The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they called fish-head music.
The Radiators were formed in January 1978 after a jam session in keyboardist Ed Volker’s garage. At the time, Volker, Camile Baudoin and Frank Bua, Jr. were in a band called The Rhapsodizers, while Dave Malone and Reggie Scanlan were in a band called Road Apple. Scanlan had also, not long before, been a member of Professor Longhair’s touring band. The five musicians felt an immediate rapport. Scanlan later said, “we jammed for five hours straight, then all quit our old bands the next day.
Described by OffBeat magazine as “New Orleans’ longest-running and most successful rock band”, The Radiators’ had only limited commercial success, with only a handful of chart appearances, but, as a party band from a party town, their enthusiastic live performances, danceable beats and relentless touring earned the band a dedicated following and the admiration of many of their peers. In a feat of continuity rarely seen in the rock music world, the five-man line up in the year of their breakup (2011) is the same one as when the band formed in 1978.
Zig-Zaggin’ Through Ghostland is the fourth album by The Radiators, and their third studio album. There’s a slightly more aggressive approach here, but, in essence, The Radiators‘ albums are all of a piece, probably because the group had been together so long when they got signed. Some of the material here dates back to 1979, but it sounds fresh as well as seasoned.
Credits
Recording information: Southlake Studio, New Orleans, LA Zig-Zaggin’ Thru Ghost Land
Audio Mixer: Joe Hardy.
Photographer: G. Andrew Boyd.
Genre: swamp rock
Length: 48:38
© 1989
Label - Epic Records
Described by OffBeat magazine as “New Orleans’ longest-running and most successful rock band”, The Radiators’ had only limited commercial success, with only a handful of chart appearances, but, as a party band from a party town, their enthusiastic live performances, danceable beats and relentless touring earned the band a dedicated following and the admiration of many of their peers. In a feat of continuity rarely seen in the rock music world, the five-man line up in the year of their breakup (2011) is the same one as when the band formed in 1978.
Zig-Zaggin’ Through Ghostland is the fourth album by The Radiators, and their third studio album. There’s a slightly more aggressive approach here, but, in essence, The Radiators‘ albums are all of a piece, probably because the group had been together so long when they got signed. Some of the material here dates back to 1979, but it sounds fresh as well as seasoned.
- “Confidential” (Ed Volker) — 4:13
- “Zigzaggin’ Through Ghostland” (Volker) — 3:42
- “Fall of Dark” (Volker) — 4:56
- “Squeeze Me” (Volker) — 3:38
- “Love Grows on Ya” (Volker) — 3:56
- “Dedicated to You” (Volker) — 3:35
- “But It’s Alright” (J. J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs) — 2:58
- “Memories of Venus” (Volker) — 3:49
- “Red Dress” (Dave Malone, Volker) — 3:35
- “Raw Nerve” (Malone, Volker) — 3:01
- “I Want to Live” (Volker) — 3:31
- “Hardcore” (Volker, Malone, Camile Baudoin, Frank Bua Jr., Reggie Scanlan, Glenn Sears) — 6:45
- “Meet Me Down in Birdland (Volker) — 4:08
Credits
- Ed Volker – keyboards, vocals
- Dave Malone – guitars, vocals
- Camile Baudoin – guitars, vocals
- Reggie Scanlan – bass
- Frank Bua Jr. – drums
- Glenn Sears – percussion
- Rodney Mills – producer, engineer
Recording information: Southlake Studio, New Orleans, LA Zig-Zaggin’ Thru Ghost Land
Audio Mixer: Joe Hardy.
Photographer: G. Andrew Boyd.
Genre: swamp rock
Length: 48:38
© 1989
Label - Epic Records
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