Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 188
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted:
Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:26 am
01. Shut the f*ck Up
02. I Don't Care
03. I Got a Gun
04. 2 Times Dead
05. Brace Yourself
06. Natural Born Killers
07. Life
08. Revolution
09. Only Get So Far
There's a song near the end of "Here Come The Brides", BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's debut album, called "Revolution", and aside from the fact that there must be dozens of tunes with that title, the irony is that calling anything here revolutionary would be like calling Dick Cheney a happy-go-lucky guy. The BRIDES — led by MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns — offer up Eighties-style hard rock with a dash of snotty L.A. punk, light on the glam but heavy on the attitude.
Which is all fine and good, but the record — a compact nine-song effort — only provides sporadic moments of inspiration and little in the way of truly electrifying rock and roll. It's commendable that Sixx, Guns, drummer Scot Coogan, and vocalist London LeGrand are sticking their middle fingers at trends and doing what they want musically, but the shopworn selection of material here generates very few real sparks.
In another unforeseen irony, it's the least swaggering song on the record, "Life", with its poppier sensibility and Beatlesque influence, that ends up being the quartet's most memorable tune. Elsewhere, hard-driving sleaze rockers like "Shut The f*ck Up" and "I Got A Gun" get the foot tapping but slip away into nothingness the moment they're done. The cliches finally fly a little too thick on "Natural Born Killers" — the inevitable rant about being a rock star — and album closer "Only Get So Far", a soggy power ballad that barely gets to the finish line.
Those nostalgic for the "good old days," when the CRÜE and fellow bad boys GUNS N' ROSES dominated the earth (sorry, Tracii, but L.A. GUNS were always sort of a day late and a dollar short), might well enjoy another trip to the rock and roll altar with these BRIDES. For the rest of us, it will probably feel more like a nostalgia f*ck with the ex — ten years after you split up.
- Don Kaye from blabbermouth.net
Thomas Vrazel
Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 36
Location: Spring, Texas
Posted:
Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:27 am
I have only heard about half the songs off this cd. I can't say I was too impressed. Nothing mind blowing or different, in my opinion. Can't say I will by this one on initial listen....
Jarrod Vrazel Executive Producer
Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 1695
Location: Houston, Texas
Posted:
Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:54 am
the true test for Brides of Destruction will be the live experience. Word is the live set will include all of Here Come The Brides, plus a selection of Motley Crue and LA Guns tunes.
PAUZED
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 188
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted:
Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:42 am
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), have announced more dates as part of their "Honeymoon From Hell" U.S. tour. The trek is currently shaping up as follows:
Apr. 30 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
May 01 - Springfield, VA – Jaxx
May 02 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
May 03 - Baltimore, MD - Thunderdome
May 05 - New York, NY - CBGB
May 06 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
May 07 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre/Underground
May 08 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
May 09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero/Balcony Bar
May 11 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
May 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre
May 13 - Cleveland, OH - Odeon Concert Club
May 14 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
May 15 - Chicago, IL - Metro
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 188
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted:
Fri May 07, 2004 11:53 pm
i need to pik this one up, ive heard one song and i want to hear some more.
theloudestrock
Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 62
Location: West Orange, NJ
Posted:
Sat May 08, 2004 8:02 am
PAUZED wrote:
i need to pik this one up, ive heard one song and i want to hear some more.
Hey Pauzed,
I have some samples up of this CD if you want to check out some more tunes from the disk. I like it alot. Sounds like a cross of harder edged L.A. Guns meets Motley with an updated sound...
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 188
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted:
Sat May 08, 2004 4:53 pm
theloudestrock wrote:
PAUZED wrote:
i need to pik this one up, ive heard one song and i want to hear some more.
Hey Pauzed,
I have some samples up of this CD if you want to check out some more tunes from the disk. I like it alot. Sounds like a cross of harder edged L.A. Guns meets Motley with an updated sound...
