Now That's What I Call The Who Boys!

The time has come again. The magical, mental and mysterious Who Boys return from their remote castle in Switzerland to the streets of Hoxton, London Tahn and bring you 23 of the finest, freakiest, far-out-est mashups ever heard by mankind. Except this time it’s with a twist…

On this album, they break the genre of mashup wide open and take it into new territory … with rewritten lyrics, added vocals, added beats, Lord knows how many original elements … to quote Mr Fab:

"… a superior mixture of spoken-word absurdism, '60s kitsch, brutal electro beats, lovely harmony singing, and all the while sampling everything from country auctioneers and scratchy old 78s to headbangin' rock".

Thanks, Mr Fab. Hell, it don’t get much better than that! Christsakes, what more do you want!? This album is also extra special because it features collaborations with the Tony Crackburn Orchestra (explosively creative fun we had working together, too), and backing vocals from the incredible Crackettes (Mrs Crackburn and Mrs WhoBoy) - the finest harmonic vocal duo in the west.

It’s electric, it’s eclectic, it’s hectic, it’s … what is it? In this age of pigeonholes for every genre and sub-genre and sub-sub-genre, what the hell do you call it? Well, one thing’s for sure – once you’ve heard this album, you’ll know how to describe it in one short sentence: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE WHO BOYS!!!

In a word, it's EVERYTHING. As my mum described it, before I killed her - God bless her corpse...

01 - Beat Caroline

Status Quo, Shaggy and The Who Boys’ own beats and vox create a trip back to mindless boogie merchant rock n roll, set to drum n bass!

02 - I Feel Ace

Donna Summer meets Motorhead with a dash of Leftfield – hard rock meets disco in a rock groove meltdown!

03 - Dr. Buck's Flake and Vac

A collaboration with the Tony Crackburn orchestra, with added vox from the Crackettes. The Fall + the 70’s flake advert theme, with a bit of the Shake n Vac advert tune thrown in – featuring added original lyrics!

04 - Tony Crackburn

Featuring Les Baxter, another collaboration with TCO, including a Who Boys rap about the enigmatic man that is Mr Tony Crackburn.

05 - The Revenge Of Dub Auctioneer

Enduser meets samples from the 1976 film, Stroszek – yes, the infamous Dub Auctioneer returns, once more back from his specially built coffin in the nether regions of WhoBoys Castle.

06 - Let's Go Deano

Flipper’s Guitar meets Dean Martin plus samples from the man’s showbiz career and ensuing documentaries, with subtle added beats and WhoBoys football-style chants...too clever for its own good...

07 - Frank's Here

Incidental music from Blue Velvet meets Breakbeat Era and various added beats, with Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth going mental over it. We had about 3 orgasms whilst doing this, but in different cities.

08 - Here Comes Johnny Sheddy

Reworking of Johnny Reggae by the Piglets, with a lyric dedicated to our beloved John Shed, sung by Mrs Crackburn and Mrs Whoboy (The Crackettes) as well as all the Who Boys and Tony Crackburn, and featuring a cameo from Mr John Shed himself!

09 - AudioCline

Patsy Cline meets Audioslave and has a right good shag.

10 - Devil is Dead Metal

Another joyous collaboration with the TCO, Marilyn Manson meets the Devil is Dead, popularised by the Wolfetones, with the whole gang on backing YEAAAHs, plus the added harmonies of Feelin’ Groovy by those wonderful Crackettes!!!

11 - Sgt. Java

Set to the Beatles and various library samples, the Who Boys sing ‘Java Jive’, popularised by the Ink Spots, with added backing vox from the Crackettes!

12 - Dear Mrs. Rochester

Charlie Barnet’s Charleston Avenue with an original Who Boys vocal, about an erudite gentleman in the twenties who got chopped up into little pieces by his rich girlfriend.

13 - Whoobie Doobie

The Doobie Brothers meet various DnB artists and it all gets a bit out of hand. Get your genitals out - this is a good one to 'frig' to.

14 - Dig My Fuck

With a loop supplied by Tony Crackburn, The Who Boys rap about a man who lived near John Shed and dug tunnels under the his neighbours’ houses and their street for a hobby. He was good at it, too. We need people like this.

15 - Loops Inside My Head

Subvert meets Scuba and a sample from the film Blue Velvet and some string stabs from Mr Igor Stravinsky himself. With a lyric adapted by Mrs Crackburn from the disco classic "Oops Upside Your Head” by The Gap Band, a track about every bootlegger's dilemma - getting loops and samples to fit together, things being OOK etc.

16 - Hey Lola

Keith Mansfield meets the Who Boys rendition of the kinks’ Lola, plus glorious backing harmonies by the beeeeeautiful Crackettes, finishing with a bit of the old Hey Jude, but Lolarised. A track with soul balls - suck them at your peril.

17 - In The Kitchen At Parties

Enduser meets Jona Lewie’s ‘In the Kitchen at Parties – a certain WhoBoy met Jona Lewie at his birthday party and came home with a beautiful, demented vision…a version of the early 80’s classic with reworked lyrics, in a vicious drum n bass style. We emailed the mp3 to Mr Lewie but there was no response. Imagine the nastiest, maddest bastard in the kitchen at the last party you went to...this is his song...

18 - Magpie

DJ Shadow meets a radical reworking of the Spencer Davis Group’s 70’s TV show theme, with lots of original bits and bats thrown in

19 - Gotta Hava

A drum n bass reworking of the famous 'Hava Nagila'

20 - Satisfaktion

A vicious, cold, heavy revamp of the Stones’ 60s’ hit Satisfaction, with lyrics about being attacked by charity muggers (employed by companies driven by psychotic leeches with twisted notions of making big money in the charity sphere at any and all cost to human dignity) and newspaper vendors (who are allowed to obstruct citizens' access to station entrances, unlike the old 'illegal buskers' who were actually rather good and who were always 'moved on' for 'causing an obstruction', even in Leicester Square, in central London, where there is quite a lot of space for people to get past. Ever feel like the card game of life is a bit rigged? Wake up, people, your culture is being sold from underneath you. And this is only the beginning...).

21 - Shortnin' Bread

Sinister, glorious reworking of the classic Jewish folk song.

22 - Limp Withers

Another collaboration with the Tony Crackburn Orchestra, Limp Bizkit meets Bill Withers and turns on that groovy soulful feelin’ – good for wazzing to.

23 - Mars Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet meets Gustav Holst in a ferociously fabulous finale.