29 December 2009
Newsdesk
The Hot Rats ply at London Relentless Garage on Tuesday 2nd February, Tickets are £12.50.
To celebrate the release of The HotRats album Turn Ons, Supergrass members Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey will embark on a whistle-stop world club tour.
The duo will be dropping in and playing club shows in Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London and Paris over a two-week period in January.
If they survive the journey and accompanying exploits, Gaz and Danny will be back in time for a London show at The Garage on February 2nd.
Best known as one half of Britain’s much loved rock pop combo Supergrass, Gaz Coombes & Danny Goffey teamed up with producer Nigel Godrich to create their own ‘Pin Ups’ style album under the moniker HotRats
Danny, Gaz & Nigel give you their unique take on favourite classics celebrating pop and rock’s greatest contributors from the last 40 years.
The HotRats album ‘Turn Ons’ features 12 covers:
I Can’t Stand It (The Velvet Underground)
Big Sky (The Kinks)
Crystal Ship (The Doors)
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (Beastie Boys)
Damaged Goods (Gang of Four)
Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)
Bike (Pink Floyd)
Pump it Up (Elvis Costello)
The Lovecats (The Cure)
Queen Bitch (David Bowie)
EMI (Sex Pistols)
Up The Junction (Squeeze)
www.thehotrats.com
