ASHTONES

NEW ALBUM "MAINLINE ROCKETS" AVAILABLE: CD on NICOTINE RECORDS
VINYL on TORNADO RIDE RECORDS (October 2K9)
PUNK GLOBE MAGAZINE (Nov. 2K10) by Ban Tasers (US)
".The Ashtones have the whole Johnny Thunders/Hano� Rocks/Bad Losers/Jacobites/Freddy Lynxx style of trashy glamour-punk cooked down to something you could fit in your blackened spoon. They cover Demolition 23 and The Clash. They feature a hot chick bassist who really totally "gets in"
.If you like glam,trash,glitter,punk or sleaze,this group has a flair for reviving the N.Y. Dolls/Hano� Rocks ragged school, and making it all seem so alive,again.
.I admire and envy ,The Ashtones, for staying together,standing tall,proudly building on tradition,and still getting away with it. This Shit's in my Blood. The Ashtones got all the power,and all the glory,and they know just what to bring.
My Global Mind (US) by Zeezee (2K10)
"In my time of listening to and reviewing music,I must say I haven't heard many english language bands hailing from France,but if this is the sort of stuff they have got going on over there at the moment,I'm going to have to chase up some more bands . . Songs like "SHE GOES COMMANDO","THE BIGGEST PRICK","DEAD SKIN" and the cover of "SO BORED WITH THE USA" are all songs that will make you want to get out the old denim jacket,cut your hair back into a mohawk and smash a beer bottle over your best mates head . . Dirty Back-Street Punk Rock done convincingly,combined with a better than average production makes for a very fun album and Mainline Rockets has found a home in my car cd stacker and will undoubtedly stay there for a fair while yet. ."
Weglam (Aug.2K10)
"In-you-face Garage Punk Rock'n Roll from France! These guys have been used to their daily Stooges/Ramones/Dead Boys fix hear it in these 11 wild rocking songs,in which you'll find cover of Demolotion 23's "Hammersmith Palais" (that's what we call good taste here at Weglam) and the Clash's ""So Bored with the USA" (can't never get bored with this song!).



Up Yours (Bowy/Dec 2K09)
"Mainline Rockets is just the right and hoped follow-up to "A She-Devil is my Dope Fiend" where the Ashtones had found the right approach on filthy,sleazy,back alley Punk Rawk'n Roll. Now they seem to have been back to their youth years when they were still pure at heart,still unaware of the threats,dangers and temptations which were to come upon them as they opened up the Pandora's box of Punk Rock."Mainline Rockets" revs up and boils,smokes and dazzles like a fucked up dragster eager to bum rubber on the race strip"



The Barman : "Mainline Rockets"
"three chords blasts of Dead Boys styled napalm divided into . But it's delivered with the force of two russian sailors on vodka-fueled shore-leave fighting over the same hooker"
No Front Teeth
"Vulgar,big riff rock'n roll from France that blends the punk rock elements of the Dead Boys and the Pagans with the more full-on rock sound of Turbonegro and Hano� Rocks.First time I ever heard these guys and I'm impressed."
Independent Kicks
"In der Aachener punkrockszene besitzen die Ashtones aus Nord-Frankreich schon so etwas wie einen legendenstatus,haben sie doch die szenekneipe das Hauptquartier zu ihrem zweiten wohn zimmer auserkoren und spielen dort in stetiger Regelm�ssigkeit. Sogur der K�semann auf der Aachener neumarkt tr�gt hin und wieder ein t. shirt der Ashtones"
Dig It (Gildas Cosperec)
"Oooch ! Ces Lillois l� ont d�sormais la puissance de feu du porte-avions de Lemmy et l'abattage d'une �quipe de d�molisseurs patent�s. �a sent la gn�le,le speed,les potards � 11 et la baston au cran d'arr�t pour un deal v�reux derri�re un rade chelou."
Addictif Zine (Pepito Ramirez)
"Les Ashtones,auteurs d'un 25 cm d�tonnant il y a quelque temps,montrent que lorsqu'il s'agit de faire parler la poudre,les Nordistes ne font pas semblant. Ils sont pareils aux Nordiques. Enregistr� en quatre jours seulement,cette dizaine de morcifs sentent la sueur,la clope et la biere. Le live,quoi!"



The Sinister Angels (UK)
"Imagine what would happen if you crossed Motorhead,the Almighty and the Sex Pistols,well you might just get Ashtones!
.Songs like "She goes commando","that Greasy spell","Ace of slut" (which I guess is a kind of ballad!),"Biggest Prick" and "Shit in my Blood" are great representations of what the band are all about. The album contains two covers "So bored with the USA" and an excellent version of the Demolition 23 classic "Hammersmith Palais".
The songs have so much energy and passion that seeing these guys live must really be an experience".



ASHTONES NICOTINE'S TEAM (Genova/Nov.2007)



2001, three guys brain smashed by "Young, Loud and Snotty", "L.a.m.f" and "It's Alive" chose to be ASHTONES (Thanx Ron & Scott).Then we were four, then five: it was the good line-up to do what we planned. We had gigs with bands like Gee Strings, Boss Martians, Sons of Cyrus, Peter Pan Speed Rock, Lucifer Starmachine. even Bellrays. 2003, we recorded a first demo "Rock&Roll Junkies". 2004, a second one "Santa Rocka Rolla".
2005: Ashtones record 4 songs at Kaiser Studio with Lucas Trouble. 3 of them find a place on "The Kaiser Fucks the New French Rock" (w/Holy Curse/Jerry Spider Gang/Dimi Dero Inc.). Among them the "Search & Destroy" cover where Lucas Trouble's organ do the napalm flow (A Vietnam VeteranWho else could do that??). On September,Ashtones is the only french band at the "Wasted" (Melkweg/Amsterdam).
2006: Ashtone Dav leaves and Ashtone D.Stroy joins the gang. July,from 14th to 17th, the band records 9 killing songs. "A She-devil is my Dope fiend" (10") is out on Octoberand YOU CAN GET IT MOTHERFUCKERS.
2007: Ashtones tour in Germany,Netherlands,Belgium and Italyget a deal with Nicotine Records for a first album Hellfire and Paradise Falls (9 studio songs 5 live songs).
2008: After a mini-tour in Germany,Debo leaved on May and Squatt entered as bass player. We're planning a spanish and an Italian tour,then a new album
But it's better to leave the mike to Bowy from the Pits'team: "A She-Devil is my Dope fiend" review (Up Yours/January 2007)
"Way more close to home comes the first vinyl output by the North French garage rats,THE ASHTONES. A unit led by skinny,razor-edged skin & bones vocals who looks and sounds as he's really been places and done all kinds of things you'd better not dare dream about. I mean he doe'nt only display credibility: he fuckin' IS streetwise credibility! These folks from Lille have been around over a few years,but-having them seen live a couple of times and judging from their previous demos-it was until they switched for a new lead guitar they actually got hold of a sound which fitted them really well. Of course this is greasy,filthy punk rock action running on booze,overtime medication,cheap night shop snacks and almost no sleep.""A She-Devil is my Dope Fiend" pretty much reveals the complete picture this 10" dwells in. This is the area where hoodlums like The Humpers,outcasts like The Pagans,hustlers and junkies like The Heartbreakers,living wrecks like The Dead Boys and jail birds like The Candysnatchers tend to meet and roams the cold,nightly outskirts of town. These tunes are the tails of the lost,the depraved,the shredded souls,the ripped-and-torn.and THE ASHTONES are able to lay down the goodies in the bare nakedness as a solid force to be reckoned with. Compared to their previous days I've seen this lot evolve. Due to hard work,relentless gigging and stubborn belief in their love for punkrock at its purest format this band has delivered a piece of wax that's way better than either Jerry Spider Gang or Holy Curse (to name some French acts who could be labelled in the same musical levels). These 9 cuts are way more into the Spannish region of Los Perros mixed up with some fine German Gee Strings elements. A nice surprise,done by the band themselves in a complete D.I.Y-effort. But nonetheless a worthwhile item to obtain especially since the 10" format seems to be way over it's hype and tends to be forgotten as a cool neat vinyl package."



> Some VidZ. >>



Wageni (Bochum/De/Oct. 21 2010)



NEW T. SHIRTS: Artwork EL ROTRINGO



NEXT GIG: NOVEMBER 18: START OF "UNDEFINITE MONSTER TOUR"



ASHTONES REAL RAW ROCK introduces .