For a kick off if it's on Acetate Records it must be worth a listen. Secondly, if it gets compared to such greats as The Rolling Stones and Hanoi Rocks with a little Lords Of The New Church thrown into the mix why the fuck wouldn't any self respecting rock 'n' roller be interested? Considering these tapes were unheard for twenty years and vaulted in and around various studios in DC the music still sounds bang on the money and here's what I think.

Okay, so the name is a little...umm....nondescript, as is the album cover (it's just black with the band name on) but that's all window dressing (or lack of it), it's the sounds that really matter and,  opening with 'Self Submission', there is no mistaking this band is out for a good time of sleazy, down 'n' dirty rock 'n' roll with guitars a-ringing and an uber cool swagger. This sounds icy cool folks and sometimes you've gotta say it's only rock 'n' roll and I like it. 'Where All The People Gone' is exactly that; a good time rock 'n' roll blast, nothing more and nothing less. Four tracks in and you get the breezy 'Missfortunate Son' with some super sleazy raspy vocals from Vance Bockis who comes over all Stiv meets Mick 'n' Keef as the song drifts to its conclusion.

After only a few songs you're wondering how on God's green earth didn't this band make a big splash in the rock 'n' roll universe on the strength of the music alone? I'd put them in with The Joneses for writing great songs yet managing to slip under the radar of the general public. Sure, some make it through the trenches and some fall along the way, I get that and that's the way it's always been, but fuck me I'm a lovin' this. 'True Romance' has a harmonica honkin' over some more late '70s 'Some Girls' vibe (I must admit when I read the comparisons to the late '70s era Stones I was a little sceptical but you can feel it in the music for sure). A great overdriven riff and smart solo work compliments the Gob-iron superbly. 'Ecstacy' begins with some honkin' horns before drifting towards a '50s inspired quick step; this wouldn't sound out of place wedged onto Stiv's 'Disconnected' album. You get the impression that this a band that knows their way around a rock 'n' roll history book and then they've poured that onto this here album all mashed up and looking for a good time. If the Joneses were still a going concern then they'd have loved to have penned 'Girl That I Want'. 'Love To Dance' is like 'Is Nothing Sacred' era Lords Of The New Church mixed up with some John Taylor or Japan bass spanking with a wild chart-tastic sax weaving its way right through this bad boy.

There are many types of rock 'n' roll, some being way too serious, some way too heavy, some not serious enough and some not heavy enough but everybody sometimes just loves to get zoned out and lost in some good time music without a political agenda or trying to be one of the cool cats and and, like Iggy once said, "Rock it straight no bullshit" - simply just rocking for a good time; no strings. Well here is the perfect album for that in 2011 (sure these songs are 20 years old but better they come out now than never at all and the world would be a much darker place had Acetate not put these here tunes out). 
 

A wonderful one night stand with some down 'n' dirty rock 'n' roll. Buy this album; turn up the stereo; tune in drop out and enjoy The Factory coz these bad boys were/are hip shaking horn honkin' riff 'n' rollin' cats who have the best bits under their fingernails and have poured them all over this wonderful record for our listening pleasure. Buy it now!

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