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FEARLESS LEADER |
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Fearless Leader were a bunch of
face-painted freaks from the San Fernando valley, whose ranks included
members of the Leaving Trains, Hot Damn, and Lazy
Cowgirls. They first burst onto the post-post-post flash metal scene
in the very early 90’s, with an un-namable album, produced by Jeff Dahl,
that sounded – and looked – like a cartoon band from Hell. If you haven’t
heard it, just imagine Redd Kross and the Fluid dressed up
like Kiss, jamming on old Sabbath tunes, while a bunch of
gum snapping teenage hussies cheered them on. Now throw those bitches in
the mud, and tell them you never really loved them. THAT was the
Fearless Leader sound. They were the first Satanic skateboard-glam cock
rock band ever. Not surprisingly, they split up soon after. Too far ahead
of their time, you see. In fact, they’re STILL too far ahead of
their time. “God Bless the Devil” is Fearless Leader’s l-o-o-o-ng
awaited second album, except it’s not new, it was actually recorded in
1997. It’s even weirder to release this in 2005 than it would have been to
release it in 1997, as even less people are aware of who Fearless Leader
are now then they were then, but we cannot wait forever, can we? The rock
must be rolled!
“God Bless” has ten songs about chicks and the devil, played with all the wild abandon of a really drunk Van Halen cover band. It’s got lyrics like “Jesus is the guy with the crown of thorns/Satan is the guy with the horns” and “It stinks!” (from “Toxic Crotch”, naturally) and it’s got a constantly riffing guitar that sounds like Helios Creed just discovered glam-punk five minutes ago. It’s either the most annoying-on-purpose pile of joke-y, obnoxious, 70’s fried junk rock since…well, the first Fearless Leader album, or it’s a brilliant display of crotch-grabbing demonic flash metal. Either way, it’s loud, monstrous teenage noise, and it will sound fuckin’ GREAT blasting out of a Trans Am this summer. Or a Mazda 3, whatever you got. Hear Fearless Leader on Sleazegrinder Radio! |
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