Ah, the Bulletboys! They started out with so much promise with a killer first album, leaning on the Van Halen image and look, even using Ted Templeman as producer. Then followed two good albums, but not great, and if you put all the best bits from those first three you would have one of the best “hair band” albums ever made.
Then, they dropped off the map for a couple of years only to reappear with one of the worst albums ever: Acid Monkey. That is sort of when I checked out. There was a song called Kiss The Lizard that was good on that record, but it was not till the release of this album that I checked back in to see how they were getting along.
Now, other than the killer opener Apocalypto (favourite track) with a cool, raw, heavy riff and groove, and the hip hop flavoured track Sucker Punch, the Bullet Boys have turned into the Foo Fighters. Well, that’s what my ears are telling me anyway.
Not a bad thing, but is it the Bulletboys?
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
