SURPRISE OF AUGUST 2005
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CRASHDÏET
Crashdiet is a fresh band that was formed in 2000
in order to worship the bands and the music that its members liked the
most... but who could imagine that this band would become one of the
leading forces in sleaze hard rock music of the 00’s? Not even the band
members could have imagined that, despite they always knew deep inside
them that they can go far... but how far? As long as they are already on
the way to the top... it can’t be that far! Take the best elements of
Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt, Nasty Idols and Def Leppard, mix ‘em together
and then you will have a new born baby that is called Crashdiet and that
is capable of reaching the top! The image of the band is very nice, paying
tribute to all the great bands of the 80’s and if we look at the
band’s photos we will wonder in which time period we do live in! But
Crashdiet is not only about image or good management... they are also very
talented they can write excellent catchy songs and they know that the
music part is the most important thing. “Rest In Sleaze” is an album that’s full of
hits. I don’t remember another album on the last few years that had so
many hits in it. Surely, I’m talking about that five songs of the album
are big hits and are gonna make a big impact to all the fans of rock music
very soon Keep on your mind those song titles: “Riot In Everyone” is a
pure anthem with an excellent memorable chorus and some of the best
backing vocals that we heard lately and a very good steady and powerful
tempo. “Queen Obscene/69 Shots” is a fantastic hard rock dynamite with
a very nice and impressive chorus. “Breakin’ The Chainz” is one of
the best hard rock hymns of our time... pure rockin’ gold! “It’s A
Miracle” is in my opinion the best song of the album and a mid-tempo
catchy as hell tune that can be simply characterized as a classic one! It
has an extraordinary chorus with some excellent background vocals and a
very smart melody. Fuckin’ incredible!! “Out Of Line” is a great
rockin’ song with a Motley Crue influence on the guitar that’s mixed
up with some Hellacopters vocals ideas. A brilliant rock n’ roll song!!
The rest of the songs: “Knokk ‘Em Down”, “Tikket”, “Needle In
Your Eyes”, “Straight Outta Hell”, “Back On Trakk” are very good
as well and do not even think that they may be bad or even average tracks.
We are talking about some excellent hard rock tunes with strong choruses
but unfortunately on a record with so many hits they stay in the shadow of
the aforementioned songs... just like it happened to some songs on
“Hysteria”. If you think that this is another good hard rock
album and nothing more, then you really don’t know what you are missing
here. Just think that in 10 or 20 years you and some younger guys will be
searching for this album like maniacs!! So, better get it now and do not
wait 10 or 20 years to get it by paying a huge amount of money. Simply the
best album of 2005 on its genre and one of the best debuts of the last 15
years! If there is a new rock band that deserves to be called the new
kings of sleaze hard rock music then definitely its name must be
Crashdiet!!! by Thanos Aggelakis 9/10 |
I’ve
been expecting for such an album for a long time now. I didn’t know
which band was going to release it but I only knew that sleaze hard rock
music was in need of an album that would launch the whole genre to the
top... and I believe that we just found it! Yes, the last few years many
good bands have released nice albums and things started taking a good way
as it concerned sleaze hard rock music especially in America and Sweden of
course. But we needed an album that would show that things are no more on
the rise and the dirty glam vagabond baby that all this time was getting
older has now matured and it’s time to give us some classics again... to
make an 80’s era not in the heart of the 80’s but in the heart of the
00’s! This time the leading country won’t be