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NEW TATTOO
SONG REVIEWED: "Hell On High Heels"
SOMEONE FIND ME WHOEVER TOLD THE GUYS IN MOTELY CRUE THAT "GENERATION SWINE" WAS A COLOSSAL PIECE OF SHIT... I NEED TO BUY 'EM A FUCKING DRINK. MOTLEY CRUE IS OFFICIALLY BACK WITH A SONG THAT CAN MEASURE UP WITH THE REST OF THE "DRINK TOO MUCH, SCREW TOO MUCH, AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER" MUSIC THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS IN THE 80s.
"HELL ON HIGH WHEELS" BEGINS VERY SIMPLY: FOUR CHORDS, A FEW HITS ON THE SKINS, AND NIKKI PEDALLING ONE NOTE ON THE BASS. THOSE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER WITH VINCE SINGING EQUALS A KILLER NEW CRUE TUNE. BIG CHORDS THAT'LL CRACK YOUR RIBS, AND A BIG CHORUS THAT YOU'RE HUMMING ONCE THE SONG ENDS MAKE THIS AN EXCELLENT RETURN TO THE BIG-HAIR, ARENA-ROCK MOTLEY CRUE THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. RANDY CASTILLO IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CRUE, ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT, I MISS TOMMY; THE GUY PLAYED LIKE HE HAD SLEDGEHAMMERS ON EACH LIMB (NO, NOT SLOWLY... JUST VERY, VERY HARD)
THE ONE PROBLEM IS THIS: PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN BUYING THIS MUSIC ON U.S. SHORES IN SOME TIME. RADIO STATIONS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP ON IT, WHICH WILL HELP. MTV MOST LIKELY WON'T TOUCH THIS WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE (MAYBE YOU'LL SEE IT ON VH1)... AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS ISN'T A NEW BAND. THIS IS MOTLEY CRUE... THE HARDCORE FANS WILL DIG IT, BUT WITH ANY LUCK THE BAND WILL BRING IN A NEW CROP OF FANS... THIS SUMMER'S BIG PACKAGE, BIG NAME "MAXIMUM ROCK" TOUR HOPEFULLY WILL SPREAD THE WORD OF THE REGENERATED MOTLEY CRUE. THEIR LAST STUDIO ALBUM, "GENERATION SWINE" SOURED A LOT OF THE FANS, AND THE BAND IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK EXTRA-HARD TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVEN'T LOST THEIR MINDS AND ARE BACK TO NORMAL.
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