Numbskull Productions + Good Medicine Present: REVEREND BEAT MAN live at Club Car Bar!
7pm - All Ages - Tickets available now at the link below
Full bar and food menu will be available for purchase
“Reverend Beat-Man is a Swiss musician, DJ and record company owner. He performs as a one-man band, as the leader of psychobilly band The Monsters, and with other bands, in a style described as primitive rock and roll and as "gospel blues trash". He is also the founder and head of Voodoo Rhythm Records, a company based in Bern, Switzerland.”
“For some, rock'n'roll is a pastime, while for others it is a lifestyle. But for Swiss singer/songwriter and one-man band act Reverend Beat-Man it is nothing short of a religion.
With one foot planted firmly on each side of the line which separates heaven from hell, the saved from the damned, and the saints from the sinners, Reverend Beat-Man baptizes obscure music seekers in a river of sound wholly unique to him, offering his many listeners a sacrament of primitive rock'n'roll, gospel trash, surreal folk, and wild blues. To be sure, this scary-eyed fire and brimstone preacher of the Rock'n'Roll Word plays fiery rock guitar, works the drum kit with very capable feet, and pushes out gravelly vocals that sound almost like a combination of Depression-era bluesman Blind Willie Johnson and the singer/guitarist for the dark roots duo Those Poor Bastards, Lonesome Wyatt. The Reverend's mission as a primitive rock and blues trash evangelist, it seems, is to show us the hell in his demented heart in order to bring us all to the light. I mean, with songs like Jesus Christ Twist, I've Got the Devil Inside, Come Back Lord, Save My Soul From Hell, Back in Hell, The Lord is Coming Back, Oh Lord!, and Fuck You Jesus Fuck You Oh Lord, how can we not assume as much?
It is evident that Reverend Beat-Man's sound has captured the collective ear of the rock'n'roll underground, especially among one-man band enthusiasts. In addition to extensive touring and being featured on several compilations, the Reverend has released one album, "Apartment Wrestling Rock'n'Roll," under his original moniker Lightning Beat-Man. After that, he went on to release two albums under the Reverend Beat-Man name, "Surreal Folk Blues Gospel Trash, Volumes I & II," and then a third titled "Get On Your Knees." Later, he went on to release an experimental album, "Your Favorite Position Is On Your Knees," alongside the Swiss industrial analog electro group Herpes-o-Deluxe under the moniker Reverend Beat-Man & The Church of Herpes. This last recording was received with mixed opinions by fans and press alike. The Reverend's faithful flock, most of them no doubt expecting more of the same, were thrown for a loop, as it were, and felt altogether removed from the highly processed sound and artificiality of it all. Of course, the Reverend Beat-Man & The Church of Herpes endeavor was not met with any apostasy...so far as I know, that is...and those in the loyal congregation of Reverend Beat-Man's Church of Rock'n'Roll remain as such.”