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I
am
not one to dig into joke bands, but there are a few big
differences between what this Georgia quartet is doing
and that. The first and most important being that The
Dagg Nabbit Stubbs is actually funny while most joke
bands end up being totally stupid. Like, think of
Scatterbrain, they kinda suck. Green Jelly, they
definitely suck. Jackyl? They don’t even deserve to be
mentioned even though about fifteen years ago I
considered them entertaining. Metallica totally sucks
and they are a total joke. Yes, even if they make
trillions. Anthrax? They wrote like one good album
about four albums ago but every single time they wear
Bermuda shorts they suck and that’s about every day.
The second
reason why The Dagg Nabbit Stubbs is not a joke band is because
these dudes can play. Unlike Scatterbrain who could actually
play but wrote very shitty songs, these dudes show their skills
in a very non-show-off way. Which makes me think that if this
band put their mind to it, they could actually write a great
album. Which is almost the same thing to say that even though
Hot Garbage is a funny album, it is also a very well-written
album. Plus, who could resist an album with a cover this great?
In fact, I nominate Hot Garbage for cover artwork of the year.
Hot Garbage
starts off in pure Georgia way. In fact, the whole recording has
the word ‘redneck’ scribbled all over it. So yeah, in one sense
some of the song arrangements bring to mind the best of Jackyl,
alas minus the ridiculous sneer of Jesse James Dupree. Instead,
vocalist Sweetwater Jones has an alluring delivery, a mean
scream and some good spit work with the harmonica. So he goes,
all swamp boogie on us in “The Devil’s Work”, turn tacit fuzzy
hard rock in “Devilin’ Under the Influence”, seem to swing a big
cock in the fantastic roll of “The Devil’s Dance Party”, seduce
you into a ménage a trios in “You, Me and The Devil Make Four”
(here the band drops some relentless pummeling for all the
masochists), burp and charm their way into your food with “These
Pancakes Are Made With the Devil’s Bisquick” and finish off with
a song dedicated and about Peter Graves, which is really about
the most seriously fun song I’ve heard this decade. Great album.
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