BOC: Re: Heaven Forbid, I'm back!

[Joseph Brooks]

Ok, you've sold me. I'll give 'em another shot if I can find it. :)

JB
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bolts of Ungodly Vision <js3619 at WIZVAX.NET>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: BOC: Re: Heaven Forbid, I'm back!


>JB wrote:
>>As far as tBS and "Box of Hammers" is concerned, I haven't heard it. I
>>bought their first CD, Epe-whatzit.. and didn't much care for it so I've
>>been hesitant. Perhaps I'll give BoH a try.
>
>Its radically different than Eponyous.It's more like BOC than Heaven
>Forbid, but better.Features: A more selective use of horns. The album feels
>much more alive than Eponymous did thanks to Mssrs. Bohevesky,Hilfiger and
>Hirschberg on guitars and bass.  It's good too for the BOC related reason
>of having some songs that were sketched out during Albert and Joe's tenue
>have been filled out mightily (Gun, St Vitus Dance, Laura's Plastic Swords
>to name a few).  If you want good heavy riffage, the numbers on that CD to
>dig are "Tender was the Night" for funkiness (w/ Metlzer lyrics so it can't
>be bad:)), Operation Luv for a full metal assault, Date with a Guitar has
>a wonderfully King Crimsonoid riff in there that swaggers with attitude,
>Overture is bits an pieces rom Imaginos in overture form... with lots of
>guitar solos in the Astronomy end riff segment.Aslo, their version of
>Dwight Twilley's Im on fire has a wonderful cruising feel.  Lil Egypt is a
>great Mid eastern number with a demonic riff and odd time signature PLUS a
>good use of thermin which J.Page never exhibited.
>I could go on, and proboaly will. In other words, get it. It's loud, it's
>rock and roll (with some sincere sounding ballades (2) thrown in fer good
>measure), and it shows committment to performing.   Personally, I like
>eponymous a bit more than the 2nd cd, Trepanation for overall feel, but
>Trepanation has some really heavy killers on there (Gimme Nothing,My
>Civilization,Medusa,Kiss is a Promise (w/ Joe on Mandolin) not to mention
>MC5's "Rambling Rose."  But Box of Hammers feels far more coherent and
>expansive in relation to those two bandwise.  The band is also very easy to
>talk to.
>
>Pardon me while i take my sedatives ere the Brain Surgeons are blasted from
>my stereo at 11,
>Jason
>
>PS: any word on if the official tBS homeopage has returned to the web?
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