Whether The Meteors invented psychobilly or not is debatable, but their loyalty to the cause certainly isn’t. With 30 years, almost as many studio albums and a whopping 6,000 gigs under their belt, they show few signs of slowing down.
The no-frills Pure Evil Live captures them performing a rubber-burning set at last year’s Rock’n’Ink festival in Germany. They still adhere to their strict “no politics or religion” manifesto but, while frontman P Paul Fenech now resembles a tattooed, blood-spitting Aleister Crowley, rather than the portly, cherubic figure of yore, his band’s inspired mash-ups of Link Wray, Screamin’ Lord Sutch and UK Subs remain as incendiary as ever, whether they’re cutting loose on frenzied rockers (Graveyard Stomp, I Am Insane) or crafting (ahem) tender love songs such as If You Don’t Want To Fuck Me, Baby Fuck Off.
If you’re off the blocks early, there’s a deluxe limited edition with a Best Of People Like You Years CD and a Fenech figurine up for grabs. All formats have a generous slew of extras, including additional rare live footage and vintage promos – among them an impressively brawny cover of The Stranglers’ Go Buddy Go. Blood-curdling fun all round, basically.
