The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Seven Screaming Diz-Busters

Seven Screaming Diz-Busters is a new release by The Bastard Sons of Dennis. It is the latest track to be added to their Cosy Lube Turtle album. It is also the final track, which means… the Cosy Lube Turtle album is finally complete!

Cosy Lube Turtle is an album of Blue Öyster Cult covers, which The Bastard Sons of Dennis were well-known for performing. Cosy Lube Turtle represents about half of the Blue Öyster Cult covers that were included in their repertoire.

Seven Screaming Diz-Busters was perhaps their most well-known and best loved Blue Öyster Cult cover. We are all very pleased to be able to release a recorded version of the song at last.

If you would like to see The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing Seven Screaming Diz-Busters live, here is link to a video on their YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M93gHi3DNFM

Other Blue Öyster Cult songs which were covered by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and which were not included on the Cosy Lube Turtle album include:

* Transmaniacon MC, I’m on the Lamb but I Ain’t No Sheep/The Red & the Black (a fabulous amalgamation combining both the eponymous album version and the Tyranny and Mutation version), Screams, Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll (‘straight’ version and ‘swing’ version) and Workshop of the Telescopes from the 1972 eponymous album;

* O.D.’d on Life Itself and Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl) from Tyranny and Mutation;

* Career of Evil and Flaming Telepaths from Secret Treaties;

* and Veteran of the Psychic Wars and Don’t Turn Your Back from Fire of Unknown Origin.

There were several other Blue Öyster Cult songs in the works as well.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis occasionally dipped a toe or three into the waters of songs by acts such as Led Zeppelin (even performing a couple of live renditions of Kashmir), XTC, Julian Cope, Frank Zappa and King Crimson.

The Bastard Sons of Dennis were often favourably likened to Tenacious D.

At this moment in time, we are not sure if The Bastard Sons of Dennis will ever do anything again or not. Its two members both left the uk and now live in separate countries.

The advent of covid seems to have propelled forward the notion of musicians recording and performing together online using modern technology. Whether or not this will become a reality for The Bastard Sons of Dennis remains to be seen, although the idea has been discussed. It is, let’s say, a definite maybe.

Additionally, an album of five original songs from The Bastard Sons of Dennis lies dormant in our machines. It is difficult to predict when these songs will become awakened, or even if they ever will. They are beautiful songs but will require work from all involved parties to make it happen. We shall be pleased to announce any future developments in our News service and on Twitter.

We are planning to upload Cosy Lube Turtle to the Wud Records SoundCloud in the coming days and other music streaming platforms when they go live.

If you would like to listen to or download Seven Screaming Diz-Busters as an individual track, please click here.

If you would like to enjoy the Cosy Lube Turtle by The Bastard Sons of Dennis right here at the Wud Records website, please click here.

If you would like to listen to or download Cosy Lube Turtle from Bandcamp, please click here.