Le Blorr

Le Blorr (also known as BLORR or Bastard Lovechild Of Rock ‘N’ Roll) embodies the difference between a successful band and an unsuccessful band. Oftentimes, talent is secondary to whether a band oozes "cool" — but luckily, Le Blorr more than satisfy both departments on their musical application. You may be surprised to learn that this superhuman outfit spawned from the sass of divas past and the acid trips of rock ‘n’ roll ghosts includes only two members, who boast fabulous drag-queen nicknames: Chris “Cookie SugarHips” Hess and Adam “Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry” Winn. These two swashbuckling gents dress like glam rock superstars, switch instruments on command, and have been known to claim that they’re “a double-edged musical sword with a velvet grip.”

But Le Blorr isn’t all theatrical gimmicks. Anyone who’s seen the band perform knows this is a band without unnecessary agendas or over-thought approaches to pleasing their fans. Instead, their plan of attack consists of simply working as hard as possible to please everyone around them, introducing themselves to fans to create a friendly presence that complements their intense sound and supercharged energy, while also knowing enough to play the music industry image game the best way a band can. Whether they’re on home turf in Central Florida, their second-level stomping grounds of North Florida, their adopted crash pad of New York City, Southern California, Japan, or any other random dive between here and Antananarivo, Le Blorr will wow you with their bluesy, glammy, bossa nova-y sound.

Cookie and Hot Damn have graced EasternSurf.com with multiple in-person and e-mail interviews, several large cups filled to overflowing with straight Crown Royal, and enough sweaty nights of hip-swaying, crotch-grinding, hair-swooping fun to fill a few lifetimes. So we only felt it fair to finally share their mysterious brand of musical magic with you the reader. This is by no means the definitive Le Blorr story — but we like to think it’s at least close.

ESM: Give us the basic BLORR rundown.
Chris Hess: The band came about from me recording songs by myself while still in college at UNF. Adam still lived in Melbourne and I would sometimes send him the songs to listen to. Eventually I started playing shows live, and I asked Adam if he could learn all the songs in a week and play a show on Friday; he did, and performed them wonderfully. Adam was working for Nike at this time, and eventually they would become very generous to us, letting us use the van on tours, God bless their swooshy hearts. Now we’re working on music full-time.

ESM: If music weren’t to work out, how would you spend your days?
CH: Music can’t be a part of it? Well, I’d be single for sure and I’ll be wearing mainly open-breasted shirts with a lot of chest hair busting out. I’ll probably drive a Miata… Honestly, I don’t see a future where I won’t be trying my hardest in some sort of a way, to the point where I’d probably join a local covers band. I would get one of those headset microphones that wraps around from your ears and I would have a wireless guitar so I could run around the bar playing next to all the local yunks.
Adam Winn: I would be managing that whole thing for him and staying out of the spotlight [laughs]. I really don’t know what I’d be doing — probably something sad for sure.
CH: We’d probably have seven kids by that point… we’ll definitely both be on the run from child support payments.

ESM: You guys mix glam rock, blues, synth-pop… pretty much everything under the sun. How did this grab bag of influences come about?
CH: I grew up listening to Michael Jackson and ‘90s jams like Keith Sweat, INOJ, or anything they played at New York South or Teen Zone. My dad definitely has great taste in music and got me into Dire Straits and The Beatles. As I’ve gotten older, I've leaned more towards grittier stuff — rock n' roll with sass, dreamy pop, old blues like Son House, T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac… I’m more and more into world music these days, and am currently in love with Cuban jazz at the moment.
AW: Growing up I would go fishing with my dad quite often and he would always listen to classic rock or country music, so a lot of Zeppelin, Steve Earle, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, etc. But lately I find myself drawn to more psychedelic music like The Black Angels or Tame Impala.

ESM: How did your outrageous names come about?
CH: I just wanted something ridiculous — hence Bastard Lovechild Of Rock ‘N’ Roll. To be honest, we kind of loathe the acronym BLORR — it kind of sounds like a hardcore band. But hey, I think it’s sweet when people chant, “BLORR, BLORR” at shows. My nickname before the band was Bronco, so when we created the stage name I thought having a more diva-esque name would be a good contrast. I thought Cookie sounded like a Golden Girl, and I like to shake my hips when I dance, so obviously SugarHips was necessary. And p - ESM Magazine

There is something to be said of a band, when in the first few bars of listening, they manage steal away your mind to an entirely different setting. Guitar riffs weaving in and out; the kick drum beating right on top of your own heartbeat. The sultry tinge of reverb encases vocals that have a sense of immediacy to them. It demands you listen, and pleads with you quickly.

This is Le Blorr (aka Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll).

Hailing from Satellite Beach, FL, this powerful duo will take you back to an era not so much defined, but more so, on a trip not often frequented in recent years filled with bubblegum pop and dance-floor beats.

We here at Brite think you will enjoy this ride with Le Blorr. You just have to let them take you there. Don’t blame us if you don’t come back, though. - Brite Revolution

There is something to be said of a band, when in the first few bars of listening, they manage steal away your mind to an entirely different setting. Guitar riffs weaving in and out; the kick drum beating right on top of your own heartbeat. The sultry tinge of reverb encases vocals that have a sense of immediacy to them. It demands you listen, and pleads with you quickly.

This is Le Blorr (aka Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll).

Hailing from Satellite Beach, FL, this powerful duo will take you back to an era not so much defined, but more so, on a trip not often frequented in recent years filled with bubblegum pop and dance-floor beats.

We here at Brite think you will enjoy this ride with Le Blorr. You just have to let them take you there. Don’t blame us if you don’t come back, though. - Brite Revolution

Shrouded in mystery, convulsion, and perversion, Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n Roll creates mystic, ethereal, mixes that remind us of Wolfmother, the Strokes, and maybe even a splash Led Zeppelin style Theramin – all ground up, stuck in a blender, sifted through an echo chamber, and regurgitated on your feet. BLORR, comprised of Chris Hess (a.k.a. Cookie Sugar Hips) and Adam Winn (a.k.a. Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn), are eccentric, creative, and positively enthralling to listen to.

Bim Bom is an album of color. Every single track is pressed against the avant garde boundaries of indie rock, and creative rhythms, sounds, and melodies are not just splashed around the album – Instead, they are completely drenching it. This is an art album in every way. Right away, before even popping the disc in, I’m captivated, if not seduced by the rich colors and conceptual illustrations of the cover art (painted by Ryan Speer).

Psychedelic in its inception, this album would be dismissed if accused of being merely a stoner concept rock disc. Indeed, many more significant, complicated things are occurring. This album is spacey, busy, and rich in its sound schema, and the most prominent trait is that there is an insane amount of distortion, filtering, compression and echos. These effects, however, don’t render the tracks as noise. Surprisingly opposite, the deconstruction of typical musical distinctions renders a scene in the mind – a diorama of energy, or perhaps a construction of another time and place entirely.

Okay. Maybe I’m getting metaphysical. Blame the music.

Lyrically, the album is pretty difficult to discern without reading along. It is this unintelligibility that makes the music particularly great for concurrent experiences. Free from the distractions of trying to parse an album as speech, listening to such an abstract stack of songs incites a different sort of response. The brain is flooded with speech that it can’t discern, and all of the elements are free to mix with whatever else happens to have your attention. Dare I say that pairing this soundtrack with an emotionally saturating situation could lead to an intense, colorful, and enveloping experience.

This is not road trip music.

Instead, turn out all of the lights in your apartment, blast this music, and explore every last square inch of your partner. Get high on ever fiber of energy you can capture. Taste their sweat. Breath in their ear. Clutch the skin on their back. Forget your name and scream theirs.

Yea… it’s that kind of album.

This album isn’t about the music but rather about the taste, the color, and the experience. The ambiguous tendencies, filtered phonics, and unadulterated energy make this album a transportation to a different state of mind.

The Good: Restraining myself from the abstract, I can tell you that this album is a solid piece of musicianship. You may not find instrumental virtuosity or life-changing lyrics, but the Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n Roll have created a self-contained work of art that excels in its creativity and uniqueness.

The Bad: Lyrics are for the most part, unintelligible. While that may add to the ethereal eroticism of such a disc, critical listeners may not tolerate having to read along with the music.

The Verdict: This is a refreshing, dirty, sexy album. It stirs your loins, rattles your brain, and makes you want more. It’s a 9-track high, and you simply must buy it now. - Mystery Tricycle

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I receive a lot of promotional mail (less than some, more than others) with the tracks of albums, EP’s, singles, all you could wish for. There are very few which arrive that find their way into this column, even though I try to listen to most (I have a knack for forgetting to respond to all the mail, even if just to say, « it’s nice but not enough »), BUT once in a while I fall for something really cool. The first cd of BLORR (official acronym) it’s exactly that: a half hour amazing and cool from one end to the other.

Imagine … Imagine an EP that makes you think of Led Zeppelin, Joao Gilberto, the biggest dance club tracks you’ve ever heard, the Black Keys, and then, cherry on the top, an EP which features the world’s most beautiful cellist? If you have an imagination that rich, you would begin to approach this little wonder that is Bim Bom. AND, it appears that their concerts are among the most electric and exciting of the moment.

After these two paragraphs you should already want to listen to this cd.

So, should I continue? (« YES!! » they all cry in unison) (oh, alright, one can dream!)

For a first self-made EP, the thing sounds devilishly good. The epic « Boy You Need Jesus » which opens this piece, with the Led Zeppelinish guitar riffs, gives you a taste but doesn’t completely prepare you for what follows. How to imagine a similar piece, sweating testosterone and evoking the gods of rock n roll, followed by « Hallelujah I’m BLORR’n Again », a dancefloor hymn?

In a half hour, Cookie & Hotdamn – that’s their names – drag you mercilessly from one universe to another. You are even privileged to a little psychedelic excursion in which Cookie plays the Shaman (« Seven Sisters »). Finally, I must say that there are even bossa nova interludes – yes, you heard me – which give you time to breathe and to ask yourself what is going to fall into your ears next!

And after the first interlude, « My Blushing Grape », featuring Alexandra Lawn, the cellist from Ra Ra Riot, it’s « My Terrific Tushhh ». This piece holds the road less well than the other, which was too good. With its bulked-up bass, I found the sound a little dated and heavy. One time was okay, but with each new listening of Bim Bom, I just simply zapped it.

I must specify that I prefer electric rock n’ roll (you’ve already figured that out if you have been following this site for a while), and so, « Booty Makin’ Baby Shakin’ » corresponds a little better to what give me the most pleasure when I put on my headphones. Return of the testosterone and explosive riffs (a la Black Box Revelation), it’s simple and effective, although « Boy You Need Jesus » is still my favorite track on the disc (it made me think of Led Zeppelin, I must say, and from my mouth there is no greater compliment).

New interlude. These bossa nova interludes are a little disorienting. They give the impression of coming out of the blue.

Perhaps one needs to know the little story that accompanies the cd, a love story between Cookie and his fictional muse Delisa (that’s the only information included in the press release). Starting from there, the stylistic turnings are a little more understandable, they illustrate without a doubt the different phases of their relationship. These concept albums are always a little upsetting. Fortunately the concept is not given too much importance since the tracks have enough depth by themselves.

The last two tracks are so good, I had to stop an instant. The first piece evokes very clearly the Black Keys, (which doesn’t displease me) before taking back a more BLORResque flavor. What gives this particularity is the elastic voice of Cookie Sugarhips, who knows how to make it as torrid and voluptuous as you could wish. When one knows how to sing electric, rock n roll and bossa nova, I believe that qualifies one’s voice as elastic, right? « Oh Christopher » was outright Jeff Buckley-ish. I have cited many names in this article, it’s because their influence is as clear as spring water and that I would love to give you a sufficient to appreciate this cd to the most!

Wait, I suddenly got a new interpretation for the changes of rhythm … fast, slow, then re-accelerate, then slow down again. Does that remind you of anything? Hmmm, I see that I am not the only one to have a badly twisted mind (or a nicely twisted mind, why not think that way?). But then, I diverge.

Bim Bom, which is also the title of what is considered the first bossa nova song (?), will hopefully be the first of many albums you can be sure that I will bring you news of the career of Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll. Best EP of the Year! - LE CHOIX Blog

Chris Hess and Adam Winn have wild imaginations, but that comes with the territory having started their music career last year with a brilliant concept album, that, for reasons unknown, remains unheard. With the nicknames Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (Winn) and Cookie SugarHips (Hess), the duo make up the sleeper rock band Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll.

Hailing from Jacksonville, Fla., Winn and Hess have creativity on their side, which can be heard up front on the debut EP. The sprawling nine-track epic entitled Bim Bom puts everything on the table for the duo.

As long time friends and surfing buddies, Hess and Winn would come together during a moment of desperation for Hess.

After loosing his drummer before a gig, Hess, at the last moment, called on his old friend Winn to fill in. Things ended up working out so well that after that night Winn stuck around, and the two began creating music.

Most of the original concepts behind Bim Bom came from Hess. These songs had been his vision for quite some time as he had built characters and stories for which the EP mainly centers. The story, which can be found on the back of a physical copy of the album, is as follows.

Set in victoria era Spain, SugarHips finds himself in a secret and very forbidden relationship with Delisa who is of a separate social class and is of Spanish blood. This is a problem because SugarHips is not either of those, and Delisa’s father strictly forbids this kind of fraternizing. Things are greatly compounded when Delisa becomes pregnant and her father denounces the child as a bastard. From there a baby, and the band, is born.

Again, this is only their first album.

Describing their sound would take one through the gamete of rock covering the past four decades. The EP starts off with steamy slide guitars and crunchy chords, while Hess and Winn give off Cream like harmonies; ghostly and psychedelic making the opening heavy all around. From there they’ve managed to cram every awe inspiring staple of rock, from Zeppelin blues redox to T. Rex inspired glam. Their youth shows though, as they also pull from relative new comers like The Black Angels for further inspiration among synth driven “booty shaking rock and roll.” Inspirations aside however, what this band does is unlike anything going on now in indie rock. This is so because it’s consistent with out writing the same song over an over. The only consistency really is in the verity of angles that the band is able to cover.

Then there’s the Boss Enova. Hess has a love for the stuff and ties the EP together with gorgeous interludes that offer a break from the wall of rock and continue the more intimate moments of the story. “My Blushing Grape” is a short exchange between SugarHips and Delisa that has them admitting their love is wrong, but that it won’t stop them. Delicate Spanish guitars replace the overdrive for a stunning track that diversifies itself from the commonplace folk song.

Hess’s vocal range is incredible.

He hits falsettos that raise goose bumps on “Hallelujah I’ve Been BLORR’n again,” a track that relishes in the Boss Enova and the rock simultaneously. “Boy You Need Jesus” has him showing off jumping into the high notes and a few vocal flourishes that are a reminder of what great vocals can do to a rock song.

There’s so much going on with this band it’s hard to believe that a) they’re so new, and b) the rest of the world isn’t raving about them yet. Hess is a prodigy with a real talent for writing riveting rock and roll. With Winn along his side, aiding in the writing of new material, what comes next will be worth it. - Pop Stache

Chris Hess and Adam Winn have wild imaginations, but that comes with the territory having started their music career last year with a brilliant concept album, that, for reasons unknown, remains unheard. With the nicknames Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (Winn) and Cookie SugarHips (Hess), the duo make up the sleeper rock band Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll.

Hailing from Jacksonville, Fla., Winn and Hess have creativity on their side, which can be heard up front on the debut EP. The sprawling nine-track epic entitled Bim Bom puts everything on the table for the duo.

As long time friends and surfing buddies, Hess and Winn would come together during a moment of desperation for Hess.

After loosing his drummer before a gig, Hess, at the last moment, called on his old friend Winn to fill in. Things ended up working out so well that after that night Winn stuck around, and the two began creating music.

Most of the original concepts behind Bim Bom came from Hess. These songs had been his vision for quite some time as he had built characters and stories for which the EP mainly centers. The story, which can be found on the back of a physical copy of the album, is as follows.

Set in victoria era Spain, SugarHips finds himself in a secret and very forbidden relationship with Delisa who is of a separate social class and is of Spanish blood. This is a problem because SugarHips is not either of those, and Delisa’s father strictly forbids this kind of fraternizing. Things are greatly compounded when Delisa becomes pregnant and her father denounces the child as a bastard. From there a baby, and the band, is born.

Again, this is only their first album.

Describing their sound would take one through the gamete of rock covering the past four decades. The EP starts off with steamy slide guitars and crunchy chords, while Hess and Winn give off Cream like harmonies; ghostly and psychedelic making the opening heavy all around. From there they’ve managed to cram every awe inspiring staple of rock, from Zeppelin blues redox to T. Rex inspired glam. Their youth shows though, as they also pull from relative new comers like The Black Angels for further inspiration among synth driven “booty shaking rock and roll.” Inspirations aside however, what this band does is unlike anything going on now in indie rock. This is so because it’s consistent with out writing the same song over an over. The only consistency really is in the verity of angles that the band is able to cover.

Then there’s the Boss Enova. Hess has a love for the stuff and ties the EP together with gorgeous interludes that offer a break from the wall of rock and continue the more intimate moments of the story. “My Blushing Grape” is a short exchange between SugarHips and Delisa that has them admitting their love is wrong, but that it won’t stop them. Delicate Spanish guitars replace the overdrive for a stunning track that diversifies itself from the commonplace folk song.

Hess’s vocal range is incredible.

He hits falsettos that raise goose bumps on “Hallelujah I’ve Been BLORR’n again,” a track that relishes in the Boss Enova and the rock simultaneously. “Boy You Need Jesus” has him showing off jumping into the high notes and a few vocal flourishes that are a reminder of what great vocals can do to a rock song.

There’s so much going on with this band it’s hard to believe that a) they’re so new, and b) the rest of the world isn’t raving about them yet. Hess is a prodigy with a real talent for writing riveting rock and roll. With Winn along his side, aiding in the writing of new material, what comes next will be worth it. - Pop Stache

why you should check them out:
Rock n’ Roll’s legitimate children need no introduction; you hear them every day. These privileged scions play their hook-driven pop anthems to arenas full of screaming fans. Their songs are tight, well-crafted and utterly sterile. But are you wondering who inherited the raw energy and sheer unpredictability of Mama Rock and Papa Roll? Who carries forth the tradition of raw, sleazy and unmistakably vibrant music? Look no further than Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll (BLORR to their friends).

With raucous guitar licks and thrilling keyboard solos, BLORR delivers tunes that shift from noisy and fast paced to dreamy and languid. But from gritty rock to smooth Bossa Nova, BLORR is always unfailingly alive. Who could ask more?
background check:
Lifelong surf chums Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (AKA Adam Winn) and Cookie SugarHips (by day, Chris Hess) were reunited by fate (and an unsurprisingly flaky drummer) to form BLORR one momentous night. Since then, they’ve been touring regularly, with Cookie providing guitar, vocals and keyboards and Mr. Hot Damn Sweet on the drums and keyboards. Their nicknames, which are of course self-inflicted, are a nod to the loose style that propels them.

Their 2010 EP Bim Bom is an album best digested as a single unit, instead of a loose collection of songs. The tracks swing wildly from high-octane garage rock to mellow jazz-like refrains as it tells the story of Cookie’s muse, Delisa. These tonal shifts never feel arbitrary; each new direction fits within the story as a whole.

Fans of BLORR can look forward to a full touring schedule for 2011, with shows in California, New York, Texas and Florida. Their promise to save the world with “Booty shaking rock n’ roll” seems to be well underway. - Myspoonful

why you should check them out:
Rock n’ Roll’s legitimate children need no introduction; you hear them every day. These privileged scions play their hook-driven pop anthems to arenas full of screaming fans. Their songs are tight, well-crafted and utterly sterile. But are you wondering who inherited the raw energy and sheer unpredictability of Mama Rock and Papa Roll? Who carries forth the tradition of raw, sleazy and unmistakably vibrant music? Look no further than Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll (BLORR to their friends).

With raucous guitar licks and thrilling keyboard solos, BLORR delivers tunes that shift from noisy and fast paced to dreamy and languid. But from gritty rock to smooth Bossa Nova, BLORR is always unfailingly alive. Who could ask more?
background check:
Lifelong surf chums Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (AKA Adam Winn) and Cookie SugarHips (by day, Chris Hess) were reunited by fate (and an unsurprisingly flaky drummer) to form BLORR one momentous night. Since then, they’ve been touring regularly, with Cookie providing guitar, vocals and keyboards and Mr. Hot Damn Sweet on the drums and keyboards. Their nicknames, which are of course self-inflicted, are a nod to the loose style that propels them.

Their 2010 EP Bim Bom is an album best digested as a single unit, instead of a loose collection of songs. The tracks swing wildly from high-octane garage rock to mellow jazz-like refrains as it tells the story of Cookie’s muse, Delisa. These tonal shifts never feel arbitrary; each new direction fits within the story as a whole.

Fans of BLORR can look forward to a full touring schedule for 2011, with shows in California, New York, Texas and Florida. Their promise to save the world with “Booty shaking rock n’ roll” seems to be well underway. - Myspoonful

Taking the U.S. by storm one booty shaker at a time.

Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll is the dynamic duo fresh out of Florida with sing-along tracks and a high voltage live performance that has the girls ripping off their clothes and the walls dripping sweat. It’s rock; pop, blues, electronic and Rocky Horror picture show all rolled into one jaw-dropping, hip-shaking, hair-whipping package. The outrageous and nonsensical BLORR is a culmination of the awe-inspiring front man, guitarist and synth playing Cookie SugarHips (born Chris Hess) and the equally handsome, equally crazy Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (a.k.a Adam Winn) on percussion. You can see them flying the literal BLORR flag at this year’s SXSW festival where their booty-shaking rock/roll style will explode onto the stage. Zink spoke to the outlandish boys of BLORR for a predictably unconventional account of their musical journey. Myspace.com/BlorrMusic — Romy Erdos

So, Cookie SugarHips & Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn — Where did these names come from? Chris: Hot Damm and I are dream travelers (it’s real look it up). On one of his trips somewhere between dream and consciousness Hot Damm met Marc Bolan. Knowing my obsession with Marc Bolan, he called upon me to come and meet him myself. There we pledged our loyalty to Marc and groovy tune making. He knighted us and gave us our names — Cookie Sugarhips and Hot Damm.

What’s the worst name (apart from this) you’ve ever been called? Adam: So I’m guessing you’re not a fan of our God given names? I have been called a floozy once or twice…

Haha, no… the names are good I guess? Anyways, how is it that two people with such unique pseudonyms came together to form BLORR? C: Before Bastard Lovechild we were just two boys wandering through adolescence looking for a home. In each other we found that home, as well as the pseudonyms, but a mutual love of surfing and friends brought us together.

Do these names get you far with the ladies? C: hum… usually “cookie” just leads to me explaining that the panties I have on and my Golden girl nickname do not make me gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but I suppose every once in a while a lady asks why my Hips are said to be so sweet.

What are the most extreme lengths you’ve taken to pick up a girl? A: I once finger banged a dude in the mouth with my tongue… It was a fuzzy night and I can’t recall the events that took place subsequently… Wait what was the question again?

C: I think I was probably one of the dudes he is talking about… and I believe they called that game Ring of Fire… although I thought it was just a no holds barred Spin the Bottle? Either way, we got to kiss lots of dudes and girls. Ahh to be young!

How would you describe your music — or does the band name say it all? C: The bastard and the love part... and the rock ‘n’ roll… and well I guess the child part all describe the music a bit. We draw influences from so many things and blend them into our own sound. I think we care more about getting across a feeling more than just sounding “cool.” I think not knowing exactly what to expect next sonically from us is a strength.

Interesting. So, who are your greatest influences whether musical or not? C: My Dad and my momma are a huge influence on whatever I do. He is so real and has such amazing taste and she is so constantly inspired. Kinda makes you feel like you can try anything musically or artistically… and I realize I am very lucky for that.

A: I’d have to also say my folks have influenced me the most. They are two of the most selfless people I know, always thinking of others. We both lucked out in the parental department.

What special quality do you each bring to the band? C: We’re not ones to toot our own horn so I will say what I think Hot Damm brings to the band — he has dreamy blue eyes. He brings an undying fervor to the stage. He might be the most hardworking and reliable person I know. Plus, he’s always willing to try new things in and out of the bedroom so things never get dull… ya know?

A: He is way too kind… Chris is a badass. He works extremely hard, shreds on the guitar, goes nuts on stage and has a phenomenal voice. What more do you need in a band mate??

You grew up in Florida, how do you think this has impacted on your music? C: I draw most of my inspiration in writing from the ocean — lyrically and sonically. After recording our first EP, I sort of learned that I love things to sound fluid. Never too perfect or in its place.

You’ve toured and supported some big names like Black Lips, Surfer Blood and Mickey Avalon, Who was the best to work with? Can you give us any dirt on them? C: We opened for Black Lips and I have to say they were some of the most down to earth dudes. I myself was a bit drunk after the show and had a heart to heart with the guitar player in which he told me to put all my eggs in one basket and really go for it. My friends all make fun of me cause I was so exci - Zink Magazine

Taking the U.S. by storm one booty shaker at a time.

Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll is the dynamic duo fresh out of Florida with sing-along tracks and a high voltage live performance that has the girls ripping off their clothes and the walls dripping sweat. It’s rock; pop, blues, electronic and Rocky Horror picture show all rolled into one jaw-dropping, hip-shaking, hair-whipping package. The outrageous and nonsensical BLORR is a culmination of the awe-inspiring front man, guitarist and synth playing Cookie SugarHips (born Chris Hess) and the equally handsome, equally crazy Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (a.k.a Adam Winn) on percussion. You can see them flying the literal BLORR flag at this year’s SXSW festival where their booty-shaking rock/roll style will explode onto the stage. Zink spoke to the outlandish boys of BLORR for a predictably unconventional account of their musical journey. Myspace.com/BlorrMusic — Romy Erdos

So, Cookie SugarHips & Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn — Where did these names come from? Chris: Hot Damm and I are dream travelers (it’s real look it up). On one of his trips somewhere between dream and consciousness Hot Damm met Marc Bolan. Knowing my obsession with Marc Bolan, he called upon me to come and meet him myself. There we pledged our loyalty to Marc and groovy tune making. He knighted us and gave us our names — Cookie Sugarhips and Hot Damm.

What’s the worst name (apart from this) you’ve ever been called? Adam: So I’m guessing you’re not a fan of our God given names? I have been called a floozy once or twice…

Haha, no… the names are good I guess? Anyways, how is it that two people with such unique pseudonyms came together to form BLORR? C: Before Bastard Lovechild we were just two boys wandering through adolescence looking for a home. In each other we found that home, as well as the pseudonyms, but a mutual love of surfing and friends brought us together.

Do these names get you far with the ladies? C: hum… usually “cookie” just leads to me explaining that the panties I have on and my Golden girl nickname do not make me gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but I suppose every once in a while a lady asks why my Hips are said to be so sweet.

What are the most extreme lengths you’ve taken to pick up a girl? A: I once finger banged a dude in the mouth with my tongue… It was a fuzzy night and I can’t recall the events that took place subsequently… Wait what was the question again?

C: I think I was probably one of the dudes he is talking about… and I believe they called that game Ring of Fire… although I thought it was just a no holds barred Spin the Bottle? Either way, we got to kiss lots of dudes and girls. Ahh to be young!

How would you describe your music — or does the band name say it all? C: The bastard and the love part... and the rock ‘n’ roll… and well I guess the child part all describe the music a bit. We draw influences from so many things and blend them into our own sound. I think we care more about getting across a feeling more than just sounding “cool.” I think not knowing exactly what to expect next sonically from us is a strength.

Interesting. So, who are your greatest influences whether musical or not? C: My Dad and my momma are a huge influence on whatever I do. He is so real and has such amazing taste and she is so constantly inspired. Kinda makes you feel like you can try anything musically or artistically… and I realize I am very lucky for that.

A: I’d have to also say my folks have influenced me the most. They are two of the most selfless people I know, always thinking of others. We both lucked out in the parental department.

What special quality do you each bring to the band? C: We’re not ones to toot our own horn so I will say what I think Hot Damm brings to the band — he has dreamy blue eyes. He brings an undying fervor to the stage. He might be the most hardworking and reliable person I know. Plus, he’s always willing to try new things in and out of the bedroom so things never get dull… ya know?

A: He is way too kind… Chris is a badass. He works extremely hard, shreds on the guitar, goes nuts on stage and has a phenomenal voice. What more do you need in a band mate??

You grew up in Florida, how do you think this has impacted on your music? C: I draw most of my inspiration in writing from the ocean — lyrically and sonically. After recording our first EP, I sort of learned that I love things to sound fluid. Never too perfect or in its place.

You’ve toured and supported some big names like Black Lips, Surfer Blood and Mickey Avalon, Who was the best to work with? Can you give us any dirt on them? C: We opened for Black Lips and I have to say they were some of the most down to earth dudes. I myself was a bit drunk after the show and had a heart to heart with the guitar player in which he told me to put all my eggs in one basket and really go for it. My friends all make fun of me cause I was so exci - Zink Magazine

Talking with Chris Hess aka Cookie Sugarhips, the lead singer/guitarist of Le BLORR, you really get an artist’s perspective on what it’s like to be in an indie band, touring and making music, successfully. That’s the way Le BLORR likes it; creating the music, booking their own shows, marketing…all the while, hitting the studio to make their freshman LP, Bim-Bom….

Adam Winn aka Sweet Huckleberry Winn, drummer, met Hess growing up surfing incentral Florida. They both went down their separate paths, but music brought them back together two years ago. And since then, they have been hitting the highways, promoting their first album Bim-Bom. Both are college grads with business majors and although they definitely don’t resemble your typical ‘suit and tie‘ businessman, they both possess the knowledge. On the eve before they embark their West Coast tour, that will take them back through Austin, Texas for the SXSW festival then home to Florida. I pick the lead guitarist’s brain on music and the industry.

IA: Last time I saw you was in December at the Cameo in Brooklyn. What have you been up to since then?

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Cookie: Traveling around, playing some shows in Florida and now getting ready to go to California. We’re going to be out there for three weeks.

IA: I recently watched the “Seven Sisters” video and was really impressed with the quality and the acting. Who came up with the concept of the video?

Cookie: I came up with the idea. L. Gusatvo Cooper approached us, wanting to make a video. He had done Darkhorse Saloon’s video so I knew he could do something cool. He came up with a couple of ideas and I had a bunch of ideas … random crap I think of in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep.

IA: It has a gothic, ‘churchy’ vibe. Was that what you were going for?

Cookie: I wanted to portray a super ridiculous televangelist. In my head, I wanted it ot be over the top and creepy — be holding a BLORRble pointing to it in front of protesters that were against the BLORRble. We all had ideas…someone thought of a tent revival kind of thing. We had actors be a part of it. Everyone involved [in the project] loved all our ideas and Cooper ran with them.




IA: It’s been three months since the release of Bim Bom. Have you gotten any feed back from the album?

Cookie: We have had a lot of positive responses from bloggers! It’s been really cool. We don’t typically get written about in blogs. It’s pretty cool for someone to listen to it all the way through and give a positive critique, getting all the hidden meanings and metaphors. We have it on iTunes. I don’t know what the “good” numbers are for an unknown band. A French music blog named it ‘LP of the year,’ so that was pretty awesome.

IA: Have you gotten any downloads?


Cookie: We actually had quite a few downloads off of our SoundCloud, which is another way to gauge how your stuff is doing.

IA: What is a SoundCloud?

Cookie: It’s a blog were independent bands can put their stuff up for free downloads. Its concept is more about getting it out there than making money. We want a lot of people to download it for free and listen to it. We have had over a couple thousand downloads so far.

IA: Some of the music blogs and magazines have compared Le BLORR to the Black Keys, White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. How do you feel about that?

Cookie: Well you know…. it’s flattering to the point where it makes me feel uncomfortable. Zeppelin? Zeppelin is like God. So, to get compared to their sound is amazing, but I have to laugh… Zeppelin is amazing. The Black Keys are amazing, too. They’re a two piece band with that blues sound. So, no matter what, [being a two piece band ourselves], we’re going to get compared to the Black Keys and the White Stripes. But, I don’t know… I think we differ enough, stylistically, so people aren’t like, “We have that already.”

IA: Do you think with bands like the Black Keys (altenative Rock) and Arcade Fire (Album of the Year), it opens doors to music like yours…independent bands?

Cookie: It definitely opens the doors for bands like mine. We aren’t Nickelback. It gives all of us hope that other bands can prosper, too. It’s inspiring, for sure. It’s really hard to make money and to make something cool and hip. It’s almost an oxy-moron to make money off something that is different. Bands like Arcade and Keys prove you can.


IA: Who does the writing for Le BLORR?

Cookie: I do most of the writing. I write all the lyrics and most of the songs. I have a pretty good idea what the song is going to be and I’ll show it to Adam to see if it’s something he might be into…then we run with it and, collaboratively, get an end product.

IA: I’ve always wondered…do the lyrics come first, then the music or vice-versa? How does Le BLORR do it?



Cookie: Ya know, it depends on the song for me. I am more melodically-based than lyrically-based, intially, so usually I can just hear one note on the guitar played randomly and - Acted By (Brooklyn Music Blog)

Talking with Chris Hess aka Cookie Sugarhips, the lead singer/guitarist of Le BLORR, you really get an artist’s perspective on what it’s like to be in an indie band, touring and making music, successfully. That’s the way Le BLORR likes it; creating the music, booking their own shows, marketing…all the while, hitting the studio to make their freshman LP, Bim-Bom….

Adam Winn aka Sweet Huckleberry Winn, drummer, met Hess growing up surfing incentral Florida. They both went down their separate paths, but music brought them back together two years ago. And since then, they have been hitting the highways, promoting their first album Bim-Bom. Both are college grads with business majors and although they definitely don’t resemble your typical ‘suit and tie‘ businessman, they both possess the knowledge. On the eve before they embark their West Coast tour, that will take them back through Austin, Texas for the SXSW festival then home to Florida. I pick the lead guitarist’s brain on music and the industry.

IA: Last time I saw you was in December at the Cameo in Brooklyn. What have you been up to since then?

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Cookie: Traveling around, playing some shows in Florida and now getting ready to go to California. We’re going to be out there for three weeks.

IA: I recently watched the “Seven Sisters” video and was really impressed with the quality and the acting. Who came up with the concept of the video?

Cookie: I came up with the idea. L. Gusatvo Cooper approached us, wanting to make a video. He had done Darkhorse Saloon’s video so I knew he could do something cool. He came up with a couple of ideas and I had a bunch of ideas … random crap I think of in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep.

IA: It has a gothic, ‘churchy’ vibe. Was that what you were going for?

Cookie: I wanted to portray a super ridiculous televangelist. In my head, I wanted it ot be over the top and creepy — be holding a BLORRble pointing to it in front of protesters that were against the BLORRble. We all had ideas…someone thought of a tent revival kind of thing. We had actors be a part of it. Everyone involved [in the project] loved all our ideas and Cooper ran with them.




IA: It’s been three months since the release of Bim Bom. Have you gotten any feed back from the album?

Cookie: We have had a lot of positive responses from bloggers! It’s been really cool. We don’t typically get written about in blogs. It’s pretty cool for someone to listen to it all the way through and give a positive critique, getting all the hidden meanings and metaphors. We have it on iTunes. I don’t know what the “good” numbers are for an unknown band. A French music blog named it ‘LP of the year,’ so that was pretty awesome.

IA: Have you gotten any downloads?


Cookie: We actually had quite a few downloads off of our SoundCloud, which is another way to gauge how your stuff is doing.

IA: What is a SoundCloud?

Cookie: It’s a blog were independent bands can put their stuff up for free downloads. Its concept is more about getting it out there than making money. We want a lot of people to download it for free and listen to it. We have had over a couple thousand downloads so far.

IA: Some of the music blogs and magazines have compared Le BLORR to the Black Keys, White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. How do you feel about that?

Cookie: Well you know…. it’s flattering to the point where it makes me feel uncomfortable. Zeppelin? Zeppelin is like God. So, to get compared to their sound is amazing, but I have to laugh… Zeppelin is amazing. The Black Keys are amazing, too. They’re a two piece band with that blues sound. So, no matter what, [being a two piece band ourselves], we’re going to get compared to the Black Keys and the White Stripes. But, I don’t know… I think we differ enough, stylistically, so people aren’t like, “We have that already.”

IA: Do you think with bands like the Black Keys (altenative Rock) and Arcade Fire (Album of the Year), it opens doors to music like yours…independent bands?

Cookie: It definitely opens the doors for bands like mine. We aren’t Nickelback. It gives all of us hope that other bands can prosper, too. It’s inspiring, for sure. It’s really hard to make money and to make something cool and hip. It’s almost an oxy-moron to make money off something that is different. Bands like Arcade and Keys prove you can.


IA: Who does the writing for Le BLORR?

Cookie: I do most of the writing. I write all the lyrics and most of the songs. I have a pretty good idea what the song is going to be and I’ll show it to Adam to see if it’s something he might be into…then we run with it and, collaboratively, get an end product.

IA: I’ve always wondered…do the lyrics come first, then the music or vice-versa? How does Le BLORR do it?



Cookie: Ya know, it depends on the song for me. I am more melodically-based than lyrically-based, intially, so usually I can just hear one note on the guitar played randomly and - Acted By (Brooklyn Music Blog)

The pivotal difference between a successful band and a successful band is whether or not they are cool. In a lot of cases talent is secondary. A group that is successful without being cool is just ‘successful’. This is observed in the since that they are probably fairly rude and were, more than likely, ill-parented between the ages of birth and seventeen- but they still manage to make money and get lain based on their pretention and ability to impress women through undeveloped social skills (please see A. Vaniila Ice B. Insane Clown Posse). I like hanging out with both types of bands for the alternative motives 1) The un-cool and un profound allow me to zone out and consume chemicals until I find some angle to enjoy the atmosphere 2) the second group- the cool in the genuine sense band- forces to me try and remember what they are saying while I consume chemicals and enjoy the atmosphere.

The Bastard Lovechildren of Rock n’ Roll fell into the latter category long before I interviewed them. Just by word of mouth I understood that they were a band without unnecessary agendas or over thought approaches to pleasing their fans and this is because their agenda is simply working as hard as possible to please everyone around them ,this was made evident by how much they worked with me on this interview via phone and email and then by changing their name to Le Blorr on a whim last week so that it would be more inclusive for fans as a community rather than an entity. When I met and profiled the group last month in Saint Augustine, FL I noticed three very important things about BLOOR. 1) They introduced themselves to everyone in the venue acting not as a band but as a presence among the people. 2) Their tentative plan was clear from the start- that plan was to create sound and energy 3) they are keenly self aware of music industry and image in the best way a band can be- this means they embrace it and plan to run with it despite a current lack of funding until they end up as recognized artists or lead singers of Jacksonville cover bands.

Adam and Chris served drinks to the audience before the show from their own rider and spoke without stock answers. During their sound check a group of the 50 most attractive women in this town mistakenly began dancing. Where these 50 women came from I have no idea since St. Augustine is mainly a town of oystermen and charter boat captains with a yearly influx of Daytona 500 enthusiasts and habitual LSD enthusiast transients sometimes spicing things up. So perhaps I do have a problem with the un-cool and a fondness for the cool. Luckily the majority of the groups I work with fall into the cool category, and Le Bloor is no exception.

So what are you guys doing right now?

AW - Were actually just getting ready for Friday thinking of some new stuff to do, were writing out the set list and one of our buddies from the band Iron Wood is going to play a song with us so we’re working that out tonight. His name is Adrian and he’s just a badass so were probably going to do some weird random cover song with him or something, but not sure if we’ll actually figure that all out tonight.





So where are you guys right now?

CH - Were down in Satellite staying at our friend Alex Parker’s house he lets us practice in one of his spare rooms.



How was your short-tour through Athens and Gainesville?



AW - Yeah Yeah, Gainesville was really fun. Atlanta was really weird, the sound was awful, I guess the sound guy didn’t show up so some other guy was trying to figure it out. Athens was amazing!

Where did you play in Athens?



AW - It was actually a house party. This band Reptar is from Athens and we’ve played a bunch with them in Florida but they haven’t had us up there yet so they just did and there was probably a 150 plus people packed in this big house and the sound was amazing and everyone was going nuts. It was a really great time.

Basically now I’m going to make a bunch of stuff up about you guys and make it sound cool so don’t worry about answering honestly.

CH - Ha-(half Heartedly) wait what?

So what’s the story behind Le Blorr and how you guys became the Bastard Love Children (child) of Rock in Roll?

Chris- The story I guess from the Genesis would be that I started recording songs when I was still at school at UNF in Jacksonville and I would start recording songs with my computer and Drum Machines just for like the hell of it just to show my friends, but I never really had the confidence to show anyone besides my really close friends. Originally Adam was one of those people that I would show the songs to.



CH - Then another friend of mine came into the picture and he started drumming with me and I already had the myspace page up under the name Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll for the songs that I had recorded on my own. Then we started like writing songs and stuff and he had never really drummed before so he was learning - Jelly NYC

You think you know what you’re in for when “Boy You Need Jesus,” the opening track of Bastard Love Child of Rock ‘n Roll’s debut EP, BimBom, erupts with its frenzied delirium of cymbals and slide guitar, vaguely psychedelic vocals that echo like strange voices from the other side of a canyon at night, and a blast of organ that brings it all home with such aplomb you actually wonder if that’s Augie Meyers on the stool.
You think it’s a young band that’s listened to lots of early Zeppelin and White Stripes, digs the stream-of-consciousness abandon of a Neil Young guitar solo, and actually knows what they mean when they toss around terms like “Psychedelia”—that it’s a sacred and glittering temple inhabited by the likes of Moby Grape, The Seeds, or Quicksilver Messenger Service, and not the sorry crutch it’s become for big-label bands groping for any hip cloak to dress their music in.
You would think these things—and on all accounts you would be right. But you also would be tempted to believe that you’ve just surmised the extent of all this Florida duo has to offer—that they’re a pair of young rockers flicking on their lighters at the altar of the long-gone bands they worship, and that’s that. And you would be wrong. Dead wrong.
“Boy You Need Jesus” fades into the second track’s galactic freak-out of synths that sound like a chorus of crying ghosts. One can hear Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright shaking his head in his grave, muttering “Why didn’t I ever think of that!?” The track plays with all the gusto that its epiphanic title promises–”Hallelujah I’ve Been BLORRN Again,” it’s called–and it keeps I Monster’s “Hey Mrs.” chained to the kitchen sink of its ambition, only without the predictability and polish that those beat masters bring to their club-quaking trip-hop.Several tracks on BimBom play like many songs packaged into one. It’s no secret that most debut EPs document the sound of a young band on the verge of discovering the identity they’re searching for, and, in a way, BimBom is no exception. The opener’s conventional blues-rock with a hankering for psychedelia gives way to that gorgeous, psych-synth weirdness of “Hallelujah”; “Seven Sisters,” the track for which the band recently completed the video above, calls to mind the haunting soundscape with which Led Zeppelin’s “In The Evening” begins; the shuffling, jazzy licks and percussion of “My Blushing Grape” or “My Poor Delisa” would make just as much sense on some lost Sade record; and the blistering romper “Booty Making Mama Shakin’” glazes its anthemic riffs in a coating of space rock.
“Booty Makin” raises hell with more of the gloriously snotty licks these guys delight in one minute, and dims the lights with the jangling flutters of guitar that call the whole thing softly home the next. The EP is at once bipolar and measured, as self-contained as it is likely to burst. It’s tempting to suggest that Adam Winn and Chris Hess, the brainchildren behind BLORR who prefer the stage names “Cookie Sugarhips” and “Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn,” have more ideas than they know what to do with, as the record radiates in all directions at once like some sonic solar storm. But by the time the hammering percussion and piercing guitars of its dreamy closer wrap these nine tracks in their fluorescent ribbon, you hear at last the cohesive vision that’s sewn these songs together all along–a vision as committed to looking back at the pioneers that made it possible as it is to thrusting into the future whose road they paved. This is no typical EP that meanders through a grab-bag of sounds in the hope that something sticks; this is the work of a band that knows what it wants to do and isn’t afraid to do it. And if these nine tracks prove anything for sure, it’s that they’re having a hell of a lot of fun in the meantime. - Culture Spill

A duo I am rabidly excited about, Bastard Love Child of Rock n’ Roll, were recently in NYC to play some shows and finish work on their debut EP, Bim Bom. I caught up with Chris “Cookie Sugarhips” Hess (vocals, guitar & synths) and Adam “Hot Damn Huckleberry” Winn at a Brazilian restaurant in by the name of Beco. We talked about the EP, and feasted upon Misto Quente sandwiches (smoked am w/minas cheese, queijo prato on sliced brioche w/egg on top). For real, if you’re looking for a sandwich that will stick to yo ribs, check that shit out.

Listen to my conversation with B.L.O.R.R.

Peruse their blog. Gaze upon their face. Enter their space. And bird sounds too. I also dig this live video of their song “Seven Sisters,” accentuated with Fire Poi.

I first encountered Bastard Love Child of Rock n’ Roll at Cafe Eleven in St. Augustine, Florida, where the duo was opening a double bill comprised of Surfer Blood and Monotonix. It was January 25th, Astro Coast had come out the Tuesday before, and Monotonix frontman Ami Shalev would break his leg two nights later in Orlando.

It turned out to be both the first and last show I attended at Cafe Eleven (a geographically genius venue, within sight of the Atlantic Ocean) before migrating to Bushwick.

I started sweating the second I walked through the doors. The first thing I saw was some dude crowd-surfing, rather deftly, with a look of crazed happiness on his face. This struck me as odd, for it was too early for either of the headliners to have started. Yet the crowd had totally lost its shit, so, the local opener (a completely unknown quantity to me) must be some new devilry.

The crowd was chanting something, acronym-style, but I couldn’t make it out. “B, L, something,” I thought, and then I saw the ecstatic crowd surfer (having made a full circuit aloft the crowd and back to the stage) catapult himself from the sea of outstretched hands into the drum set. Then he started playing, and the audience exploded.

“That’s the kind of drummer you need,” I thought, immensely impressed.

Such was my introduction to Bastard Love Child of Rock n’ Roll. It was one of those moments a music lover craves the most; being totally blown away by a band you’ve never heard of, or even knew was playing that night. That’s why I like to go to shows where I have no fucking clue about any of the bands, and it’s also why I never want to miss the opener. The crowd at Cafe Eleven demanded TWO encores from B.L.O.R.R. that night, holy shit right?

I caught them next at the Harvest of Hope, again in St. Augustine, Florida, later that year, where I made damn sure to pester the festival press wrangler to get me an interview. It turned out to be the best one I did there, and a few months later I asked B.L.O.R.R. to play a house party I threw in Gainesville (they killed it).

Now they are on the cusp of releasing their debut EP, Bim Bom, and as excited as I am for Chris Hess & Adamn Winn, I must admit, I’m a little sad too. No longer will it be a secret, and soon everyone will know about the music of B.L.O.R.R.

Anyway, below is what I wrote about that night in St. Augustine… - DJ Latola (In The Den)

THIS IS THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO AND THEY JUST FINISHED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE SONG BY ITSELF IS LIKE AN AURAL ACID TRIP, BUT WHEN PAIRED WITH THE VIDEO’S VISUALS IT BECOMES A SEXY PSYCHEDELIC ADVENTURE ALL IT’S OWN.

I’D ALSO LIKE TO ADD - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A YOUNG BAND HAVE SUCH A GOOD VIDEO? I MEAN DAMN, THIS BEATS MOST VIDEOS YOU’D SEE ON MTV (IF THEY STILL PLAYED VIDEOS..), SERIOUSLY! AND THEY’VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO IN THE WORKS TOO. WORKHORSES! I CAN’T SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH FOR THIS NEXT ONE.
- Soon The Rain Will Come

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll - Seven Sisters
One of my fave bands right now… That video matches perfectly their music. Orgasmic! Bim Bom on a repeat mode :)
BLORR official website - The Stars Are Shining Bright

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll - Seven Sisters
One of my fave bands right now… That video matches perfectly their music. Orgasmic! Bim Bom on a repeat mode :)
BLORR official website - The Stars Are Shining Bright

One of my fave bands right now… That video matches perfectly their music. Orgasmic! Bim Bom on a repeat mode :) - Late Night Jukebox

The lovely extremely talented band B.L.O.R.R just released their first ever music video…i love it and i hope you do too…so stop wasting time reading this and check it out!!!
- Kassia Meador

For more information about the incredibly talented duo that make up Bastard Love Child of Rock n' Roll, or BLORR if you will, visit Their Website. - Wasted Talent (NYC Blog)

Florida band Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n’ Roll (BLORR) made our Best of 2010 list with their debut EP, Bim Bom. Honestly, it’d been a long time since we’d heard anything that rocked this hard and had so much soul and literary depth — and some damn fine bossa nova breaks, too!
So, imagine our surprised delight when they sent us this video, a premier for one of Bim Bom‘s most atmospheric songs, “Seven Sisters.” View the awesomeness yourself, and after you’ve dried off check out our Behind The Music Video Q&A with BLORR singer, guitarist and keyboard player Chris Hess (aka Cookie SugarHips).
Had you always envisioned such trippy underwater gymnastics as visuals for this song? The production is first-rate; how’d you pull it off?
Initially we came up with the theme for this video as sort of a far-fetched idea that could probably not happen. (How could we possibly film underwater? In the ocean? Convince a bunch of girls to swim around us for hours and make it look ethereal enough to believe it?) But a company called LX-Goods came to us wanting to make a video and when we pitched them the idea they were blown away and went out of their way to make it happen.
Where was the video shot?
We ended up shooting in our friend Alek Parker’s pool (who also shot a behind-the-scenes video and made the crew and sisters a big lunch, bless his heart). We blacked out the back of the pool with cloth and we shot it all within about a five-foot width. Then the rest of the shots were done at the beach in Satellite [Florida].
How’d you convince these mysterious and beautiful women to writhe around in the water for hours on end?
Those amazing sisters were for the most part our friends or girls that had been to shows who wanted to be a part of it when we put the word out that we were shooting a music video. They were absolute champs. Their eyes were burning out of their skulls from hours and hours in chlorine, and then they did multiple shots in the cold ocean at dusk and the whole time they were happy to be doing it. In all we had about nine girls. Luckily there was a hot tub and bottles of champagne to keep them warm when they were not shooting their scenes.
Was it an arduous production experience?
We started make-up (done by Alana Davis) and preparations at 6 a.m. and ended at about 8 p.m. It was quite a day, but we managed to finish shooting in one day. We worked extensively with the editor, Alex Wolfe, for a few weeks to make sure the final product matched up to what we envisioned. - Awaiting The Flood

This one of those bands that your friend yaps about and you think man what a groupie this chick is. People are always asking me what I am listening to and it’s great when people tell me about a great band. I was blown away when I finally saw them. The group known as BLORR is the collaboration of Jacksonville Beach, Florida bands Cookie Sugarhips Hess and Hotdamm Sweet Huckleberry Winn. Sounds like a lot of fun, right !? Their shows have lots of energy and loads of pretty ladies. You should check them out and see what all the fuss is about. I nabbed two of my favorite songs for yall to download from their BimBom EP. Purchase the rest of it and see their upcoming shows here ……..see you there! - Major Hops

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll (BLORR) are the humbuckin’ pickups on an old reliable Telecaster and the bottleneck sliding up and down the fretboard. But they’re also the melancholy chords that take you back to a certain summer in a certain secret garden with a certain someone you lost long ago.
Oh, and this Florida duo of Cookie SugarHips (aka Chris Hess) on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (aka Adam Winn) on drums and keyboards, kicks some serious ass on their debut EP Bim Bom. Not only can these two pump out some hard-rockin’ delta blues jams, they mix it all up with spot-on ethereal and perfectly creepy psychedelic “ghost rock” while laying down emotionally wrenching and heartfelt original bossa nova numbers that sound like the scent of orange blossoms and night-blooming jasmine drifting in on an offshore breeze.
References to Lorca’s fervid lunar love poems and shimmery images of lovers scampering amongst a vineyard’s grapevines add to the phantasmagoric theme entailing a love affair between Cookie SugarHips and his fictional muse Delisa. In this way,Bim Bom is a stunning work of conceptual art.
“Boy You Need Jesus” echoes the eternal struggle between good and evil in rock ‘n’ roll, featuring some blistering slide guitar and thumping drums. Synthesizers and Cookie SugarHips’ howling falsetto take over on “Hallelujah, I’m BLORR’n Again” introducing the muse Delisa: “Words dripped from the wall like paint/As she screamed ‘come one come all’ for the gospel age/No matter the height, no matter the night/She showered me with love and said you must be sworn in/but Hallelujah, I’ve been BLORR’n again.”
Throughout Bim Bom, phrases referencing other songs and recurring characters appear and reappear like ghostly maritime apparitions breaking an inky ocean’s calm surface on a moonlit night. Between the shamanistic “Seven Sisters” and the theremin-like synthesizers of “My Terrific Tushhh” comes one of the most impressive contemporary bossa nova tunes in recent memory, “My Blushing Grape” (featuring the lovely Alexandra Lawn of Ra Ra Riot), a haunting, siren song between Delisa and Cookie: “I like the Bim Bom, the summer love love./Claro es tu Delisa, oh, how it will always be./Claro es tu, my blushing grape.” This is enough to make even the most jaded Gilberto smile.
“Booty Makin’ Baby Shakin’” is an insistent and bluesy rocker about chasing the muse, and learning that, yes, the muse indeed likes and needs the chase. “My Poor Delisa” provides another bossa nova break with images of black hearts and insomniac nights of wide-eyed dreams ripe with singing. But the interesting thing about this song is in its central idea of the album: Out of Cookie SugarHips’ love for Delisa and his infatuation with the idea of her, the eponymous bastard lovechild is born. Bim Bom finishes with “A Baby Is Born,” a child made from the powerful union of moon and night, while “Oh Christopher” is delightfully dreamlike, transporting us to that secret garden from long ago.
Heady stuff for a rock ‘n’ roll album, but then again, this is no ordinary album. Expect great things from this talented duo. - Awaiting The Flood

Bringing back psychedelia with style is Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll (aka BLORR), whose guitar riffs are lined with acid and whose attitude is straight from the 70s. They blew us away with their Bim Bom EP (free download here) but this video for “Seven Sisters” is a true treat for the eyes and ears. Holy crap, we are BLORR’n away (ha, I’ve been waiting to use that one). Fitting the atmospheric and creeping melody of the song is the blue and ethereal video that is hauntingly beautiful. Enjoy below! - the morning after pills

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll, or more simply known as BLORR, really does sound like bastard love(children) of rock n’ roll. Think free love and acid trips. Not to mention, their names are Cookie Sugarhips (vocals, guitars, keys) and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (percussionist, blues harp, keys) – can we get those abbreviated too? Despite the ridiculous names, BLORR seems serious about bringing psychedelia back. Their debut EP Bim Bom sounds like a positive step towards its comeback. You can sample one of their tracks below and if you dig it, *DOWNLOAD THE EP FOR FREE HERE.* - Sound Word

I dont think Ive come across a more apt band moniker. The duo Bastard Lovechild Of Rock n Roll sound like a mix between The Black Keys, Jack White, The Black Angels, a more bossa nova TV On The Radio, Games, Death From Above 1979, Muse... Im telling you, the term 'mishmash' was invented for this Florida concoction. If there was such a genre as psychedelic disco blues grunge, then BLORR (members' names are Cookie Sugarhips and Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn) would be the lynchpin. Bim Bom is their first release, and its kaleidoscopic swirls that litter this EP are something to behold - even if it takes a few listens, because it often feels like you have been listening to your playlist on shuffle. Above all, this EP gives the notion that these guys would destroy live - if only they could find a common thread to tie all their wild ideas together... - Sonic Masala

I dont think Ive come across a more apt band moniker. The duo Bastard Lovechild Of Rock n Roll sound like a mix between The Black Keys, Jack White, The Black Angels, a more bossa nova TV On The Radio, Games, Death From Above 1979, Muse... Im telling you, the term 'mishmash' was invented for this Florida concoction. If there was such a genre as psychedelic disco blues grunge, then BLORR (members' names are Cookie Sugarhips and Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn) would be the lynchpin. Bim Bom is their first release, and its kaleidoscopic swirls that litter this EP are something to behold - even if it takes a few listens, because it often feels like you have been listening to your playlist on shuffle. Above all, this EP gives the notion that these guys would destroy live - if only they could find a common thread to tie all their wild ideas together... - Sonic Masala

Seven Sisters » est le morceau le plus psyché-planant de Bim Bom, le premier EP de ce duo américain dont je vous avais longuement parlé l’année dernière. Le clip est réalisé par Luxury Goods. - LE CHOIX (french music blog)

Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll (aka B.L.O.R.R.) make their music video debut with the gorgeous “Seven Sisters”. The track is from their 9-song EP BimBom, which you can pick up here. For more on B.L.O.R.R., check out the recent expose “Listen: Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll” at Consequence of Sound. - Consequence of Sound

Here at the Muse, we don’t exactly make our living writing about debuts. Often our little angular and dissonant corner of the universe is heavily populated with career musicians graying at the temples, having toiled in obscurity for years. Decades, even. They have lengthy discographies, graffiti-covered Myspace pages, galleries full of concert posters, and — even if they welcome the publicity — they probably know what we’re going to write before we write it. Meaning it is a refreshing change to watch some young talent earn acclaim for their early work. We are honored to announce Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll’s premiere video, which you can stream here, just below: the slick, sexy, and saline piece, “Seven Sisters.” Great work, guys. Nice casting, too. - The Muse in Music

BLORR put their nine-songs EP on Soundcloud and you can download it for free. Get it fast cus all songs are as good as that one! - Stars are shining bright

Originally from Jacksonville, FL, Cookie Sugarhips (Chris Hess) and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (Adam Winn), now live in NYC and are making psychedelic, dirty, and slightly unholy raucous music as Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll. Their Bim Bom EP is nine tracks long and has elements of blues, jazz, bossanova, psychedelia, dance and pretty much anything else you can think of all in one place. With titles like “My Terrific Tushhh” and “Booty Makin’ Baby Shakin’” it may be hard to take these two seriously, but that’s not what they seem to want anyway. Instead, BLORR are having fun, mixing in whatever influences they see fit and making you get up and dance. – Written by DBosket - Record Dept

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n' Roll (BLORR) are the humbuckin' pickups on an old reliable Telecaster and the bottleneck sliding up and down the fretboard. But they're also the melancholy chords that take you back to a certain summer in a certain secret garden with a certain someone you lost long ago.

Oh, and this Florida duo of Cookie SugarHips (aka Chris Hess) on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (aka Adam Winn) on drums and keyboards, kicks some serious ass on their debut EP Bim Bom. Not only can these two pump out some hard-rockin' delta blues jams, they mix it all up with spot-on ethereal and perfectly creepy psychedelic "ghost rock" while laying down emotionally wrenching and heartfelt original bossa nova numbers that sound like the scent of orange blossoms and night-blooming jasmine drifting in on an offshore breeze.

References to Lorca's fervid lunar love poems and shimmery images of lovers scampering amongst a vineyard's grapevines add to the phantasmagoric theme entailing a love affair between Cookie SugarHips and his fictional muse Delisa. In this way,Bim Bom is a stunning work of conceptual art.

"Boy You Need Jesus" echoes the eternal struggle between good and evil in rock 'n' roll, featuring some blistering slide guitar and thumping drums. Synthesizers and Cookie SugarHips' howling falsetto take over on "Hallelujah, I'm BLORR'n Again" introducing the muse Delisa: "Words dripped from the wall like paint/As she screamed 'come one come all' for the gospel age/No matter the height, no matter the night/She showered me with love and said you must be sworn in/but Hallelujah, I've been BLORR'n again."

Throughout Bim Bom, phrases referencing other songs and recurring characters appear and reappear like ghostly maritime apparitions breaking an inky ocean's calm surface on a moonlit night. Between the shamanistic "Seven Sisters" and the theremin-like synthesizers of "My Terrific Tushhh" comes one of the most impressive contemporary bossa nova tunes in recent memory, "My Blushing Grape" (featuring the lovely Alexandra Lawn of Ra Ra Riot), a haunting, siren song between Delisa and Cookie: "I like the Bim Bom, the summer love love./Claro es tu Delisa, oh, how it will always be./Claro es tu, my blushing grape." This is enough to make even the most jaded Gilberto smile.

"Booty Makin' Baby Shakin'" is an insistent and bluesy rocker about chasing the muse, and learning that, yes, the muse indeed likes and needs the chase. "My Poor Delisa" provides another bossa nova break with images of black hearts and insomniac nights of wide-eyed dreams ripe with singing. But the interesting thing about this song is in its central idea of the album: Out of Cookie SugarHips' love for Delisa and his infatuation with the idea of her, the eponymous bastard lovechild is born. Bim Bom finishes with "A Baby Is Born," a child made from the powerful union of moon and night, while "Oh Christopher" is delightfully dreamlike, transporting us to that secret garden from long ago.

Heady stuff for a rock 'n' roll album, but then again, this is no ordinary album. Expect great things from this talented duo. - No Depression

Within the first seconds of the first track (“Boy You Need Jesus,” natch) these concerns wash away like so much ink from a night’s worth of club handstamps. More: they make sense. They grow on you. The band name all but cries out for musical gene testing (something like, “Johnny Cash meets Amanda Palmer in a seedy hotel lounge, and somebody has a few too many vodkas”), but easy comparisons fail. They inhabit the testosterone-fueled coast of slide guitar country, until they don’t, at which time you can expect lush synthesizer riffs, snap-instead-of-clap jazz briefs, half-tempo Zeppelin nods, some pretty convincing late-night psychedelia, and phenomenal — yes, phenomenal — vocals. Cookie Sugarhips (or is it Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn?) seems to have been BLORR’n with a control panel instead of a mere range, boasting skydiving riffs, decadent vibrato, full-bodied, self-cloning falsetto, and an adventurous streak sadly lost on most straight-up rock singers. Try on “Oh Christopher” or “My Terrifc Tushhh” for starters. But just as man doth not live by bread only, a pair of prodigious pipes is only enough to tide us over until the entrees show up. Rest assured that the main courses are delicious: “Boy You Need Jesus” is a low-register hornet nest, what with its three-chord slide guitar incantations, fantastic vocal preening, and some back-cover organ work. On the subject of hornets, “Hallelujah” is all buzzy, airborne synth, limestone quarry reverb, and kinetic rock. The strongest track is “My Terrific Tushhh” (just give in, minions; just give in). A chainsaw synth line beds down with skin-splitting war drums, whiplash uptempo pace, and an infectious singalong primer. And so what of the title, anyway?

Once you’ve realized that the hormone overtures and dark preacher firebreathing belie a smart, sonic duo, it becomes difficult to find anything to dislike. Here’s one: the jazz interludes seem kitschy. Apart from that, Bastard Lovechild is a blues-based rock band who keep their pedal boards up to date, and don’t miss a single issue of Electronica Geographic. The Bim Bom EP should position them comfortably among the fuzzbox and feedback elite. - The Muse in Music

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll are acid rock duo from Florida that have just released their debut EP titled “Bim Bom”. The EP features nine-songs in which the duo try to find the right balance between hard rock and psychadelia with touches of electronic all over. You can listen to a song from the EP below and listen to more here. - JP's Blog

Far from their home in Satellite Beach, FL, Chris Hess and Adam Winn are amidst a residency in New York City with their band, Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll. With them, and the reason their playing, is the astonishingly brilliant EP Bim Bom, their official debut to the world. At nine songs deep, Bim Bom stretches the traditional idea of an EP, the band, stretching any perceived notions of what of two people can do in music.

As long time surfing buddies, Hess and Win grew up together in Jacksonville, FL and “hung out all the time.” Life saw them move apart to purse individual careers in rock, but they always kept in touch. The two got back together when Hess needed last minute help after his drummer bailed on him. Hess and his former drummer (remains unnamed) were booked for a Saturday night gig. The week before, that drummer called and said he couldn’t play the gig. Panicked, Hess reached out to his long time buddy to help him out of this jam, “I asked if he (Winn) could learn all the songs within a week and play a show with me, and he did, and it was amazing,” Hess says. “We’ve been together ever since”.

What has since resulted from that first show is rock ‘n’ roll magic. Now going by the ridiculous self appointed monikers Cookie SugarHips (Hess) and Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (Winn), they have figured out a way to cram every corner of rock into their sound. Influences from Zeppelin to T. Rex and relative new comers The Black Angels are thrown into a dirty rock stew that holds nothing back. On the EP, it’s all tied together by Bossanova interludes that piece together a story of forbidden love. Ambitious much?

As for those nicknames, neither recall where they came from exactly. Winn’s had his for some time now, something his friends call him” because it was kind of catchy.” Hess wanted something that sounded like a Golden Girl, hence Cookie. The SugarHips are because he likes to dance. It’s all a part of the show, the mystery they are looking to create. It all comes back to the music though because flamboyance is nothing with out the chops to back it up. Click here to find out more!
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Far from their home in Satellite Beach, FL, Chris Hess and Adam Winn are amidst a residency in New York City with their band, Bastard Lovechild of Rock and Roll. With them, and the reason their playing, is the astonishingly brilliant EP Bim Bom, their official debut to the world. At nine songs deep, Bim Bom stretches the traditional idea of an EP, the band, stretching any perceived notions of what of two people can do in music.

As long time surfing buddies, Hess and Win grew up together in Jacksonville, FL and “hung out all the time.” Life saw them move apart to purse individual careers in rock, but they always kept in touch. The two got back together when Hess needed last minute help after his drummer bailed on him. Hess and his former drummer (remains unnamed) were booked for a Saturday night gig. The week before, that drummer called and said he couldn’t play the gig. Panicked, Hess reached out to his long time buddy to help him out of this jam, “I asked if he (Winn) could learn all the songs within a week and play a show with me, and he did, and it was amazing,” Hess says. “We’ve been together ever since”.

What has since resulted from that first show is rock ‘n’ roll magic. Now going by the ridiculous self appointed monikers Cookie SugarHips (Hess) and Hot Damn Sweet Huckleberry Winn (Winn), they have figured out a way to cram every corner of rock into their sound. Influences from Zeppelin to T. Rex and relative new comers The Black Angels are thrown into a dirty rock stew that holds nothing back. On the EP, it’s all tied together by Bossanova interludes that piece together a story of forbidden love. Ambitious much?

As for those nicknames, neither recall where they came from exactly. Winn’s had his for some time now, something his friends call him” because it was kind of catchy.” Hess wanted something that sounded like a Golden Girl, hence Cookie. The SugarHips are because he likes to dance. It’s all a part of the show, the mystery they are looking to create. It all comes back to the music though because flamboyance is nothing with out the chops to back it up.

“Boy You Need Jesus” is a loud bluesy burner. Slide steel guitars show off the classic seventies rock roots as Hess’s voice takes on the body of a young Robert Plant. From there they take a stab at dance rock with “Hallelujah I’m BLORR’n Again” and “My Terrific Tush”, and hit everything heavy and psychedelic in between. Hess and Winn both agree, simply put, it’s “booty shak’n rock n roll,” and, in the end, they just want you to dance. But what about those Boss Enova interludes?

“I like listening to different types of music, and mostly music that will take me to a different place in my head,” Hess explai - Consequence of Sound

Bastard Lovechild of Rock n’ Roll, or more simply known as BLORR, really does sound like bastard love(children) of rock n’ roll. Think free love and acid trips. Not to mention, their names are Cookie Sugarhips (vocals, guitars, keys) and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (percussionist, blues harp, keys) – can we get those abbreviated too? Despite the ridiculous names, BLORR seems serious about bringing psychedelia back. Their debut EP Bim Bom sounds like a positive step towards its comeback. You can sample one of their tracks below and if you dig it, *DOWNLOAD THE EP FOR FREE HERE.* - The Morning After Pills

Meet the Bastard Lovechild of Rock ‘n Roll. Need I say more? Well, alright. This Florida-based duo have just release their debut EP, Bim Bom. A gritty, raunchy, psychedelic (and oh-so-satisfying) dose of rock ‘n roll. And with band members calling themselves Cookie Sugarhips (vocals,guitars, keys) and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn (percussionist, blues harp, keys), what’s not to love? - OCMD San Francisco Blog

The Florida two-piece do a mean and heavy delta blues inspired psych rock as well as mix it up with electro funky synthesizers. Word on the block is they have been making a name for themselves lighting up venues far and wide with their sweaty high-energy live shows opening for some of the best in the business. Be the first kid in gyn class to get on the band's wagon. - BL!SSS Magazine

Florida-based Bastard Lovechild Of Rock And Roll (or BLORR, for short) will be shaking music halls in its home state with an upcoming spate of shows this October. The duo, which features the creatively named Cookie Sugarhips Hess on vocals, guitar and keys and Hot Damm Sweet Huckleberry Winn on drums and keys, draws a range of influences from old blues acts like Son House and Etta James to the indie rock performance sass of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Since it formed, BLORR has brought its wittily named songs (such as "You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?" or “My Round Hips”) up and down the East Coast, to Southern Californa and even all the way to Japan. And it has played with the Black Lips, Mates Of State, Mickey Avalon, the Crystal Stilts and Wavves. Even if you haven't had the chance to see it live, maybe you've heard some of the band's songs. After all, the tracks "My Terrific Tush," "Lil Black Books" and "Before And Afters" have been used by Nike 6.0 in its web commercials.

The duo, which is currently recording its first EP, joyfully describes itself as "the musical sword that is to save the world through booty-shakin' rock 'n' roll. It's a double-edged blade with a velvet grip that will surely stir your hips to dance in fear." Still not seized by BLORR's charm? Listen "My Terrific Tush" here, and be converted. - Zeynep Oguz

Bastard Love Child of Rock & Roll (BLORR) plays the last Jelly Rockyard show of this summer this Saturday, September 11. 554 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. These kids harness the raw energy of a lightning bolt, mix it with a dash of crotch-thrusting, and a pinch of broken disco ball. If the Black Keys toughened up and got Jeff Buckley's ghost to sing lead vocals, you might come close to the sound of BLORR. - Bronze God