Better Than The Rest – available Now
Limited 100-run CD-R, Engineered by Mike Lastra and Mark Ellsworth. Buy Better Than The Rest online:
Or in Portland:
- Sonic Recollections
- Music Millennium
- Zeno Oddites
Napalm Beach, Snow Bud and the Flower People, Divining Rods, Boo Frog
Limited 100-run CD-R, Engineered by Mike Lastra and Mark Ellsworth. Buy Better Than The Rest online:
Or in Portland:
from High Times August 1991.



From Fred Spenner, Underdog Fanzine:
Ach wie romantisch. Erika (SERPENTONE) und Chris (NAPALM BEACH) haben sich eigentlich zusammen getan, um Geld für die Vermittlung von Hunden und Katzen aufzutreiben. Die Arbeit war offenbar so intensiv, dass sie näher zusammen rückten, sich verliebten und mit BOO FROG in die Sphären der vollkommenen Harmonie abtauchen. Dort, wo schon die CRAMPS in der Garage experimentierten, dort, wo das Haus of the rising sun steht, und wo psychedelische Dorgen das Bewusstsein erweitern. “Walk with me” geben sich BOO FROG offenherzig und stehen ganz am Anfang des Vintage Rocks, als analoge Musik noch eine spannende Entdeckungsreise war. Das Debüt ist ein Wüstenritt, an dem abends an der Oase romantische Lieder auf der Fender begleitet werden. Put your boots out und fell in love with BOO FROG! Aber Vorsicht vor den Klapperschlangen und den Skorpionen. Das musikalische Gift wirkt halluzigen!
by Jeffrey Larson of Sonic Recollections.
So Chris Newman has been on a rampage. When I got this latest band/album, I thought it’d be another cool update on his Napalm Beach formula… I was wrong. This band is way deeper than that, and lots spookier. Originally conceptualized as a band for a Lux Interior tribute, Boo Frog has developed into something bigger. We probably all know his guitar playing, songwriting & singing are unmatched here. But the secret weapons are Erika Meyer & Paul Vega. Erika’s songs send chills up & down the brain. Her guitar works with Chris’s (there’s no bass here) to create a neo-GunClub sound, and Paul’s drums fit in nicely alongside ALL the other drummers Chris has played with over the years. It seems like these guys have found their muses – and it appears they’re all in the same band together. Nice. And if Chris stays on this schedule, he’ll have another 20 records out in the next 20 years. These are 13 killers, lined up one after another. Boo Frog/Boo Frog – Skullman Records 99184-00210-4, 2009.
Ned Lannamann writes, “imagine the garage punk of Pierced Arrows steeped in muddy swamp water for a year or two, and you get something like Boo Frog. ”

Get To Know Boo Frog – Portland Mercury End Hits – 2009/10/02