Since Cavestomp is coming up, some reviews to refresh the memories: from Mike's esteemed and reputable Gearhead: in Issue #3.....It is as follows: Review of new re-issue CD of "'All Black and Hairy" and "The Mirror Cracked".....(VOXX records)
...."The Gravedigger Five, along with the Morlocks were a great, great band. Even today looking back I have to admit that the mid-eighties West Coast garage/psych bands blew their East coast counterparts away(Plasticland, Vipers, etc.)clearly off the face of the earth. Only the Cynics could hang out on their block, and still do while these boys are sadly long gone. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who digs garage slop ad who by some freak circumstance, never heard this band. Also good for those familiar with the group but hasn't heard them in awhile. This shit stands the test of time and then some."

Mike LaVella, Editor of Gearhead Magazine

Cavestomp's Jon Weiss knows WE think The Vipers rock.... he booked us!

TROUSERPRESS writes:
On their first album, this now-defunct San Diego quintet puts down groovy, authentic-sounding (credit the production by label owner Greg Shaw) garage punk with convincing '60s clumsiness and sincerity. Any band that covers a song ("All Black and Hairy") by Screamin' Lord Sutch is already a few rungs up the cool ladder; the Gravediggers further add to the fun with a singer who fairly approximates the legendary T.S. Bonniwell and perfectly evocative arrangements and licks. If All Black and Hairy were 20 years old, it would now be a collectors' item.
Perhaps with that future possibility in mind, the first side of The Mirror Cracked consists of rehearsals and perfectly serviceable outtakes (mostly covers; one track features Paula Pierce of the Pandoras) from All Black and Hairy. The lo-fi live side, from a gig, repeats three of the same songs, including the title song and the cool prehensile sexism of "Be a Caveman."
(Ira Robbins)

Element 79 Review from Tucson Weekly:
ANYONE REMEMBER THE over-saturated '80s retro-garage band market that included a few shiny nuggets like the Fuzztones, Miracle Workers, the Chesterfield Kings and Gravedigger Five? Well, the Element 79 sure does. These Denver garage revivalists, like their cave-stomping brethren, take the bulk of their influence from scuzzy '60s basement-hatched bastards like the Sonics, Wailers, Standells and Count Five. Element 79 produces one savage Neanderthal whomp for such a sparsely attended three-piece stag party.

FROM GarageGreats Zine
Reuniting after years in other bands and overcoming death it seems are the real first five members of San Diego's hardest rocking, slop-rock monsters. Back from the Grave, could it possibly be?! Mysteriously alive, it's Leighton and The Gravedigger Five! To spook all the freaky cats and kittens around town. They'll be rockin’ your sissy socks off, and these cavemen will club you with their primitive, rockin’ sound. Beware and wussies watch out.

Official Website at The Gravedigger Five Official Site (Andrew Knowell)


NEW YORK, NY-- CAVESTOMP!- The Garage Rock Festacular!
Here's the vital information on Cavestomp if you have not visited their site, which is listed on every other page in this site. This year's Master of Ceremonies is Peter Zaremba of THE FLESHTONES. CAVESTOMP FULL INFO

Review from Flipside Magazine upcoming. This is all you really NEED to know about us. It only goes downhill from this point on.
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