Various Artists - Mondo Beat-Man

Artist: Various
Title: Mondo Beat-Man
Year: 1999
Label: Rockin' Bones
Tracks: 1.) Lightning Beat-Man "Jump Jump A Boogie", 2.) The Skeleton Surfers "Out Of Limits", 3.) The Never Heard Of 'Ems "Wrestling R'N'R", 4.) The Monsters "I Wanna Be Dead", 5.) The In-Sekt "Green Fuzz", 6.) The Coronets "Comanche" 

While it seems Beat-Man Zeller is largely a non factor with young music fans these days, it should be noted back in the 1990s he was one of the more interesting musicians operating in the trash rock universe. Based out of Switzerland, he was extremely prolific signing and playing guitar, moving between surf, garage, and punk rock, with some on the traditional side and some more modern and messed up. This is a comp of various Beat-Man bands released by yet another Italian label, Rockin' Bones. 

First up is his Hasil Adkins-inspired one man band rockabilly moniker, Lightning Beat-Man. He would record a lot of records like this. Next is the traditional surf of The Skeleton Surfers, doing a cover of The Marketts classic. As far as I know this is the only Skeleton Surfers recording. Rounding out side one is the juvenile garage punk of The Never Heard Of 'Ems, a group Beat-Man would also record a lot with. 

Side two opens with the more hard rock sounds of The Monsters, Beat-Man's most prolific outfit. After that we have the garage creep of The In-Sekt covering the notorious Randy Alvey tune, made most famous by The Cramps. Lastly, we have some more surf with The Coronets' version of Link Wray's "Commanche". I can only find record of one other Coronets release, a Swiss 45 from 1994. 

Beat-Man is still pretty active, primarily recording as Reverend Beat-Man, but his records and live show seem to be confined to Europe now. He also runs the eccentric Voodoo Rhythm Records, which released the first King Khan & His Shrines LP. 

Sample: here