DIRTY POWER
self-titled (Dead Teenager Recs)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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Axl Rose is more interested in Rogaine now that his mojo has been given to Dirty Power singer Patrick Goodwin. The same goes for the energy, spit and sweat of the rock from recent decades past. Dirty Power has it, and the idea of a band going back to basics is almost genius. It's simple. Lose the concepts, the charades associated with the Rock Star Pose, and you have an album that'd sound great coming out of the stereo in a Trans Am. Goodwin also plays guitar in Pansy Division, and here adds his Gibson SG and raw voice to the low end of Nick Ulman, the drums of Jeff Potts (from Planet Seven), and Steve Perron (Les Paul). A quartet with OG ferocity and meteaul from the days of Bon Scott. Just as I predict the return of long 'ol hair on guys, bands will start sounding more like Dirty Power than Dashboard or Radiohead, finally. With Jack Endino (Nirvana) producing, Dirty Power's got eleven tracks of "turn it up maaan" motivation. The tracks go by in a blur, and I'm gonna play it until my neighbors know the words.

10/10

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