LITTLE STEVEN & WICKED COOL RECORDS RELEASES “SPANKING CHARLENE’S’ NEW RECORD

“And the winner is…SPANKING CHARLENE!” Those were the words of Little Steven Van Zandt, longtime Bruce Springsteen guitarist, Soprano, and Underground Garage Guru, at the end of the final round of Sirius Radio’s “Best Unsigned Band in America” contest (1000 bands competed) in NYC. As a result, New York City’s SPANKING  CHARLENE are now found on Van Zandt’s WICKED COOL RECORDS, America’s coolest garage rock record label.

Two of the singles produced  by Steven Van Zandt, “DISMISSED WITH A KISS” and “CANARSIE” are out now and will also be available on SPANKING CHARLENE’S 2nd full length record “WHERE ARE THE FREAKS?” (produced  by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel) which will be released on January 17, 2012

Spanking Charlene is a New York City band and “WHERE ARE THE FREAKS?” song’s draw from the city’s nightlife. The quest for the party that never ends, sex and romance, infidelity, gossip, and gentrification in the city where anything can happen at any time. The bands soul-punk sound is a blend of Mcphersons  dynamic vocals and the bands straight up hard driving guitar grooves.

“Dismissed with a Kiss”: Little Steven Van Zandt produced, played keyboards, and the track was released on Van Zandt’s label, WICKED COOL RECORDS

Crowned “Coolest Song in the World” for the week of May 8, 2011, on LITTLE STEVEN’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE, internationally syndicated radio show (1.2 million listeners in the U.S. alone and is broadcast  on 148 stations in over 200
♠  markets including Canada, Europe and Armed Forces Radio, making it the most successful rock music program in the past
30 years, and Siriuis XM’s satellite UNDERGROUND GARAGE channel

Voted  “No.3 Coolest  Song in the  World” for the  first half of 2011  on LITTLE  STEVEN’S  UNDERGROUND GARAGE
syndicated show, and Sirius XM’s UNDERGROUND GARAGE channel

“Canarsie”: Little Steven Van Zandt produced, played keyboards, and the track was released on Van Zandt’s label, WICKED COOL RECORDS

Crowned “Coolest Song in World” for the Week of September 12, 2011 on LITTLE STEVEN’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE, syndicated  radio show (1.2 million listeners  in the U.S. alone and is broadcast  on 148 in over 200  markets,  including internationally in Canada, Italy, Norway, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, as well as Armed Forces Radio. The most successful rock music program in the past 30 years)
♠  In New York City: featured on Q104.3 in New York City’s “Out of the Box” new music program on Sunday, September 25, 2011
♠  Added to request rotation on WXRT radio in Chicago
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“SPANKING CHARLENE are one of our favorite local working class New York bands. They’re great…constantly getting better.”  –Steven Van Zandt

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“I love doing a radio show where I get to play brand new exciting rock n’ roll bands like SPANKING CHARLENE.”
-Drew Carey, comedian, game show host, Underground Garage DJ

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“Sexy, direct, powerful rock and roll. There is no mistaking the specific intent of SPANKING CHARLENE!”
–Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, producer, guitarist

‘GO TO’ TRACKS SECRETS
REV IT UP STUPID ME
WHERE ARE THE FREAKS? DISMISSED WITH A KISS

RESIDENCY

SPANKING CHARLENE perform every third Saturday of the month at the legendary Lakeside Lounge in New York City.

Sources:
SPANKING CHARLENE
www.akanycgroup.com
spankingcharlene.com  | spankingcharlene@yahoo.com