Davie Allan and The Arrows: Biography

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Biography:

In the late sixties, Davie Allan & The Arrows carved their niche in the musical history books with an array of classic instrumentals and two dozen motion picture soundtracks. The most notable of the movies was Roger Corman's cult classic The Wild Angels plus Devil's Angels, The Glory Stompers (Dennis Hopper) and Born Losers (the film that introduced the character Billy Jack). Some of the other 60's "B" films were Riot On Sunset Strip, Thunder Alley, The Angry Breed, Mary Jane, Teenage Rebellion, Hellcats, Mondo Hollywood, The Wild Racers, Wild in The Streets, The Golden Breed, Skaterdater and The Hard Ride.

1990's film and TV work includes includes Jim Jarmusch's Night On Earth, Roger Corman's Not Like Us and MTV's Road Rules. In 2004, a tune was in an episode of HBO's The Sopranos plus another tune was in Christmas With The Kranks and tunes were featured in Tarantino's Hell Ride and Inglourious Basterds in 2008.

In 1996, they did a 12-city tour of Europe and in 1999 they did a 16-city east coast tour of the United States. In 2004, they played at festivals in New York, Atlanta and Spain plus Halloween in San Francisco. Also, a west coast tour in 2007 plus a tour in Texas in February 2008; the Oneida Casino in Green Bay (Nov '08 and '09) and various venues in '09 and '10 plus the "Guitar Geek Festival" in January 2011 and various dates in 2012. Plus volume #4 of my Retrophonic CD series is in the works for 2013.

In 1994, the critically acclaimed recording Loud, Loose and Savage (Top 10 CD pick ... San Francisco Chronicle, Guitar Player and Bam) brought back the "cycle-delic" sounds of cult legend Davie Allan.

In 1999, they won the "LA Weekly Music Award" for Best Instrumental Band.

LA Reader: "...perhaps the closest thing you'll ever hear to a combination of Link Wray, Dick Dale and Henry Mancini..."

Rolling Stone: "...the boss hogs of biker flick soundtracks..."

Gearhead: "...the undisputed king of the fuzz guitar..."

LA Weekly: "...Allan conjures rock and roll quintessence with masterful skill..."

Some of the most notable record releases:

Blues Theme - Single (and LP) from the The Wild Angels (1967)
The Wild Angels - Soundtrack LPs, Volumes 1 and 2 (1966/1967)

Devil's Angels - Single and Soundtrack LP (1967)

Cycle-Delic Sounds of... - LP (1967)

Arrow Dynamic - LP (1985)

From Paradise To Hell - CD released in Europe (1987)

King Fuzz - LP from Australia (1989)

The Wild Angels and Other Themes - CD and Cassette (1993)

Loud, Loose and Savage - CD (1994) (re-released in 1999)

Chopper/Open Throttle - Single (1995)

The Wild Angels - Soundtrack CD and Cassette (1996)

Fuzz Fest - CD (1996) (re-released on CD and Vinyl in 1998)

The Born Loser's Theme/The Glory Stompers - Single (1997)

Bullseye-A Sixties Retrospective - CD released in Europe (1997)

Skaterhater - The Phantom Surfers/Davie Allan CD and Vinyl (1998)

Shape of Things To Come/Vanishing Breed - Single (1998)

The Arrow Dynamic Sounds of... - CD and Vinyl (1999)

Ramonetures - CD and Vinyl (2000)

Live Run - CD (2000)

Restless in L.A. - CD (2003)

Fuzz For The Holidays - CD (2004)

Devil's Rumble - 2 CD 60's Anthology (2004)

Apache '65 - CD (2005)

Blues Theme - CD (2005)

The Cycle-Delic Sounds Of... - CD and Vinyl (2005)

Cycle Breed - CD and Vinyl (2006)

Fuzz For The Holidays 2-CD (2007)

Moving Right Along - CD (2008)
Retrophonic - CD (2009)
Retrophonic 2 - The Home Demos - CD (2010)
Retrophonic 3 - CD (2011)