Remixxxes by Spank Rock.

Spank Rock is one of those artists that the more I have heard by them the more I have learnt to love them, and I owe finding him to his quality remixing which led me onto his own material. The first mix of his I heard is his now classic remix of CSS's 'Let's Make Love...', whom I was thoroughly obsessed with last summer. I remember throwing it in all my mixes back in the day, and it's still a track I love to pull out and play to the day. From the intro, which still sounds like a telephone dial tone to me, to the kiss kiss kiss sounds in the second verse, it is the ultimate remix of CSS to date in my opinion (sorry Calvin!). If you haven't already heard it, I would suggest this is one remix of recent times you need in your life. Do it.

Recent exploration of my 7" singles brought to light a mix that I had previously over looked and due to not coming across it during my travels through cyber space, was very excited to find. Little did I know, but at some point I had bought a 1 track single of the now defunct Test Icicles's classic 'Circle. Square. Triangle' remixed by no other than Spank Rock. Kicking with a heavy bass line reminiscent of 'Bump' and acompanied by vocoded vocals, it was such a great feeling to find it in my possesion. For some reason I hadn't played it either, as it was still shrink-wrapped, but it is include below in all its glory. Awesome.

I'm off to see King Lear in Stratford-Upon-Avon tomorrow evening (technically today) with Sir Ian Mckellan(!!), so I won't be posting again until Saturday, so as a little prezzie to keep you occupied until then I've included a little bonus remix of Spank Rock's 'Put that Pussy on Me' by Diplo, which is by far my favourite Spank remix, so make sure you check that out too.

mp3: CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Spank Rock remix)
mp3: Test Icicles - Circle. Square. Triangle (Spank Rock remix)
mp3: Spank Rock - Put that Pussy on Me (Diplo tonite remix)

Let's make love and listen to Calvin Harris.

Welcome to the first post of my new look blog. There is a very slim chance you visited it under its old guise, One More Power-Chord and the System's Done For, but just in case I have left the old posts up, although all the downloads have now expired. Dang. So yes, welcome to We Were Rockstars. I am Graham. There is a chance that I will be joined by James, and possibly Paul if I can persuade him.



As you may be aware, CSS have re-recorded and re-released 'Let's make love and listen to Death From Above', originally released last summer, a sign that the label clearly can see that more money can be made off of the band now that they have had several UK tours under their belts and a ever-expanding fan base. Whilst I am normally hesitant around re-releases, it has meant that a new wave of remixes of the track have been spawned. Which is brilliant. The single comes out next Monday in the UK and is backed by remixes by Simian Mobile Disco, Hot Chip, and my personal favourite, Calvin Harris. I have not heard much by Calvin Harris apart from 'Acceptable in the 80s', which managed to infiltrate most areas of society until even my mom knew the words to it, and similar to the aforementioned track, his remix ups the electro element, twisting the song away from its former funky self. Which, once more, is brilliant. The single is out 14th May. Until then, satisfy yourself with Calvin Harris' mix.

mp3: CSS - Let's make love and listen to Death From Above (Calvin Harris remix)