March 09, 2006
pretender's to the throne, not
and i thought they were just another one-hit wonder when they first started.
who - i grudginly admit to a mate - showed today's sad youngling's [read: including said mate] there's more to music than manufactured copycat pop.
but their leotard's were an eyesore. although the frightwig/big hair brings back memories of all those yonk's when i'd rather spend time listenin to the radio than studying. and when i heard this tune off the bbc world the other day, i was utterly gobsmacked.
so i bought not just their latest, but their debut album as well after speakin to this malay fella working at the shop. he first asked me what i thought of the former which i immediately replied they are a carbon copy of these legend's whose music i adore. i mean, they've done a really brilliant job combining the best of 70's and 80's heavy metal sounds. and lyric's to boot.
not to mention, sounding thoroughly british. oh, and look at that pair of comedy shades.
i can't help it but add this. methinks it has gotta be the malay in me that made me appreciate hard rock. still, after all these moon's. i know it's not necessarily so, but about 97% of last year's school rock band compo participant's happened to be, you guess it, malay.
as enscribed by the letter b @ March 9, 2006 10:45 AM | someone's pingedyeah krip, can't agree with you more about Freddie Mercury, or Brian Johnson for that matter. but i give em lad's credit for writing original material :) and i must say Justin Hawkins improved quite a fair bit on the second album.
as blahed by the letter b @ March 11, 2006 08:32 AMSorry b, can't agree with you on this one. Any band who has a lead singer sounding like Tiny Tim after he had been castrated, doesn't float my boat.
Now Freddie Mercury was class.