Midnite Snake take hyper-spastic acid guitar rock to new extremes. Highly recommended to fans of Sonic Flower and High Rise and over-the-top guitar playing!!

Paul Quattrone's powerful and bombastic drums along with Jim Lingo's steady bass rhythms provide the backbone for the extended 60s lead guitar jamming from Alexei Plotnicov. There's just no let up during the eight songs of jarring distortion from these guys. I expected some lighter shadings in there like in the long version of Iron Butterfly's "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" to rest my rattling brain, but these guys just never let up. My ears hurt from this one. Midnite Snake is raw, dirty and like the soundtrack to a full-scale military assault.

Like The Atomic Bitchwax, Midnite Snake have an affinity for classic rock and captures the manic energy of the MC5 with the sound of greats like Blue Cheer and Jimi Hendrix. In fact, there�s a good chunk of the latter�s influence in guitarist Aleixei Plotnicov�s playing. But rather than mimic Hendrix� s playing, he�s a manic force of his own, soloing away on each song. The rhythm section of bassist Jim Lingo and drummer Paul Quattrone keep an interesting and solid backbone to the songs. Overall, it�s good psychedelic garage rock. As with all strong instrumentals, after hearing Midnite Snake�s self titled release, you wonder why bands bother with vocalists at all.

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