CD Review:
Treebeard, that is, Gilles Bourget (guitar, vocals), Patrick Boily (guitar), Pierre Bourget (bass, vocals), and Alain El Hofi (drums), were formed in Ottawa back in 1993. After releasing their first EP Transitway Champion in 1996, the band decided to put out a full-length. Pacemaker was the result.
It is a 12 song CD that has its ups and downs. After hearing the CD a few times, you have a feeling the group were listening to a lot of Nirvana growing up (the influence is clear on songs "Freak like the Rest" and especially "Galactic Superfuzz." The album is enjoyable until the band decides to experiment at the finish. "Almost, Always" plays well until it veers into noise. After what sounds like a German translation of Orwell's Animal Farm, the album puts out 4 minutes of radio noise (that fuzz you get when the dial is between stations). Add in two comic public service announcements about winning a Treebeard album and you get the idea the band wanted to leave you with a memorable impression; too bad it was a negative one. Now when I listen to the album, I skip its ending altogether.
This is a good start for one of Ottawa's most prolific bands, the music is fast-paced and exciting, too bad they ruined it at the end.
Scott D. Brown
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| Artist |
Lee Aaron |
| Album Title |
Bodyrock |
| Date Of Release |
1989 |
| Genre |
Metal |
| Official Website |
www.leeaaron.com |
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CD Review:
The "Metal Queen" made her best record with this one. Sexy, brash and full of pumped up rock, Lee Aaron earned her right to be along side Blondie, The Headpins, Heart et. al. as female rockers who deserve a listen.
"Whatcha Do to My Body" was all over the radio and it was many a young man's hard rock fantasy to have his way with more than her voice. But like many albums from the '80s, especially with the hair bands, this doesn't hold water over time. But if you like straight forward rock with a killer voiced female lead, then this maybe something you might like to check out.
With the success of this album, going double platinum in Canada and garnering her two Junos, she released Some Girls Do to a long awaiting audience (it took almost 5 years for it to hit the stores) before people moved on and left her to contemplate a change of focus.
Full Spectrum Staff
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