From Townsend Records:
‘Red Light Fever’ is the debut album by Hotleg, it features 10 tracks including the ‘I’ve Met Jesus’ and the forthcoming single ‘Cocktails’, the album is released on CD and a limited edition translucent red vinyl LP.
Also available to order is the new single ‘Cocktails’, released on CD and 7 inch vinyl.
You can order both the CD Single & 7 inch together at a reduced price (also available individually) add the CD or LP to your cart at the same time and get the bundle even cheaper.
For further information and to order click here
Also available from www.amazon.co.uk , www.play.com , and the other usual suspects.
Track listing :
1. Chickens
2. You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore
3. Ashamed
4. I’ve Met Jesus
5. Trojan Guitar
6. Cocktails
7. Gay In The 80s
8. Prima Donna
9. Whichever Way You Wanna Give It
10. Kissing In The Wind
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Hot Leg have decided to bring Christmas forward this year and reduce the prices on all Hot Leg t-shirts available via their online store. All shirts are now £5 (or equivalent in your currency) and will stay at that price until they are all gone. Several items have already sold out, so if you were thinking of getting a loved one the perfect Christmas gift (yes this is extremely early for buying Christmas presents) then you need to click on the merch link, fast.
These photos were taken 24.12.08 and 21.4.09 by Insenerator and all of Hot Leg, but nice anyway.
8. Hot Leg – Red Light Fever: This one will have slipped under most people’s radars, maybe more so in the U.S., but even here in the UK they’re not known outside of being Justin Hawkins’ (from The Darkness) new band. They’re a great band in their own right, and their debut is full of all the huge riffs and falsetto vocals that turned Justin Hawkins into a superstar towards the middle of the decade. From ballads like “Kissing in the Wind” to high-energy classic rock with “Whichever Way You Wanna Give It”, there isn’t really a bad track on it. It’s was rock music was in the ‘80s, and what it should also be – loud, epic and fun.
Hot Leg: “Cocktails”
Justin Hawkins has been out of the limelight for some time, but since the Darkness he has been writing lots of songs for other bands and… Adam Lambert. Hot Leg is his new group, and it’s basically a step up from a hair metal cover band. But their music sounds modern. This is maybe the best song ever about mixed drinks, which is a perfect song for a bar.
Albums of 2009: 5 – 1
Spotify Playlist for the top albums of 2009 can be found here… Does It Rock Albums of 2009
5) Hot Leg – Red Light Fever
Hot Leg bring back the ‘amps to 11′ classic rock with the return of the one and only spandex clad rocker Justin Hawkins. Justin has re-emerged blonder than usual post-drug addiction with a sense of humour firmly in tact alongside his guitar genius, not forgetting his crafty skill of writing great pop tunes.
If you have a sense of humour the lyrics on Red Light Fever will definitely please. Lines like “Fame Academy, Pop-Idol, Are Making Me Suidical” & “It’s only because we watch this S**t that they keep on making more of it” on the talent show mocking Ashamed. “Cock Cock Cock Cock…..tails” screams the soaring queen-esque falsetto on Cocktails, not forgetting this line from Chickens a nonsensical tribute to living on your own “And the clock just keeps on ticking, There’s nothing here but this chicken”. Vocals (from Justin’s self proclaimed Truth Larynx) on this album are superb with his superhuman falsetto. Hawkins is surely one of the rock vocalists of the decade.
Vocals aside the rock never stops with huge power chords leading cracking melodies throughout this top notch album. Hot Leg are set apart from their counterparts with their use of the keyboards to bolster their rock sound, Cocktails has a distinctly 80s electro feel before exploding into their most catchy track with great melodies and a superb guitar solo as well. Their pop slantings are ever present with uber-infectious melodies and instantly lovable chorus’ flowing through the heart of this album.
If you want a hard rocking album packed with mammoth riffs, catchy melodies, fun times, chuckles galore and an epic singalong…what your looking for is Red Hot Fever.
Top Track: Cocktails – Keyboards, Guitars, Fun, Riffs, Falsetto’s, Solo’s, Melody and Catchiness … What more could you wish for?
7. Hot Leg – Red Light Fever
Since The Darkness broke up and Stone Gods didn’t really carry their old sound, Hot Leg picked up the slack with Justin Hawkins’ glam rock awesomeness. I’ve Met Jesus is obviously my favourite song.
Artist: Hot Leg
Album: Red Light Fever
Favorite track: I’ve Met Jesus
Justin Hawkins can singlehandedly keep the glam alive. Songs like Chickens, I’ve Met Jesus, Gay In The 80’s are fun and irresistable. He is over the top, right where he belongs!
71. I’ve Met Jesus – Hot Leg
We gotta admit it – we love Justin Hawkins’ post Darkness band. The (now) twirly-moustached frontman’s off-the-wall sense of humour, sometimes (but not always) diluted with the ‘Ness, shines through like Bill Ward’s underpants on the cover of Sabotage on this infectiously jaunty offering. Plus we really dig the chorus: ‘I’ve met Jesus and he’s nothing like you.’ A far-out falsetto feast. Watch the video here.
8. Red Light Fever – Hot Leg
When Justin Hawkins quit The Darkness, I’ll admit…I was disappointed. More than a guilty pleasure, I absolutely loved The Darkness, and was sad to see them ago. They were the first “rock” band I got into of my own accord (Green Day were nearly that band, but my friends recommended them in 2002), and I’ll always have soft spot for Permission To Land.
From the ashes of The Darkness came two bands- Stone Gods and Hot Leg. Whilst Stone Gods gave me my favourite album of 2008, Hot Leg released their debut Red Light Fever. After seeing Hot Leg in my hometown the summer before this was release, I was expecting great things from the new material, and I definitely wasn’t disappointed. Whilst some tracks are merely “good” rather than “great”, there’s nothing bad on here, and it’s a nice nod back to when music was cheesy, but just damn fun.
17. Hot Leg – Red Light Fever
I was a massive fan of the Darkness, and I know that’s an unpopular thing to admit in some circles. Nevertheless, I was saddened when they broke up, as I think that Justin Hawkins is a really gifted (if immature) songwriter. Luckily, the debut effort by his next band sounded very much like the Darkness Part II. It’s not a perfect record, but the highlights are very high. Most importantly, it’s a lot of fun. The band is unashamed when it comes to the much maligned genre of 80’s pomp rock. Surprising, then, was the real artistry displayed here. The songs that aren’t intentionally tongue-in-cheek are impressive on a whole different level.
Hot Leg will be appearing at this stupendous event on Wednesday 2nd December, at the 02 Academy, Islington, London.
Tickets available from the Planet Rock site (though a bit difficult to see where when I looked) or Seetickets.
Hooray for Man Rock and festive stuff!
Edit – Pete won’t be there, he’s off on duty with OneeskimO, so Carlos Garcia of The Crave will be stepping in. See latest Hot Leg blog, link over to the right.
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