The Killer Barbies/Silvia Superstar: They Come From Vigo!
OK! For all lovers out there of really, really.... Cool, Trashy and Feel Good punk rock - power pop - garage band style in the
same vein as The Ramones, Rezillos, Blondie and X-Ray Specs, here's the Greatest Rockband in the world (OK, maybe not THE greatest as they're no Pixies, but certainly they're the most Lovable, Cute, Fun and Charming one). Still they're something of a
secret from Spain (but they had a fan base also in Germany) this great Galician band from Vigo. The Rock Icon Joey Ramone
loved them - and that's some credentials! They're fronted by the Gorgeous, The One and Only: Silvia Superstar

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100 % Fun
100 % Sex Appeal
100 % Cool Punk-Rock-Power-Pop Music


Silvia Superstar -
Sexiest Woman in Rock?



El Grupo - Louder and Faster...
The groups core all since the start is the duo Billy King (Antonio Domínguez),
a great drummer providing that important heavy beat and spanish punk queen and trashrock icon, singer Silvia Superstar (Silvia García Pintos) both from Vigo
Silvia were undisputedly the sexiest and most charismatic female singer in rock since the days of Debbie Harry. Not the greatest voice in any way, but she (and we) couldn't care less. I just love that spanish accent of hers, SO SEXY, when she sings in english, and in spanish she's better, that beautiful language (she would be adorable in cantonese too i'm sure).
The group's only - almost - hits were Love Killer and (They Come From ) Mars. In the latter mighty fun music video, evil marsians can be seen shooting nuns and abducting the sweet and very innocent Silvia



 
They made their debut in 1994 with the single I Wanna Live in Tromaville - A declaration of love to the Fun Psychotronic Trash Culture and it's
something of the group's Credo. The group's latest and greatest album were Sin is In from 2003 - and very much recommended, a great, great album
it is, released by German Drakkar. Then we heard nothing until the spanish tribute album to the great Tom Petty in 2005, were the band contributed with an unjustly ignored KILLER version of A Thing About You. Then yet again we heard nothing.....nothing...... besides Silvia acting in film (Ellos Robaron la Picha de Hitler) and on spanish TV, and singing with her old pre-Barbies band (Aerolíneas Federales - se below) on some gigs. It seems like The Killer Barbies is no more, or ? Will there be another try to conquer the world? And what has Silvia been doing ? Answer: See below


Sexy Milf Silvia as Sex Kitten/Little Red Riding Hood in her second single from her 2008 solo album

So, here's the second single from her great solo album - Queen Bitch

It's cool, it's Fun and it's Sexy in a playful way

Listen to Her Queen Bitch Video - Follow the Youtube link

Besides being a great rocksinger, songwriter, musician, TV-hostess and a gorgeous model Silvia's also acting in films, early on in a galician cannibal horror, then in 2 efforts from the spanish filmlegend Jésus "Old Jess" Franco and in a Franco-esque trash (They stole Hitler's dick..?) and now the main role in the first galician, not spaghetti but, turnip western (for swedish readers: ung.. en kålrotswestern)

Naipe de Sangue (Playing Cards of Blood, 2010) directed by José Ballesta and Miguel Anxo Fernández


A very cool poster with beatiful Susan.... Silvia in the bath

2 Musicians in the main roles, Silvia and Elodio Santos from the group Elodio y los Seres Queridos (Elodio and Loved Ones). There's a trailer on Youtube to see.
Does it look good? Hmm, no comments, but Silvia look great as always in her red hair
and a galician turnip western - who want to miss something unique like that?
The man behind the film music is Paco Seren and i've no idea if Silvia's singing in it.
I want this film on dvd no matter how bad it is, The Queen of Galicia's in the main role

The Silvia Superstar Solo Album (on Pias records, recorded at Gongsound studio, Vigo 2008) - BUY IT!

Thank you Great Silvia for this nice album of 10 minimalistic and charmingly unpretentious rock-punk-pop songs with an electro staccato twist to it.
In the same fun trash-culture pantheon as always with Silvia, she certainly knows her world of Psychotronic art. Billy King wrote 3 of the songs.
My favourites are Less Love (should've been a HUGE HIT in a better world than this cesspool of ours), Hell or Heaven, One More Time, I've Got a Machine Gun and the outro Less Love Lounge with it's beautiful space sound, and yes, i just love the glockenspiel effects.... very, very nice Silvia

A New Silvia Superstar Solo Single - Less Love



When The Killer Barbies are taking a rest - and just a rest - according to Silvia the band hasn't disbanded, Silvia's been preparing a solo project, writing, producing and playing many of the instruments on a bunch of new songs soon to be released on
a solo Silvia Superstar album. Yes, it's true, it's true....aaaah

WOW! Released February 2009, the first single Less Love A really, really cool pop-punk song with a heavy and smart beat to it. Primitive pure orgasmic power fun!

Listen to Her Übergreat Video - Follow the Youtube link

Visit the Lovely Silvia at her Myspace Site www.myspace.com/silviasuperstarspain

Visit the Band at www.myspace.com/thekillerbarbies or www.killerbarbies.tk

 

A small excerpt of records from the group's discography below, and some DVD's too. Click on links, at left, for bigger pictures and more info

 

A Very good compilation CD
with 13 of their songs including
Lovekiller, They Come From
Mars, Rage och Lost Control

The Killer Barbies (CD)

Bad Taste

Production year: 2000 Germany
Company: Drakkar; sung in english



Their latest and mighty great album with 13 songs including
Down the Street, Wake Up, Soy Mala, Apreder a Volar and the
video of Candy

The Killer Barbies (CD)

Sin Is In

Production year: 2003 Germany
Company: Drakkar; sung in spanish and english




A much awaited DVD with their music videos, live concert footage, behind the scenes stuff and a
bonus CD with music and picture gallery

The Killer Barbies (DVD + CD)

Freakshow

Production year: 2004 Germany
Company: Drakkar; sung in spanish and english. DVD - PAL



Silvia Superstar, spanish punk queen and the band in a fun and very trashy sex-horror from old maestro Jess. A Rare interview with Silvia and Billy & some cool music videos widescreen

Killer Barbys (DVD)

Direction: Jesus Franco, production: 1996

Cast: Mariangela Giordano, Silvia Superstar, Aldo Sanbrell
DVD spanish language (or english dub) with english subs, region 1 NTSC
US Shriek Show unrated edition




A quite fun horror-comedy with Silvia and Bela B. widescreen, 5.1 behind the scenes, plus the music video of Candy

Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (DVD)

Direction: Jesus Franco, production: 2003

Cast: Silvia Superstar, Aldo Sanbrell, Lina Romay
DVD english or german language, region free
German Polyband edition - PAL

Aerolíneas Federales
Los Cafres
Silvia García Pintos ........................ Antonio "Billy" Domínguez

 

A Classic spanish New Wave post-punk band from Vigo. Started by Miguel Costas 1981 with first album 1986 incl. punk-pop evergreen Soy una punk
But before Silvia started the Barbies with Billy King, and before she was known as Silvia Superstar , she was Silvia García Pintos (born 1970) Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia who in 1989 joined the GREAT group Aerolíneas Federales, as one of 2 singers, Aerolinettes. After the 1991 album "Una o Nínguna" (see link at left) the group disbanded. Silvia was a popular hostess on the TV show Xabarin Club, acted in galician horror "Cannibals de los Garrulos Lisérgicos", acted in TV series, acted in Jess Franco films and 2006 in Pedro Temboury's "Ellos Robaron la Picha de Hitler"

 


Los Cafres praised 1988 SF13 Tractor Cerebral album's regarded as somewhat of a spanish alt. rock classic

What about Billy then?

Antonio "Billy" Domínguez (born 1966) the FINE, FINE drummer with that
heavy driving beat, he's also from Vigo, Galicia, which seems to be something of the indie-garage-rock center of Spain. He was/is? also the boss of Toxic Records label, and before the Barbies he was drumming in the 1980's alternative rock group Los Cafres and even before that he played with a VERY young Silvia in a group called The Last of the Philippines. I DO HOPE Billy has written new Barbies stuff
these last years and plan The Return of The Killer Barbies


Well, another pic of the lovely Silvia, dressed in a T-shirt with
some of her musical influences,
and another great group. But...
shouldn't the Group get some attention also from other places
than Spain and Germany?

Aaah, they're were mighty cute...

In a better and more ideal world The Killer Barbies would have had a big break-through worldwide......but, that was not to be
Not even the approval stamp from Joey Ramone did the trick. Maybe the Barbies attitude are to pure and non-commercial to
float well on the surface of the sea of crap out there. Actually, i'm pretty sure they're not that big even in their home country Spain?
Surely there are boring pretentious groups or Idol-garbage artists that sells tons of records there too, as anywhere else in the world.
Well, their albums are all highly recommended! Let's hope Silvia's doing great solo and that the band will return someday


Below - Some spanish alt. indie-power pop bands that were somewhat cool

Juniper Moon
Great, Great Grupo
Beautiful Crystal Clear Power Pop

 

Their much praised album
El Resto de mi vida
(see link left)


From the small town of Ponferrada, Léon a great Power Punk Pop Group with a lot
of fast nice guitars, a hammond organ and FINE girl singer Sandra. The band existed between 1997 - 2004 and recorded on the Elefant label.

They made at least 2 GREAT singles: Their debut in 1999 with - Volverás and then with the beautiful - Sólo una sunrisa (with a music video made in january 2003)
Their classic 2002 only album has been re-issued in 2010 by Elefant Records
A Great Song! Juniper Moon On Youtube - Sólo una sunrisa
Los Fresones Rebeldes
De rebelliska jordgubbarna
Cola Jet Set ................................. La Casa Azul
Another cool spanish indiegroup worth mentioning is Barcelona's
Los Fresones Rebeldes
(see link left)


This Barcelona indie pop group with the fun name Los Fresones Rebeldes
existed between 1997 - 2003 and gave us pure indiepop and bubblegum punk
mixed in a most charming way. Not at all tough rockers, only sweet indie.
Famous for their pop classic Al Amanecer from their 1st album

 On Youtube - Al Amanecer

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