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| Artist |
Silver Tongued Devil |
| Title |
Red Eyed and Tongue Tied |
| Label |
Get Hip Recordings |
| Reviewer |
Vinnie Apicella |
| Rating |
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Whoa, whoa, wait a minute here… I opened up the inner sleeve and what
my eyes beheld… right smack in the center of the band's stage photo the
band's vocalist, shirtless, and completely without provocation, his
massive gut hanging out with "Guilty" scrawled across it… Okay, style
over substance right… or is it the other way around? Where are the
words anyway? Enough of these live shots, let's go a little into detail
here -- who are these guys and where do they come from? Obviously one of
'em came straight from the Pepperidge Farm Wholesale Outlet, but what of
the band itself? Typically such Heavy Rock and poorly tuned ramblings
traditionally have descended from up North, but not this time -- Silver
Tongued Devil is a homegrown talent bore of the working class and steel
mill environment of Pittsburgh… and now they're certainly noted for
producing some of the better names in Street Punk/Hard Core talent I'm
sure, it's just that aside from maybe Submachine, which these guys
aren't far off from -- especially with this third tune, "Electrified,"
sheer brutality, and I mean that in only the most pleasant of terms.
"Red Eyed & Tongue Tied," basically describes what, 90% of American
youth all in that one single phrase? It's definitely me about ten years
ago -- but I quickly eliminated the problem in the quickest most efficient
manner I thought possible -- I shaved my head and became a Monk! Well,
maybe not either, but I fully expect quite a few skins to take to these
guys before very long. Their style is pure boot to the ass Heavy Rock
and stomp with a crass edge that decries the likes of our many old
school veterans of the day -- nearly Motorhead in their intensity, somewhat
Stooge-like in their melody and enough senseless macho shit to fit well
with some of Scandinavia's most rude.
Built less of harmony, melody
and… stupidity, Silver Tongued Devil -- and you won't miss the cover image
of a she-Devil and Angel together in a clinch after a night with the old
Jacks -- are built mainly upon power, speed and the whole brick and mortar
tradition of doing loud, proud, nearly "OI," and "Go Down Fighting"
barroom brawl style with great determination-and they're having a Hell
of a lot of fun with it!
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