Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro

So TBH, I had no idea what to expect from “Turbonegro” – as I had never heard of them before, and frankly – was a bit scared… Have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with this Norwegian hard rock band – especially musically – as sonically – they were right in my wheelhouse… I really enjoyed the music on this album, as there were numerous tracks that I thought were really well-done, as the musicianship was nothing short of outstanding – as most of the complex, guitar-driven compositions were excellent “meat and potatoes” hard rock… Favorite tracks – again based mainly for the instrumentation, were – - “Age Of Pamparius” - “Get It On” - “Monkey On Your Back” And the best track IMO was… - “Humiliation Street” That said, the same cannot be said for the lyrics and/or song titles – as lyrically, this sounds like it was written by Beavis & Butthead… I’m not even joking here… Seriously – the lyrical content of this album is THAT awful… And if “Rendezvous With Anus” & “Good Head” don’t paint the picture, and tell you everything that you need to know – then I don’t know what to say… Don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album where the gap between the high-quality musical content, and absolutely dreadful lyrics was ever THIS wide… Absolutely shocking… Someone should re-record these songs with new above-average lyrics and better vocal delivery (i.e. and I get that English is their 2nd language, but they’re barely pedestrian vocally…), and I bet this album would really sell well… Would give this a 3 based on the music, but a 1 based on the lyrical content – so it gets a frustrating 2 from me… Oh what could have been…

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