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RATT – Dancing Undercover

September 12, 2022 /

After the initial burst of their first three releases (the self titled EP, Out Of The Cellar, and Invasion Of Your Privacy), Ratt were on a serious roll – those first three are classics. With this, their fourth release, could they keep it up? Well, the easy answer is no, but there are a few great songs on here.

The opening track, Dance, was a hit single and appeared in Miami Vice. It’s a typical Ratt n roll groove with that hint of sleaze – its a great tune. Drive Me Crazy is a cool up-tempo tune with a nice descending hook and riff. Slip Of The Lip was another track that appeared in a movie, this time it was The Golden Child. The best track on the album, and my favourite, is Body Talk. A killer tune that really grooves along with a simple riff and killer hook.

Other than Take A Chance, which is a slow grinding groove that is different from any other track on the album, Side 2 doesn’t live up to the quality of Side 1. It was a slow slide downwards after this album, with the occasional great tune thrown in to to remind people they could still do it. This album is certified platinum, so it sold in huge numbers.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.

MARTY FRIEDMAN- One Bad M.F.

September 10, 2022 /

After having survived nearly 10 years in Megadeth working along side Mustaine (he should be awarded a medal for that), Marty took charge of his own career again, and has released a ton of albums since, whether that be studio or Live like this one. Marty has been living in Japan since 2003, and this was recorded live in Mexico City in 2018.

Some of his playing is absolutely blistering, and his band is killer as well. I mean the notes, riffs, and grooves on Elixir are crazy and not a note dropped. The intro to Inferno is crazy! It’s not just the pure shred, but the drums from Chargeeee (his mother must have been high) are incredible. There’s not really a let up, so when a slow song comes along it really stands out – Devil Take Tomorrow is pure gold as Marty shows he can play melody as well as the shred.

My favourite track is Mutation Melody as it has a killer chugga riff and a ripping driving groove that really pound along. The award for total insanity goes out to Ripped as it feels as though everyone is outdoing each other with a battery of notes and beats fired across the stage.

This is for lovers of over the top guitar and shred.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

WARRIOR SOUL – Drugs, God And The New Republic

September 10, 2022 /

I sort of ignored this band at the time as I lumped them in with all the grunge bands that flooded our ears in the early nineties. But Warrior Soul had a serious sleazy rock n roll groove with politically tinged lyrics.

Intro and Interzone are short and sharp, and Rust is sleaze rock n roll. The third track in Drugs, God And The New Republic is a huge chunk of post rock goodness that would not be out of place on a Killing Joke album. Main man, Kory Clarke, was a one man band come poet/solo artist before the band was formed, and some of the lyrics (like on The Answer) have that poet delivery.

There is a classic rock undertone to a lot of the songs, and Man Must Live As One has a killer old school riff and it is my favourite on the album. There is even a song with THAT RIFF – The Real Thing – every rock band will succumb and use it at some point. A very raw rock n roll album that I like a lot more now than I did back in the day.

7.5/10 from The Grooveman.

MOTLEY CRUE – The End

September 9, 2022 /

When is the end not the end?  They have been peddling this around for way too long. I guess someone needed another alimony payment or had a lawsuit to pay. The tour that’s going around North America this summer has been doing great business and was some spectacle, but Posion blew both of the headliners off stage every night.

We get a nice coloured pink marble vinyl, and the songs are near enough the same set they have been playing for a while now, Opening up with Girls Girls Girls. I’m not sure if Vince has touched his vocals up after the event, but he does sound better on here than he does now. All the hits are here, plus all the songs you know, so it turns out to be a pretty cool Greatest Hits package.

My favourite Crüe song ever is Live Wire, but on this set my favourite is Shout At The Devil – it’s sounds quite shambolic and I love Mick Mars guitar sound. I guess you either love ‘em or hate ’em. I usually sit in the hate ’em side, mainly due to the crap that surrounds them, but I admit that this is quite a fun listen.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.

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