Filthy Groove

Hot Rod Hullabaloo are a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan rockabilly trio built around guitars, doghouse bass, drums, and a shared love of hot rod culture, roots rock, and stripped-down rock and roll. The band’s sound mixes rockabilly, surf, garage, and early rock influences, with a live-band feel that keeps the music loose, energetic, and direct.

The group features Monty P. Marshall on guitars, vocals, and juice harp, Cam “the knife” Ewart on doghouse bass and vocals, and Jr. Lou Fontaine on drums, vocals, and whistle. Their 2005 album Filthy Groove was recorded over two days at High Voltage Studios in Saskatoon and produced and engineered by Sandy Burnett. The album includes original material such as “P.S.C.,” “Street Racin’ Man,” “Chicks With Sticks,” “Siberia,” and “Filthy Groove,” alongside covers including “Paint It Black,” “Fat Bottom Girls,” “Surfin’ Bird,” and “Whole Lotta Love.”

Hot Rod Hullabaloo also appeared on the 2005 Stumble Records compilation Zombie Night In Canada Vol. 2 with “Street Racing Man,” placing them alongside a wide range of Canadian punk, psychobilly, and rockabilly acts from the period. With Filthy Groove, the band left behind a straightforward snapshot of Saskatoon rockabilly: loud guitars, upright bass, driving drums, a bit of humour, and plenty of grease-stained energy.