By Metal Dave Back with more bite than a deep swill of rotgut, Broken Teeth is still breathing fire on new album, “4 on the Floor” (EMP Label Group). Full-throttle from the get-go, the infectious title track rides waves of stinging guitars courtesy of Jared Tuten and David Beeson while shrieker Jason McMaster extols the […]
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Review: Broken Teeth ‘4 on the Floor’
Posted: 20th April 2017 by admin in ReviewsTags: 4 On The Floor, broken teeth, EMP Label Group, jason mcmaster
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Review: ‘Bon Jovi: The Story’
Posted: 25th October 2016 by admin in ReviewsTags: Bon Jovi, bryan reesman
By Metal Dave Anyone with a radio knows Jon Bon Jovi is one of the most phenomenally successful rock stars of all time. Not so widely known are the inside stories behind the early ambition and rise to rock-n-roll riches that could only be told by those who were there. In his soon-to-be released “Bon […]
Raw Power: Iggy and the Stooges Unleash ‘The Weirdness’ at packed SXSW 2007 gig
Posted: 13th June 2016 by admin in ReviewsTags: Iggy Pop, stooges, SXSW 2007, The Weirdness, waterloo records
By Metal Dave Perhaps the hottest ticket in Austin during SXSW 2007 was the rare chance to see a revamped, revved-up Stooges playing in the iconic confines of Waterloo Records. Thankfully, I had a connection who got me to the front of a line that stretched down the block on its way to Waco. I […]
Review: Anthrax Conquers Bold, New Territory with Adventurous ‘For All Kings’
Posted: 9th February 2016 by admin in ReviewsTags: anthrax, For All Kings, worship music
By Metal Dave Knowingly or NOT!, Anthrax throws down the gauntlet with new album, “For All Kings.” Adventurous in its vast melodic scope and high harmonies, “For All Kings” – the follow-up to 2011’s widely (and rightly) praised “Worship Music” – finds Anthrax reining in its thrash-metal tendencies rather than fueling them as a driving […]
Review: Dr. Boogie Ups the Rock-n-Roll Dose
Posted: 27th January 2016 by admin in ReviewsTags: Dr. Boogie, Gotta Get Back to New York City, Izzy Stradlin, Rod Stewart, rolling stones
By Metal Dave Like a lot of great rock bands, Dr. Boogie owes a nod and a wink to the sozzled swagger of Rod Stewart’s Faces and the slinky sting of Rolling Stones guitars. Born in Los Angeles (but apparently ready to escape to New York), Dr. Boogie’s debut album, “Gotta Get Back to New York City,” […]
Review: Under No One, ‘Bullhorns & Politics’
Posted: 30th October 2015 by admin in ReviewsTags: Alienation, Bullhorns & Politics, Judge Mental, scythe, Under No One
By Metal Dave If you wore a Sepultura patch in San Antonio during the early 1990s, you and your leather high-tops surely got bruised slamming to Alienation, Judge Mental and Scythe. As the go-to local opening acts for Anthrax, Deicide, Overkill and Suicidal Tendencies, the Alamo City’s Big Three were a whiplash squad of mortar-blast drums, blinding guitar […]
Review: Michael Monroe, ‘Blackout States’
Posted: 17th October 2015 by admin in ReviewsTags: Blackout States, dregen, ginger wildheart, hanoi rocks, Horns and Halos, michael monroe, Sensory Overdrive
By Metal Dave With due respect to Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe’s best run is now. Fightin’ words, perhaps, but the truth is worth the risk. On a raucous roll since 2011’s “Sensory Overdrive” and its 2013 follow-up, “Horns and Halos,” the iconic glam-punk singer is back with “Blackout States,” the third in a near-flawless trifecta of […]
Review: Broken Teeth, ‘Bulldozer’
Posted: 1st October 2015 by admin in ReviewsTags: ac/dc, broken teeth, jason mcmaster
By Metal Dave Broken Teeth arrived in 1999 as the best AC/DC sound-alike since “Powerage” and “Let There Be Rock.” Over multiple albums and various lineup changes (not the least of which was necessitated by the untimely passing of bassist Travis Weiss), the Austin, TX band has since spiked its bad-boy boogie with the speedier, […]
Review: Kickin Valentina ‘Super Atomic’
Posted: 28th May 2015 by admin in ReviewsTags: Kickin Valentina, Sleaze Rock, Super Atomic
By Metal Dave If Scandinavian sleaze rock crashed into vintage Hollywood hair metal, the shattering sonic slam might sound like Kickin Valentina. Gruff and nasty, these Atlanta-based, raunch-n-rollers are back with their second platter, “Super Atomic.” Opening with “Sermon,” which is actually a mini-narrative about the corrupting evils of rock-n-roll, the six-song “Super Atomic” gets […]