Spectacularly
hairy Virginia thunderchuckers RPG play Super Seventies arena rock
better than most arena rock bands did IN the 70’s, man. Sonically
speaking, you have been down this blacklit road before, or at least yer big
brother has- the power-rock of Grand Funk, the swampboogie of CCR,
the heavy-devy of Sabbath, the rock n’ roll hoochie-coo of Captain
Beyond and the Godz and Bowie- but it’s all filtered
through a wall-rattling punk sensibility, and a metal-maniac’s dose of pure
volume. Highlights? Dig the vicious blue-collar rage of “Clockin’ In”,
the Skynrd innards of the slinky “Stand Still Blues”, or the
Kiss-meets-their-maker-in-the-grill-of-a-speeding-semi-on-Highway 75
fuzz-glam stomp of “Crash Bam Boom” for a few prime examples, but
picking out the hits is useless for a record like this, cuz it’s ALBUM
rock, dig? It’d be a gatefold in better days, and ya’d stare at it for hours
in the basement as the needle hit the groove for the 20th time that night,
and you’d decide you were TOTALLY growin’ yer hair out like the
weird-beard mirrorshades dude on the back cover. I’m not saying that RPG
are a complete throwback, ya know, cuz “Fulltime” is two-tons
heavier than the bands that inspired it, but Naz and the Nuge
and the Coop and Zep are most definitely starin’ back at
RPG everytime they glance in the rearview mirror. I think it’s safe to
say, then, that “Fulltime” is a Stone Groove, baby.
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Spectacularly
hairy Virginia thunderchuckers RPG play Super Seventies arena rock
better than most arena rock bands did IN the 70’s, man. Sonically
speaking, you have been down this blacklit road before, or at least yer big
brother has- the power-rock of Grand Funk, the swampboogie of CCR,
the heavy-devy of Sabbath, the rock n’ roll hoochie-coo of Captain
Beyond and the Godz and Bowie- but it’s all filtered
through a wall-rattling punk sensibility, and a metal-maniac’s dose of pure
volume. Highlights? Dig the vicious blue-collar rage of “Clockin’ In”,
the Skynrd innards of the slinky “Stand Still Blues”, or the
Kiss-meets-their-maker-in-the-grill-of-a-speeding-semi-on-Highway 75
fuzz-glam stomp of “Crash Bam Boom” for a few prime examples, but
picking out the hits is useless for a record like this, cuz it’s ALBUM
rock, dig? It’d be a gatefold in better days, and ya’d stare at it for hours
in the basement as the needle hit the groove for the 20th time that night,
and you’d decide you were TOTALLY growin’ yer hair out like the
weird-beard mirrorshades dude on the back cover. I’m not saying that RPG
are a complete throwback, ya know, cuz “Fulltime” is two-tons
heavier than the bands that inspired it, but Naz and the Nuge
and the Coop and Zep are most definitely starin’ back at
RPG everytime they glance in the rearview mirror. I think it’s safe to
say, then, that “Fulltime” is a Stone Groove, baby.