At 11:33 AM 2/14/2003 -0500, Bill Holmes wrote:

>Originally I dropped a Ramones tag on them but they're really closer to KISS
>than anyone else. I caught them twice recently - once on a double bill with
>Superdrag - and they do indeed rock the house. Above all, they're having a
>hell of a lot of fun up there and its' infectious. Although all the songs
>boil down to getting drunk and/or laid in the backseat, and although there
>isn't a lot of variety on the record, damned if it isn't something that gets
>my pulse racing a little faster when I hear it. It's a fun record and a fun
>live show.

Their old stuff is a little more Ramonesy; to my ears, there's been a 
gradual shift to more metallic sounds with each album.  The latest is not 
my favorite, partly because of the production, but I'm not through with 
them yet.  I plan to see them next week.  They have a way with a humorous 
couplet.

Randy