MAN SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Crash Course (RAFR)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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Schtick: A tour van breakdown on a government testing site caused the band to sleep in the rays of some experiment, giving them super powers like shape-shifting, invisibility, etc. Heh. Fun.

Fact: Man Scouts Of America have that hard-rockin' punch that makes some of us bang our heads and play drums on the table. It seems all bands on RAFR (Rock And Fuckin' Roll Records) have that super power, and since there's less and less of that wonderful sound to be heard elsewhere, RAFR is likely to become the name of the genre. Don't laugh: ever hear of No Depression? Man Scouts have the power AND the riffs to keep you amped up for... well, 14:26, which is the total time of this EP. And therein lies my only complain, about this and most the other RAFR releases: it's like half a fix. More like a third. Just about the time I've started doing my best Nugent scream and punching the walls in time to the music, it's all over and I'm left huffing and puffing, loaded for bear with no place to hunt. The liner notes - which describe only their super powers and their mission to fight injustice - end with this: "If you have a mission for the Man Scouts Of America, they can be contacted via the 24-hour emergency Scoutline..." I have a mission for them: MAKE A FULL LENGTH CD! Cuz, to quote Dee Snider, "I wanna rock!"

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