Beasto Blanco – Live Fast Die Loud (2013)
With an album cover which plays a shameless tribute to the sheer abandon of Ted Nugent’s ‘Free For All’, you just know that Beasto Blanco are going to be cooler than a penguin’s giblets. Led by Chuck Garric (of Alice Cooper, L. A. Guns and Dio fame) and it is quite a dirty little rock ‘n’ roller. Describing a band in 2014 as ‘classic rock’ or ‘hard rock’ usually means little more than ‘they’re just a poor clone of Led Zeppelin, The Ramones of AC/DC (delete as appropriate)’ but Beasto Blanco are more than that. Having a vibe indebted to the adrenalin of a garage band or a dirty, alley lay, they also recognize that you achieve an awful lot more from a rock ‘n’ roll record if you don’t just blast off at full speed ahead all of the time. Thus whilst ‘Beasto Blanco’ has all of the balls and attitude of a scuzzy rock band and sounds like Zodiac Mindwarp with Rob Zombie on vocals, the synth-laden ‘California’ has a very contemporary, chilled out vibe. Most refreshing of all, you get the sense that this is not a band posing in the rock ‘n’ roll life, but living it – ‘Blood Shot’ (think The Backyard Babies), ‘Motorqueen’ (the dirge metal of a hungry V8) and ‘Beg To Differ’ (a snarling pitbull) all rock like a whorehouse during happy hour.
If you’re looking for sophistication, look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for cheap thrills and lead in your pecker, come on in.
With an album cover which plays a shameless tribute to the sheer abandon of Ted Nugent’s ‘Free For All’, you just know that Beasto Blanco are going to be cooler than a penguin’s giblets. Led by Chuck Garric (of Alice Cooper, L. A. Guns and Dio fame) and it is quite a dirty little rock ‘n’ roller. Describing a band in 2014 as ‘classic rock’ or ‘hard rock’ usually means little more than ‘they’re just a poor clone of Led Zeppelin, The Ramones of AC/DC (delete as appropriate)’ but Beasto Blanco are more than that. Having a vibe indebted to the adrenalin of a garage band or a dirty, alley lay, they also recognize that you achieve an awful lot more from a rock ‘n’ roll record if you don’t just blast off at full speed ahead all of the time. Thus whilst ‘Beasto Blanco’ has all of the balls and attitude of a scuzzy rock band and sounds like Zodiac Mindwarp with Rob Zombie on vocals, the synth-laden ‘California’ has a very contemporary, chilled out vibe. Most refreshing of all, you get the sense that this is not a band posing in the rock ‘n’ roll life, but living it – ‘Blood Shot’ (think The Backyard Babies), ‘Motorqueen’ (the dirge metal of a hungry V8) and ‘Beg To Differ’ (a snarling pitbull) all rock like a whorehouse during happy hour.
If you’re looking for sophistication, look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for cheap thrills and lead in your pecker, come on in.
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