AMZ - July, 1999 - Doubledrive
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Vol 3 Number 8

July, 1999

 

       

 
Artist: Doubledrive
Title: "1000 Yard Stare"
Label: MCA
Reviewed By: Pedro A. Vera-Perez
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"Mexican Radio." That's all I have to say about "Doubledrive." Any band that can crank out a cover of a good song without killing it in the process deserves my respect. "Doubledrive" covered "Mexican Radio" by "Wall Of Voodoo" as the closing track for "1000 Yard Stare." It rocked. Let me change that: The WHOLE CD rocked. I mean, the whole thing, from track one to 87. Yes, even if there are 12 songs in the CD, "Mexican Radio" was listed in both my car and my computer as track number 87. Go figure.

Maybe a glitch, or maybe on purpose, but it was fun to find out. I was listening to it while driving from work and I was thinking that it was taking forever to return back to track one (I did not even look at the disc, I just popped it in). Then after a long silence, the last track started blasting and the readout said "track87." For a very long second I thought my car's CD was nuked.

"Doubledrive" rocks. It's one hell of a hard rock band. This is the equivalent of throwing together Black Sabbath, Metallica and Sound Garden. What else can I say? I could go song by song, but that would be a waste of your time. I just love the whole thing.

 
 
 
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