The La’s hit bullseye; L.A. Guns hit snag
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The La's untitled debut ill
bum is one of those rare treas
ures that we get in the mail
room Admittedly, the tour
member hand from Liverpool's
name doesn't point to a gold
mine of creativity, hut the mu
sic on the album does
'Hie pop-rni k sound ol the al
bum has al! the hooks in the
right plat es, without falling
into the clu he world of top-10
weasels like most bands whose
only aspirations seem to be get
ting air time on MTV Most of
ihi! 12 songs on the album, rely
more heavily on acoustic , rath
er than electric sounds The
style of the music is simple and
pleas,mtlv melodic without he
ing bland or predictable The
easy going nature of the songs
and memorable tunes will have
you tapping your toes and
swaying your head in time after
the lost few notes ol each song
This is not to say each copy
of the album should come with
bubble gum included The on
ergs of the band helps pull the
sound out from under the rug
of top- t<) complai em \ Song
w riter Lee Mayors c reates w ork
containing not only likable
melodies, but also an undercur
rent of tension. The gritty vo
c als help add to the sc pappy,
up and corner sound ol the ai
bum Songs like "Doldrum
"1:0 l !." and "Freedom Song"
contain the sense of lament and
dissatisfaction with the status
quo that most good ttiusii
seems to m.tmfrst
"There Shi1 (Iocs,'' thi' fifth,
,hhI most radio-tit ( csslhlc song
mi the album lias been getting
,11r time tin h AVI-, in hugene,
and tlie La's video for the song
ha's appeared on M L\ (aid
help them.
If the hand c.in rememher
what ideas and attitudes were
used in creating this alinim,
thev i an fie i apafde of creating
main more pleasing works
Look for them in the future
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Thi! Iirst paragraph of the
press release attai hist to the
prumot ional copy of the i. A
(ams uni allium Holl\ivoiii/
V am/wri's reads "Inanity over
flowing with false idols, pretlv
fm es and indistinguishable
hard rni k hands oozing Ironv
the woodwork like a holtolllless
well, it's good to know that
from time to time you can still
tind the real thing/'
I'his may ho true, but the
1. A (inns ure definitely not the
real thing Hath wood l am
/i/iei, the third release by the
duns, adds nothing new to the
'MK heavy metal si one I his is
the same music that heav v met
al bands have been [lumping on
to the market smi e Aerosmith
lamed lories with Hull l)Md to
lliassai re Walk tills Way
the duns are indistinguishable
from duns and Hoses, I’oison
Warrant the list goes on In
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