DAVIE ALLAN

Davie Allan is the King of Fuzz Guitar.
The music of Davie Allan and the Arrows are a genre unto itself: The Biker Instrumental, conjuring up images of Harleys, exhaust, violence, and hallucinogenic freakouts.
His oily, psychedelic soundtracks to biker flicks and b-movies such as "The Wild Angels", "Born Losers", "Thunder Alley", "Wild In The Streets" and "Dr Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs" rank as the most important post-surf instrumental recordings of all time.
Originally influenced by The Ventures Duane Eddy, Henry Mancini, and especially Link Wray, Davie accidentally stumbled on the distorted guitar sound that would remain his trademark by "plugging the whole band into the same amplifier".
Although his early forays into twangin' through a Maestro Fuzztone were first captured on his "Apache '65" debut, Davie's biker guitar sound really blossomed when he settled on the Mosrite Fuzzrite.
This would be the sound heard on "The Wild Angels" soundtrack, generating the squarewave saturated hit "Blue's Theme" in 1966.
Davie Allan and his band, The Arrows, released two full-length LPs, "Blue's Theme" and "Cycle-Delic Sounds" along with countless soundtrack LPs. Davie's multi-layered fuzz guitar tracks sets the stage for highway chases, fight scenes, and drug freakouts in numerous American International Pictures exploitation movies.
Davie Allan is still active and raunchy as ever, and continues to record and release splendid examples of his patented fuzz guitar instrumentals.


Hear Davie Allan's seven-minute fuzz guitar opus "Cycle-Delic"