Rock n’ Horror enthusiasts Lugosi creak open a forgotten world of cheesy ‘80s inspired VHS horror tapes for their new album, Video Nasty Remember video nasties, rubber monsters and glorious below-par, B-Movie acting from the 1980s? Well Irish-based punk / horror / rockers Lugosi are here to remind us all just how fantastically cheesy and tongue-in-cheek this forgotten era was. The bands’ sophomore album Video Nasty is out now and is jam-packed with eight slices of Rock n’ Horror madness that channels the spirit of Clutch, drinking with members of The Cramps and Misfits, while GWAR roll the next joint. This is B-Movie soundtrack gold, marinated with a true sense of rock n’ roll and zero fucks given. Who the hell are Lugosi? Lugosi formed in 2016 consisting of JM Burr & Jimmy Rooney (from Reverend JM’s Panic Worship), film maker and former Hungry Souls guitarist Alan Morton, and Neal Wright, formerly of Belfast’s Memento Mori. Influenced by the unholy quadrilogy of beer, books, movies and music, they embarked on a mission to make heavy music informed by horror and science fiction, infused with a singular humor and delivered with groove and style. Best described as a sonic Ed Wood movie transmitted through rock and roll, Lugosi have created a cartoon catalogue of monsters & myths, aliens, witches, vampires, secret societies and much, much more. Stylistically the band have been influenced by Danzig, Misfits, Clutch and Black Sabbath, with a smattering of Django Rheinhardt thrown in for good measure
