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Backwash |
 Ok,
so at this very second in time, the full color, oversized, 12 page booklet
that accompanied this EP is completely superfluous, a world tour program
for a tour that only exists in the fertile minds of our over-amped Swiss
brothers here. But, if this lil’ disc actually gets circulated around
enuff, if the rock world-at-large gets a taste of the almighty Backwash,
then I’ll buy sellin’ the goddamn booklet to some fat teenager in Hamburg
for $600 in a couple years. Because Backwash, ya see, are the
fuckin’ TITS. They are every bit as good as Hardcore Superstar
were, right before they pussed-out completely. Hell, they might even able
to go toe-to-toe with “Total 13” Backyard Babies, too. The
sonic alchemy is the same, after all – AC/DC + Guns N’ Roses = Hot Rock
Action – but Backwash have a sense of style and grace all their
own. It’s about respecting the Rock, I reckon, and the Thin Lizzy,
Wildhearts, and Hanoi Rocks flourishes that they touch on
here and there come off as sincere homages, not rip-offs. Hell, they even
sound like Aussie thunderboogie legends Heaven in places, and
that’s pretty fuckin’ remarkable, you gotta admit. Best o’ the bunch here,
if ya ask me (and it appears that you are), is “One
 More
Dollar”, a hook-heavy, singalong 70’s biker-rocker that brings to mind
UFO and other cool 70’s things, like honcho mustaches and chicks in
shorts. But mostly UFO. Closer “I’ve Done It”, a melodic
arena-rock cruncher with a bitchin’ Rose Tattoo riff and an equally
bitchin’ Axl Rose-esque vocal perf from lead screamer Bob,
is pretty boss, too. Hell, the whole fucking thing is top-notch. Now, I
don’t know a whole lot about Zurich, where Backwash hail
from, this much is true. Amsterdam supervillain Tony Slug
sez you can literally eat off the streets there, which doesn’t sound all
that ROCK, so I cannot tell you if it is the call of the wild or
just a lot of studying in the School of Rock that has hammered and honed
Backwash into such a lethal juggernaut of 70’s Superslabbage, but I
can tell you that there’s an authentic rock n’ roll heart beating away on
these 5 tracks, and it’d be some shame if ya missed it. “Feel Rock”?
You better believe it does, Jack.______________________________________________________ |
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-Sleazegrinder |