Ottmeister X
12-05-2006, 01:46 PM
At least to me, and in my opinion, Wolfmother and Army Of Anyone.
I saw another thread where Wolfmother was ho-hum to some. I think this is one of the best debuts in quite awhile. Definitely old school hard rock-sounding (Sabbath, Maiden, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Motorhead). I even sense a little early Pink Floyd in a couple of the songs. I find this album impressive considering the age of the kids, showing that youth hasn't quite forgotten the good, old hard rock groups of lore. The lyrics are perhaps "goofy" to some, but I actually find them refreshing to some of the lyrical crap that gets put out again and again and again. I also thought the singer sounded like The White Stripes at first, but I think that's just more in-line with what a hard rock Australian singer is going to sound like with the "down under" accent.
Army Of Anyone is the brothers from Stone Temple Pilots -- one of the most under-appreciated rock bands ever -- and the singer and drummer from Filter. Don't like this one quite as much as Wolfmother, but it's a solid buy for $10 (Target is where I got it). I'm not a huge Richard Patrick fan, but I like this body of work from him versus the Filter stuff. As usual, the DeLeo brothers are solid, and the drumming on the album is stellar. I would have preferred Eric Krentz (sp?) from STP sticking with the DeLeo brothers, but Ray Luzier is a comparable replacement.
Agree or disagree with these choices? Any other hard rock bands to note as of late?
I saw another thread where Wolfmother was ho-hum to some. I think this is one of the best debuts in quite awhile. Definitely old school hard rock-sounding (Sabbath, Maiden, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Motorhead). I even sense a little early Pink Floyd in a couple of the songs. I find this album impressive considering the age of the kids, showing that youth hasn't quite forgotten the good, old hard rock groups of lore. The lyrics are perhaps "goofy" to some, but I actually find them refreshing to some of the lyrical crap that gets put out again and again and again. I also thought the singer sounded like The White Stripes at first, but I think that's just more in-line with what a hard rock Australian singer is going to sound like with the "down under" accent.
Army Of Anyone is the brothers from Stone Temple Pilots -- one of the most under-appreciated rock bands ever -- and the singer and drummer from Filter. Don't like this one quite as much as Wolfmother, but it's a solid buy for $10 (Target is where I got it). I'm not a huge Richard Patrick fan, but I like this body of work from him versus the Filter stuff. As usual, the DeLeo brothers are solid, and the drumming on the album is stellar. I would have preferred Eric Krentz (sp?) from STP sticking with the DeLeo brothers, but Ray Luzier is a comparable replacement.
Agree or disagree with these choices? Any other hard rock bands to note as of late?