Rock music has very much been pushed to the fore in recent weeks with the release of the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt on Netflix. Regardless of how funny/ridiculous/over the top/shocking/tragic (select your own preference) the movie is, it still doesn’t improve the band in my eyes, after all, Vince Neil cannot sing and apart from 2 or 3 songs (in my opinion) the band are awful (Home Sweet Home is a dreadful song). One final word on the impact the band and their chaotic lifestyle had – Razzle.
So, watch the movie, but then move on and listen to some quality home-grown rock music. This week sees the release of West of Scotland rockers PowderKeg’s new EP, of which I’ve been privileged to hear two tracks from, Keep Me Around and New Day. Don’t take my word for it, stop reading now and just fucking listen.
PowderKeg are where its at
Forget 80’s hair metal, PowderKeg are where it’s at. Two tracks of passionate pure rock n roll magical brilliance. No affectations, this is music at its best, where I want to spend my downtime. Music as escapism, a place to go where nothing else matters. This music speaks to me, and it tells me, stick two fingers up at the world and enjoy yourself. Life is too short when you’re dead. Live life, enjoy and give less than two fucks about what anyone else thinks.
From the tracks I’ve heard I’m expecting massive things from PowderKeg, they have nothing to be afraid of, they are head and shoulders above anyone else doing what they do in today’s marketplace of over produced insipid nonsense.
Keep Me Around – hooked from the off, crashing drums (nice one Androo), some sweet intense guitars and a vocal to die for, this is music to just say fuck it, nothing else matters right now apart from where the nest riff is coming from. The only thing that can improve this is seeing it played live.
The future starts here….
Get out in the next few weeks and see PowderKeg, Trama Dolls, Yer Mum and Run Into the Night on the SAME BILL, what the fuck are you waiting for? If you don’t? Hell mend you, you made that choice.