Hollywood Tans

My good friend, Wayne Pritzker, is in a band out in Portland Oregon called Hollywood Tans. They’ve just been written up for the first time. From the Willamette Week:

“[SWEATY JUMP AROUND] Hollywood Tans plays guitar rock that revives its worn format (guitar, synthesizer, bass, drums, beards) with a near-lethal infusion of enthusiasm. Stylistically, I’d lump the band in the same category with Swim Swam Swum, though whereas the latter Portland guitar-rock institution distinguishes itself with technical ability, Hollywood Tans attains its uniqueness through a healthy regimen of mania. As I write this I am listening to the quartet’s cover of Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” for the fourth time straight. Hollywood Tans puts such love into that cheeseball standard it becomes epic. This band’s live show is going to be a workout.”

I’ve never seen them live, but this sounds like the type of band Wayne would lead. I have heard a few of their recordings, which are pretty sweet. Unfortunately, they don’t have a useful myspace page to link to (their page was last updated in 2009 and has no streaming music), so I’ve been “forced” to post a demo Wayne emailed to me a while back. I hope he doesn’t mind. This is the Frankie Valli cover the reviewer mentioned:

Death To Wedding Songs

Go on, feel free to listen again. If you like what you heard, and want to hear more, email Wayne, and tell him to update his myspace page.