By Metal Dave Crank County Daredevils sound like a band that makes lunch out of whiskey and saw blades. Raw, raunchy and possibly out on bail, North Carolina’s most notorious sleaze rockers return from hiatus with a rampaging six-song EP that would easily be considered contraband in most civilized corners of the world. (Hey, it […]
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Crank County Daredevils ‘Feed the Beast’
Posted: 31st May 2017 by admin in ReviewsTags: Crank County Daredevils, Feed the Beast, Sleaze Rock
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Review: Junkyard ‘High Water’
Posted: 8th May 2017 by admin in ReviewsTags: Acetate Records, David Roach, High Water, junkyard
By Metal Dave Patched together during Hollywood’s hair-metal heyday, Junkyard was the “wifebeater” of rock-n-roll. Sweat-stained and best suited to redneck punks and motorheads, the ‘Yard dogs were a belligerent sight and sound compared to MTV’s fancy-pants poodle boys. Fast-forward to “High Water” (Acetate Records) – their first album in 26 years – and Junkyard is still […]
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
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 […]
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 […]