So rock & roll is dead, huh? I thought that was the case
\nback in 2000. I really did. I never would have guessed this to be
\nthe case today.<\/p>\n
Back in 2000, I was a relatively na\u00efve music fan that got
\nintroduced to this little band from Stockholm, Sweden that aurally
\nraped my senses and kicked my rear for actually thinking that rock
\nn’ roll was dead. It took only one listen to
\nHigh Visibility<\/i> to send me racing to the Internet to snap up
\nwhat, at the time, was the unheard (to me) back catalog of the
\nHellacopters at full price retail, including import tariffs and
\nwack-ass shipping charges.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, I have to say that this impulse was, hands down, the
\nbest thing I ever did as it relates to music. I haven’t seriously
\nlistened to FM radio since then and even find that satellite radio
\nthese days is a crippling exercise in keeping sustained interest.
\nWhy? The Hellacopters rocked in those days, plain and simple, and
\nthe band’s lead guitarist\/vocalist, Nicke Andersson, successfully
\nturned me on to every other obscure action rock band in Scandinavia
\nwith his constant wearing of ball caps and T-shirts referencing
\ntheir names.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to today and my repeated listens of
\nRock n’ Roll Is Dead<\/i> have me cringing at the sight of such a
\nwonderful rock band withering in front of me. Long gone are the
\nwonderfully distorted rock anthems from the days of my Hellacopters
\ndiscovery, as they are now replaced by crap such as the thoroughly
\ncleansed honky tonk riffs found on “Before The Fall” and “I Might
\nCome See You Tonight.”<\/p>\n
Once upon a time I really believed the Hellacopters when they
\nclaimed to be born broke and as they reveled in bitching about
\nbeing psyched out and furious. Additionally, I also bit when the
\nband claimed to have started random riots while even taking them to
\nthe rocks when necessary. But
\nRock n’ Roll Is Dead<\/i> shares absolutely no similar thoughts
\nof hedonistic agendas as it relies on tracks that give us female
\nbacking harmonies found in “Leave It Alone” and softened easy
\nlistening ditties with nearly every other track.<\/p>\n
Sad to say, folks, but it’s a bad scene. Think of the Black
\nCrowes recording with Betty Ford’s influence and you’ll have my
\nimpressions of
\nRock & Roll Is Dead<\/i> nailed to a T.<\/p>\n
Seriously, what makes this evolution so damn disgusting is that
\nthe Hellacopters took the past year off from recording and touring
\nto concentrate on individual projects that were admittedly as
\ndifferent in their focus as what I am now complaining about. Under
\nthe guise of the Solution, Andersson can get away with making an
\nR&B album and even be lauded for his collaboration with Scott
\nMorgan in magazines such as Rolling Stone. Same thing goes for
\nguitarist Robert “Strings” Dahlqvist and the softer rock sounds his
\nside band, Thunder Express, performed during the time off. The
\nwhole idea of side projects, I thought, was to break away from a
\nparent project for a spell and then come back rejuvenated.
\nRight?<\/p>\n
Well, that’s not what the Hellacopters are giving us with the
\nRock n’ Roll Is Dead<\/i> release. Plain and simple, they’re
\ngiving long-time fans a real snoozer of an album.<\/p>\n
Fortunately though, I know better today than to think that rock
\nn’ roll is dead. The real message to be taken from this review is
\nthe knowledge that it’s just the Hellacopters who are on life
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