CD Review:
The Danger City Rebels are an Ottawa based power pop trio lead by Nick Danger's Steve Earle-ish vocals and guitar. Along with Danger are Chunkk on drums and Popsicle Pete on bass. You will also hear Don Paterson, Mike Dubue, and Phil Shaw Bova guest on trumpet, Hammond, Wurlitzer and tambourine. Escape from Danger City is a brilliant, although short, album that makes you long for those days when all you had to worry about was finding lots of time for girls and driving around the city with the top down on your convertible. The 6 track 17 minute foray into rockabilly with an old school country appeal is the band's second release on The Beautiful Music label.
It was to be the third but problems with rights to a song ("Secret Agent Man"), or more particularly elements in the song, off the band's second EP delayed its release. Escape from Danger City is the third episode in the trilogy of EPs called the Thrillology of Danger. The first EP entitled The Return of Nick Danger was to be joined by Surf Spy Lounge but Surf Spy Lounge was delayed as mentioned above.
Song highlights on Escape from Danger City include: "Eldorado," a catchy up-tempo ditty about leaving your worries outside the door of a fast automobile, and "Sweetheart Again," a song of love lost without the usual depressing instrumentation.
Scott D. Brown
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| Band |
Kiss |
| Album Title |
Destroyer |
| Date Of Release |
1976 |
| Genre |
Rock |
| Official Website |
www.kissonline.com |
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CD Review:
After their breakthrough live album Kiss Alive which made them superstars, Kiss released their best studio album which garnered them equal accolades. Destroyer is Kiss's most successful studio release and contains many of their greatest songs. Bob Ezrin produced and you see his influence on this album as the band moves from harder rock to more of a pop rock feel that was the genesis of all those hair bands from the '80s.
Kiss is the epitome of style and flash over substance, but they do it so extremely well that you forget that they put out some good music. The biggest attraction to them for me, as I was only 8 when they achieved their fame, wasn't all the make-up and platform shoes, but was the simple, catchy, and repetitive lyrics and music lines that grabbed your attention.
The great songs are all here. "King of the Night Time World", and "Shout It Out Loud" were easy to sing as the chorus was repeated so often. "Beth," the ultimate rock ballad, was the most popular song off the album and describes what a rock musician goes through when he has to choose between his girl and his band. "Detroit Rock City," my favourite Kiss song, sings about a fan leaving their concert speeding away in his car high on the buzz who kills himself in an accident. The song relays all the sound effects of the crash for added effect.
Overall, this is their best studio album and should be the one you try out when deciding to listen to the first "over-the-top" make-up and flash pop/rock band from the '70s that foreshadowed the hair band generation of '80s.
Scott D. Brown
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