vanilla chainsaws reviews
red lights - mini-lp/CD
Haven't heard from this bunch for a while and thought they were cashed out for good...last I'd heard Simon Drew was flat broke living in Crete washing dishes, which is no way to earn the money you need to break the rock and roll world. But he's somehow made it back and gotten together five great new tracks for this effort. The CD, which is what I've got, adds on a batch of solid extra tracks from their back catalog to make the thing be lp length, and if you haven't heard the early stuff you'll rate this a damn good record, since they've picked their best and avoided the weaker Wine Dark Sea era songs. The new material rocks relentlessly in a Detroit-y way...I used to think these guys blended some British early 80s sounds into their music (they've covered an early Psychedelic Furs track here to give you an idea what I mean), but they really don't feel that way now...it's tough, nasty sounding rock played with power. These guys get no respect at home for some reason, but this is one of the better Aussie things I've heard this year.
Review c/o Steve Gardner "Noise for Heroes" Fanzine and Web Site
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