They Came To Rock

by The Amplifier Heads featuring Barrence Whitfield

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Rob Moss What can I say but,
klaatu barada nikto, man
a wop be bop a lu bop a wop bam
go johnny go
hail hail rock n roll
yeah yeah yeah woooh!
THEY CAME TO ROCK!

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“They Came To Rock” is the third single and the title track from the forthcoming record due out April 5th on Rum Bar Records.
Written and produced by Sal Baglio, who also performs guitar, mellotron, glockenspiel, and backing vocals, “They Came To Rock” features Samantha Goddess on vocals; Brad Hallen on bass; Kevin Rapillo on drums and percussion; Tom West on piano; Henley Douglas Jr. on baritone sax; and David Bryce on theremin. But it’s Whitfield who helps take it across the galaxy and back again, hurling through his vocals like a man possessed.
“They Came To Rock is a soundtrack record and I felt that it should have different voices besides my own for various tracks,” Baglio adds. “Barrence Whitfield was the only artist I thought of for singing the title track. Barrence is a brilliant instinctual artist and his interpretation of the song kicked it up and out of this stratosphere.”

lyrics

when the lights go down
out come the stars
from london to lubbock
venus and mars
followin’ the sound that never gets old
searchin’ for a savior name of rock and roll

transmitting satellites
tuning in tunes
on transistor radio station MOON
thru the static and the noise they still could hear
those super hits from the vinyl frontier 

THEY CAME TO ROCK!

down at the cavern all dressed in black
wearin’ neptune heels and a mercury stack
around the 12th bar v.u. meter in the red
out popped the boy with the amplifier head singing:

klaatu barada nikto, man
a wop bi bop a lu bop a wop bam
go johnny go
hail hail rock n roll
yeah yeah yeah woooh!
THEY CAME TO ROCK!

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released March 1, 2024
Barrence Whitfield: Lead vocal
Sal Baglio: Guitars, mellotron, glockenspiel, vocals
Samantha Goddess: Vocals
Brad Hallen: Bass
Kevin Rapillo: Drums, percussion
Tom West: Piano
Henley Douglas Jr.: Baritone sax
David Bryce: Theremin

Words and music by Salvatore Baglio
© ℗ 2023 Sunset on Mars Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded & Mixed by Warren Babson at Bang-A-Song Studios in Gloucester, MA
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works Mastering Studios in Somerville, MA
Produced by Sal Baglio
Norty Cohen: Executive Producer

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"Sal Baglio's ability to be sad, poignant, witty, morbid, brilliant, hysterical, and downright ridiculous.....while being both oblique and accessible, all at the same, is unparalleled!”
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