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| From | Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Redd Kross |
| Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:10:13 -0800 (PST) |
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Not knowing anything about the band, all I can tell
you is that I found Phaseshifter practically
unlistenable.
YMMV
--- Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> wrote:
> At 05:39 PM 1/14/2004 -0800, AssociationWorks wrote:
> >I have to agree with Michael...that this assessment
> of the last
> >two RK albums is a little misleading.
> "Phaseshifter" and "Show World"
> >(IMHO) really showed the band coming into the world
> of a polished
> >power pop sound. To me, this is where their heart
> always was...even
> >in the earlier records which have a alot of sloppy
> punk/garage energy
> >and even a little metal mayhem (Third Eye).
>
> I guess it just proves something similar to what
> Mike was saying, which is
> that each listener finds the McDonald brothers they
> need. To my ears, the
> group's heart was always in the psychedelic glam-pop
> and sarcastic lyrics
> of NEUROTICA and THIRD EYE, integral parts of their
> sound that the later
> two albums ignored to their detriment.
>
> S
>
>
>
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