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Kojoti (The Coyotes) are one more typical garage punk band with roots
deep in late 60s and early 70s. They started in 1993. Some members played
before in two not very known bands: Greaseballs (psychobilly/rockabilly)
and Pokvarena Masta (Dirty Imagination) (garage punk). Anyway, the war
stopped both bands to become more popular in ex-Yugoslavia. Both bands
just got their first releases and had very successful gigs all over the
land.
Anyway, when the war ended in Croatia - Kojoti became, together with
Majke, very popular new band. Their 1st cd comes out and they have big
hit with "Razuzdan i lud" (Wild and Crazy). If you ask me "Razuzdan i lud"
is very good and wild rhythm & blues song, but I think there are lot
of other songs from Kojoti's 1st album which had much more potential to
be hits. It's just question of taste. Definitely "Razuzdan i lud" is also
one of my favorite songs. Album starts with heavy boogie guitar riff of
"100 milja daleko od nje" (100 Miles Away From Her). It has nice chorus,
great old fashion guitar sound and punk energy. "Ti imas ono sto meni treba"
(You've Got What I Need) is inspired with early Stones honky tonk stuff.
Then comes "Razuzdan i lud" and after that the best song for me - "Posljednji
metak" (The Last Bullet). Great rhythm & blues riff, chorus, slide
guitar solo - and 2 minutes are sometimes too short. My favorites are also
rhythm & bluesy "Na kraju svijeta" (At The End of The World), punky
"Mocan San" (Mighty Dream) and the only song in english "Tear in my Beer".
I'm not sure if this song is Kojoti's song - but I really like that lazy,
bluesy and drunken song.
After very successful first album and many great gigs, Kojoti toured
Slovenia where they also played together with very famous band Partibrejkers
from Belgrade. When they came back to Croatia they were under strong boycott
because of that. Nobody wanted to play their music anymore and many bigger
clubs refused them. But Kojoti didn't care about nationalistic madness
and boycott and in 1996 they record the 2nd album "Halucinacija" (Hallucination).
"Halucinacija" is, as the title says, slight turn to
psychedelic sounds. Songs are bit longer, very good produced. I
have to say that Kojoti found their own sound, but I was not so happy with
it. I prefer their 1st album and that dirty guitar sound. "Halucinacija"
could be compared with - let's say - Kula Shaker, but then without that
strong Indian influences, if we forget intro of "Izgubljen u svemiru" (Lost
in Space). 2nd album was a big commercial success too. It's not bad record
at all. There are few really great songs: hit single "Hodala je 1/2 metra
iznad zemlje" (She Walked 1/2 Meter Above The Ground), psychedelic "Izgubljen
u svemiru" (Lost in Space), heavy 70s funky and punky "Uzmi ili ostavi"
(Take It or Leave It) with great wah wah guitar and hammond organ
and heavy psychedelic
"Izmedju stvarnosti i sna" (Between Reality & Dream).
Kojoti have 3rd cd too. It's called "Sex Disco Kung Fu" - funny name,
but I really don't know what's behind it. I'm still looking for it.
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