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It took me long enough, but I finally picked up Hot Snakes' new Audit in Progress.
Back in the post-grunge, early 1990s, I figured rock was dead and lifeless. I had no faith in the ability for anyone to create incredible, thoughtful, aggressive rock music that wasn't trite, full of cliches, regurgitated, or suburban white kids with attitude (SWKWA) trying to do rap and speed metal at the same time. Then Drive Like Jehu came around and made me rethink everything.
I've lamented their break up since 1995, and most rock music, IMHO, has often been good, but nothing that inspiring since. By the late 1990s, Hot Snakes was a nice reincarnation with half the members of the old Jehu ... with some common elements, but obviously a different angle: simpler song structures, shorter songs that get more to the point, but still killer hooks and the snarling vocals of Rick Froberg.
Well, with Audit in Progress -- while not dramatically different from their past two releases -- I've changed my tune a little. These guys do have the capability and are one of those few instances of bands truly keeping rock viable. Yesterday I ran into a friend/college radio DJ wearing a Hot Snakes T-shirt from their tour here a month back ... and we got to chatting, with him saying, "You know, I am convinced these guys are one of the few reasons left to listen to rock music at all anymore these days. They are saviors for a dying art that's becoming duller and more derivative every day."
I'm not there yet with this release, but it definitely has echos of how I felt about Jehu 10 years ago.
Back in the post-grunge, early 1990s, I figured rock was dead and lifeless. I had no faith in the ability for anyone to create incredible, thoughtful, aggressive rock music that wasn't trite, full of cliches, regurgitated, or suburban white kids with attitude (SWKWA) trying to do rap and speed metal at the same time. Then Drive Like Jehu came around and made me rethink everything.
I've lamented their break up since 1995, and most rock music, IMHO, has often been good, but nothing that inspiring since. By the late 1990s, Hot Snakes was a nice reincarnation with half the members of the old Jehu ... with some common elements, but obviously a different angle: simpler song structures, shorter songs that get more to the point, but still killer hooks and the snarling vocals of Rick Froberg.
Well, with Audit in Progress -- while not dramatically different from their past two releases -- I've changed my tune a little. These guys do have the capability and are one of those few instances of bands truly keeping rock viable. Yesterday I ran into a friend/college radio DJ wearing a Hot Snakes T-shirt from their tour here a month back ... and we got to chatting, with him saying, "You know, I am convinced these guys are one of the few reasons left to listen to rock music at all anymore these days. They are saviors for a dying art that's becoming duller and more derivative every day."
I'm not there yet with this release, but it definitely has echos of how I felt about Jehu 10 years ago.
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woow he realsed it already!!
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