I was sorting through piles of cds, tapes, records the other day and pulled out a cd I listen to (well the mp3 tracks, actually) all the time, Zeke's Til' the Livin' End. Inside the cover booklet it says "Ride to Live". I have no doubt that the members of Zeke were referring to motorcycles and not bicycles, but the sentiment works for me either way. This album hit sometime in '03-04 and is by far my favorite high intensity cycling soundtrack. The whole thing is a pretty brief affair with it only lasting maybe 30 minutes or so. However, it never lets up and even the slower tracks are driving as hell. This release has been in pretty much every playlist I have made since it came out. Unlike other tunes I never skip over any of these songs. I have other Zeke albums, but none of them sound like Til' the Livin' End. The production which was handled by Jack Endino screams of the best early Motorhead output. However, it is faster, heavier and more frantic. Zeke was once descibed in a review as sounding like the Dwarves if they snorted a bathtub of meth everyday. I think they are bit more focused than that, but whatever ya like is fine. I hope to catch Zeke live sometime as I can only imagine how their brand of sweaty rock'n'roll mayhem comes off live. Yikes!
Maybe I will grow up one day. Maybe not. More bike fun soon.
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