‘Thighs’ an impressive collection
Venxa Sait bassist Stave
Lack sheepishly blames
all Ns interest in music on
KISS Destroyer
'Whde many would con
sider tNs fact to be a sad com
mentary on my generation's
taste.* Lack sa»d it is. However
the first record i ever bought
*1 was st* years otd then, and
it scared me *
But who didn’t get into KISS
Destroyed
Lack explains that he kept
buying records that scared him.
moving on to AC/DC's Back in
Black and Paranoid by Black
Sabbath
‘This method of buying
records based on what high!
ened me continued right on
through punk rock to very recent
times," he said
Remember the good old days
when rock stars were supernat
ural gods who commanded
respect through their sacrificial
lives as martyrs for a generation
Fans held a deep respect for
tire-breathing, herom-mjecting
and Jack Dantels'-dnnking
bands that seemingly gave up
their lives and their health to
please the masses with mon
strous rhythms that tilled arena's
throughout
she Sand
Those days
ol scary
rock are ail
tXi! over m
the 1990s
American
thighs
★ ★★
Tfvefe are
no more
demon fig
ures like
Gene S*m
mons. no
snof swtf iwg drug da/ed S»d
Vicious or Johnny Rotten, and
even AC/DC. isn't frightening
anymore (except for their bald
drummer).
The MTV generation has its
"•n'd'U a> c> .rattlers t> it tor
most part, bands speak with
their muse first, image second
On American Thighs Vo rue a
Salt put their best foot forward,
weaving mto the fabric of the
dime-a-do/en pop guitar wood
Although it's difficult to distm
guish yourself from the rest of
the music scene today, Voruca
Salt at least does what it does
well
Nina Gordon and Louise Post
dish out helpings of their sweet
vocals repeatedly on this
record, carrying the band
through ih«s, its first retease
Gordon and Post sort the full
spectrum o' s*ogmg sty from
Chu'CtVcncwr softness on ‘Vidro
la.* to soda pop innocence on
‘Seethe? ’ and a: the way to
engaging and powerful howt's on
'A;i Ha:t Me *
The songs at; a w •> stand
out as an impressive collection,
mostly bee-:
vanety that the band gives them
Most bands find a three-chord
4-4 beat sound that they like
and simply {vust 4 mto 10 to 13
ditier ent shapes to be con
sumed by 15 to IT year olds
It s funny that, although Post
admits to being a classic roc*
child with such idols as Stevie
Nicks and M che 1* Phi -ps
Veruca Salt >s a bend ot current
classic rock, and at the same
time keeps tn touch with the
Generation X beatniks
And it’s no wonder
‘I greatly prefer Pepsi to
Coke. ’ Veruca drummer Jim
Shapiro said ‘And t have no
patience tor people who dam
they can t tell (tie difference
between the two'
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