Jukebox of the Dead

Jukebox of the Dead, by Detholz! (self-released). Space pop.

Detholz! members met at evangelical Wheaton College, but the Chicago band is nothing like what you might expect. (Think an atomic meltdown of Devo, David Bowie and Rocky Horror Picture Show theatrics). Here the band takes eight overplayed pop radio hits and yanks them through the funhouse mirror. How about Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" morphed into a menacing, minor-key boogie worthy of C-3PO? Easily the funniest, most clever rock CD to come from the Windy City in years (available at www.detholz.com).

Reviewed by Louis R. Carlozo, entertainment editor and staff writer at the Chicago Tribune and an independent record producer and studio musician.

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