THE HELLFREAKS

Hell was full so they came back...


Their return to this world began in February 2009 when Shakey Sue and her guitarist decided to amp up the sophistication of the music they were playing as members of an established surf-psycho band. Sue abandoned her drumsticks and the guitarist grabbed his Gretsch and after teaming up with two other friends who were rocking the punk world the Hellfreaks were born.

Rather than trying to hide their horns any longer, they combined their musical roots in punkrock, psychobilly and metal and the result was an original hard hitting sound.

During the summer of 2009 they recorded their first demo. That very same year the Program For National Contemporary Music Culture in Hungary invited applications music and motion pictures. Despite over 180 submissions, The Hellfreaks won the competition which gave them the funding required to produce their first music video for their single „Boogieman” which instantly resulted in over 3,000,000 views on Youtube. The video became one of the most viewed psychobilly videos ever! At the beginning of 2010 the band released their debut album „Hell Sweet Hell” which went to almost immediate success being sold to fans from Alaska to Australia, from Budapest to Birmingham.

After another 2 years of touring, the world was ready for their next album „Circus Of Shame” recorded on german label Longneck Records. A mix of punk rock and psychobilly a healthy touch of take-it-or-leave-it, alternative model and vocalist Shakey Sue and her 3 partners in crime set out to take their fans by storm and tell the critics ' Listen to this now!” 2013 they recorded their second video-clip in France/Montpellier for the song „Godless Girl's Fun”, directed by Enguerran Prieu, participator of the Cannes Film Festival 2013. The Hellfreaks continue to show fans across Europe and USA that as a hard touring band they can draw and play to audiences regardless of geography. They have performed in almost every European country, from small clubs to major festivals such as the WGT, Rock'n Ink & Force Attack in Germany, the Psychobilly Meeting in Spain, Club Sin in Finland, Warhead in Poland, Pod Parou in Czech Republic, The Whoolwich Grand Theater in London, Bedlam Breakout Festival in Northampton and countless other venues.

After a split up by end of 2014 and a period of a creative re-invention the band came back with Shakey Sue and a completly new, very strong line-up & a big portion of punkrock attitude and started with a tour through the USA in Summer 2015. The Hellfreaks toured in California, Arizona, Nevada and played at Ink'n Iron Festival in Long Beach as well. In the beginning of 2016 the band finished the recordings of the long awaited 3rd album „ Astoria”, which is the first material of the new-generation-Hellfreaks.

With this piece they seperated themself from the billy-roots and went straight forward to their new way they can call their own now: fresh, modern punkrock, with a high melodic punch, rockin’ guitars and a female singer between poppy notes till roaring lungs added with a tiny dose of hardcore-attitude.