Chances are, if you live in the United States, you’ve never
\nheard of PC69 – or, as their official name is, Pink Cream 69. If
\nyou see their album
\nElectrified<\/i> in the stores, you might assume it’s a debut
\neffort. Wrong; it’s the American debut of possibly Europe’s best
\nkept secret. (Across the pond, the band might be best known as Andi
\nDeris’s former group; he’s now known as the lead singer for
\nHelloween.)<\/p>\n
PC69 is a melting pot of cultures, featuring a band that has one
\nAmerican, one Briton, one German and one Greek. Musically, their
\nstyle is magnificent, and
\nElectrified<\/i> – with one major slip – is one of the most
\nenjoyable albums I’ve heard in a long time.<\/p>\n
The band – guitarist Alfred Koffler, vocalist David Readman,
\nbassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou – are very much a
\nhard rock band, but not one that capitalizes on the lessons learned
\nby numerous bands from the ’80s nor one that lamely plows through
\nthe material in the name of all things grunge. No, this is a band
\nthat knows how to write a powerful song with enough lyrical and
\nmelodical catches to reel in even Tipper Gore to the side of
\nbarre-chord rock.<\/p>\n
From the opening chords of “Shame,” PC69 win the listener over.
\nReadman’s vocals are incredibly powerful without dipping into the
\nhystrionics that some might connect with this type of music.
\nKoffler’s guitar work – both rhythm and leads – is stimulating to
\nthe listener, becoming technical without ever being pompous. Ward
\nand Zafiriou are an excellent rhythmic anchor for this band, with
\nZafiriou’s trap work standing out often.<\/p>\n
\nElectrified<\/i> is jam-packed with songs that would make any
\nprogram director drool with delight. “Losing My Faith,” “Break The
\nSilence,” “Stranger In Time” and the title track all stand out
\namong the album’s best work – not to say that the remainder of the
\nalbum is weak, ’cause it isn’t. To be blunt, this is the kind of
\nmusic that American radio and music lovers have been waiting to
\nhear for a long time.<\/p>\n
PC69 even handles ballads well; the album’s closer, “Gone
\nAgain,” is a touching track that seems like the perfect way to end
\nthe album… that is, until about 90 seconds pass, and the song
\nkicks in again. This time, instead of hearing Readman’s longing for
\nthe love he lost, the vocal is delivered in a swaggering, Cockney
\naccent. This completely ruins the mood – as well as the song – for
\nme, and never should have been released on the disc. It’s one thing
\nto play around in private; it’s another to release it to the
\ngeneral public. (C’mon, didn’t we learn
\nanything<\/i> from the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee home porno tape?
\nSome things are best kept in private.)<\/p>\n
Had it not been for that one mistake,
\nElectrified<\/i> would have been a perfect album. Even so, this
\ndisc is crammed with songs that are going to make a believer out of
\nyou that rock and roll is not dead. Here’s hoping that
\nElectrified<\/i> brings PC69 success on this side of the ocean –
\nsuccess the band quickly proves it deserves. Here’s also hoping
\nthat we’ll soon see the release of the band’s other discs in
\nAmerica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7485],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39181","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pc69","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39181"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}