This is the last solo album from George, and was released last year. He seems to be involved in a lot of projects, but still his output has been of a very high standard. I am always stoked for anything by George as I am a huge fan.
He is joined here by ex-Bulletboys drummer Jimmy D’Anda, and on bass a guy I don’t know, Eric Louiselle. First track in, Quiver, is a very heavy sounding track with a great riff and lots of cool playing. Cola has a slowed down almost funky groove with a fat mean main riff, plenty of wah wah, and lots of George. TJ 69 is next up and has a killer groove and swing. Death By A Thousand Licks is just that, a fast paced riff with George laying down lick after lick. I Think closes out Side 1 and starts with with a fuzzed out main riff with a cool groove – and yup – lots of George. I think you get the picture by now – every track has lots of George.
Side 2 kicks off with Sharks With Laser Beams, and this is the most up-tempo track so far – I love the tone of the guitar in the solo. Octavia is a contender for my favourite on the album. It starts off with some nice acoustic playing before the main riff kicks in, and George is using some really cool effects. Supersonic Hypnotic Groove Thing is a straight up rocker, and the guitar is epic on this track. The album closes out with Falling Apart and is the closest to a Dokken-esque track you’ll get here as the guitar is covering what would be the vocal line.
This album is guitar all the way. If you want George playing tunes with vocals then there is plenty of that out there with The End Machine, Wicked Underground, Dirty Shirley, and Ultraphonix (to name a few). I am really glad he does these instrumental albums once in a while.
9.5/10 from The Grooveman.
