Flaming Cocks - Cockaine (2006)
Tracklist: 01-pull the trigger
02-dead cities
03-stars
04-red lights
05-shut the fuck up
06-moetherfuckers ueber alles
07-god is on his way
08-neverending highway
09-johny
10-goodbye
11-crossroads
12-something to die for
13-try
14-bunny
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Flaming Cocks was at the begging a side project of five musicians from Prague but it has slowly become their main activity. The members come from different backgrounds, from different bands: Vertigo (ska), 2v1 (ska-punk), Drunken‘ Boomerang (ska), Bad Tones (psychobilly) and Dreadrot (HC), but there’s one thing they all have in common and that’s their passion for Rock’n’Roll! Influenced by bands like The Misfits, Turbonegro, Mötorhead, Mad Sin, The Peacocks but also by Elvis Presley and many others they’ve created their own version of punk, rock’n’roll, hardrock and hard core. Flaming Cocks play Turbo Rock’n’Roll! Their music is a mixture of punk playfulness and hard-core attack. All is wrapped up in a rock’n’roll veil. Slapping bass, melodic singalongs, hard guitars and attacking percussions are rushing ahead like a steam locomotive. Crazy drive!
Flaming Cocks were formed in 2002 and have already played over 100 of gigs and have appeared on big summer festivals in Czech Republic such as Rock For People or Mighty Sounds. Their biggest achievement so far is supporting The Mifsits in Prague in 2004. In spring 2006 will come out their first full lenght album. Line-up: vocal, guitar + vocal, guitar + vocal, upright bass, drums

During the last days of the Chinese zodiac's Year of the Cock, the Flaming Cocks embarked on their first tour: a handful of concerts around the Czech Republic, plus a gig each in Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava.
Life on the road taught the band a few lessons — most notably that big skinheads throw big punches and taxi drivers will steal inattentive passengers' belongings, requiring extensive intervention on the part of the Czech Embassy in Bratislava to get them back. But the experience overall was rewarding, and with the group's first album due out this spring and heads full of hopes and experiences, the Cocks now know what to do when they hit the road again.
"The tour was short, but intensive," says guitarist Krleš Lukeš, who also plays in ska band 2v1. "After the five days, we realized that if we went on a longer tour, we have to drink less and take care of ourselves more."
The Flaming Cocks' name came from a group Lukeš played in as an exchange student in Massachusetts when he was in high school. The U.S. Cocks never played out or recorded anything, so Lukeš hung on to the moniker and revived it for the local version.
A concept shared by Lukeš and Kuba SiRor, both of whom had been playing in ska bands and wanted to expand to rock 'n' roll, gave birth to the Flaming Cocks. The guitarists' idea required two things: a standup bass and vocals in English. The two estimate that there are only five standup bassists in punk or rock bands in Prague, so they were lucky to score Matuj Fesanicz, who also plays in the psychobilly band Bad Tones. For vocals, they found Mirek Škultéty, the singer of ska band Drunken Boomerang and a screenwriting student at FAMU. Honza "Hrky" Hrkal, who also drums for hardcore band Dreadrot, supplies the brawny beats and juvenile jokes.
The lineup cemented, the Flaming Cocks set out to assault the world with their "turbo rock 'n' roll," a phrase they use to describe the Cocks' blend of punk, rock and hardcore. The idea is that no matter what musical background someone comes from — fans of one member's ska project don't often show up at another's psychobilly show, for example — rock 'n' roll unites the world, especially when it's played loud, fast and dirty.

"Everything is rock 'n' roll," says Škultéty, who had a role in the 2004 film Pánská jízda. "Even though I'm ignorant, that's what I know."
The biggest problem fans of the members' other bands have is that they're not quite sure how to dance at a Flaming Cocks show. Aficionados of hardcore music need to adjust their tempos on the floor; ska fans don't get to skank.
SiRor has a bit of advice for those who turn up at this Saturday's punk festival at Matrix to catch an earful and find themselves unsure what to do with their feet as their bodies fill with Flaming Cocks rock: "This is rock 'n' roll," he says. "Either watch or pogo."
Milan Gagnon can be reached at features@praguepost.com