" qui pourrait figurer sur la BO du prochain Tarantino. (...) "Speed Surfer" est donc le genre d'EP qui donne envie d'en découvrir plus ! ”

— pf, Rif Raf (extract)

“Si la musique Surf ne se chante généralement pas, cela n’a pas empêché nos lascars, quand même un peu punk dans l’âme, d'exprimer quelques irrévérences par le biais d’introductions samplées. En fin de Dr Krokov (le dernier titre), PIRATO KETCHUP y met une dernière couche cachée après 666 secondes, avec une reprise et adaptation surf pas très catholique…”

— Fred Brichaux, Shoot Me Again (extract)

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Nov 4, 2010
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Jun 21

Inside out
Liege, BE | 7:00pm
Inside out
Liege, BE
Fri Jun 21 7:00pm
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Sat
Jun 22

Source-O-Rama
Chaudfontaine, BE | 7:00pm
Source-O-Rama
Chaudfontaine, BE
Sat Jun 22 7:00pm
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Jul 3

Far West
Liege, BE | 9:00pm
Far West
Liege, BE
Wed Jul 03 9:00pm
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Oct 25

Salle du Kao
Lyon, FR | 8:00pm
Salle du Kao
Lyon, FR
Fri Oct 25 8:00pm
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