November 2, 2024

3 thoughts on “Hardcore Superstar – ‘Split Your Lip’ Album Review

  1. I have no clue how you got ahold of a review copy of this, I’ve been trying for awhile with no luck…

    Although you started out by kind of trashing the genre, you also seem to have warmed up to it. “Sleaze rock” these days is tough to describe, because everyone immediately wants to slot it in as 80s glam. That’s such a bad habit. You seem to get it though. Sleaze rock is based on early Crue and early GnR, when their music still had some sack to it. In that case, there’s a few other sleaze rock bands you really should check out.

    Crashdiet – The best there is right now in my opinion. First album, Rest in Sleaze, will tear you down, it’s incredible. Their latest, Generation Wild, is much more slickly produced, losing some of that raw sound that made Rest so good, but g’damn is it good. I beg that you skip their 2nd album, Unattractive Revolution. It’s pretty lame.

    Vains of Jenna – Not as good now that they got a new vocalist, but their first two albums are spectacular. Lit Up/Let Down and Art of Telling Lies. The unique vocals are what make it so good, so we’ll see if they’re any good with the new guy.

    Sex Slaves – Out of NYC, incredible live show. Their albums are 50/50, with half being knock you on your ass awesome and the other half being so-so. “thank you lord for jack daniels” is a bit less sleazy, but one of their signature songs.

    Bad City – New band out of Chicago. Kind of a mix of Queen and sleaze. Realllly catchy, highly recommend.

    So yea, keep your ear out for the sleaze scene, it’s what rock n roll intended!

  2. sorry dude..crappy review and i really don’t understand all this bullshit agains Axl Rose.. aren’t we supposed to be talking about HCSS’s new album?

    Btw, been a HCSS fan since the days of their first album (no, the first album is not “Piña colada…”) and they really have nothing in common with all those bands you mention.

    1. well….
      From what I gather, ‘Bad Sneakers…’, while essentially a reissue of ‘It’s only Rock n Roll’, pretty much was their debut in as much as it was the debut release in most territories, so most of the world (and the band to some extent) consider it their first proper release. As with most things, it’s a grey area, and sorry if it bugged you, but it really was most peoples first taste of HCSS.

      As far as the Axl bashing goes – I referenced him once, and GnR (by proxy) twice, and yes, while this IS a review of ‘Split…’ I felt it important to add some context here – glam metal/ sleaze rock (or whatever you want to call it) owes just as much of a debt to GnR, Crue and Aerosmith as metal in general owes to Sabbath or Blue Cheer. And ‘nothing in common’ is a matter of opinion – they may not be using as much hairspray as Crue, but they DO claim similar shopping lists. Well, ok, maybe teh same as Hanoi Rocks, but come on – We all have different views, this one was MINE.

      And however you try and describe Axl – he’s now a bad caricature of a formerly blinding frontman.

      As I said, I was never that huge a fan of sleaze (leopardskin scarves simply don’t suit me), but this album WAS a lot of fun – still listening to it as it happens, even though there’s other stuff I need to be working on, so this was really a case of what the album did for ME, the causal ‘almost fan’. I appreciate that the more Hardcore fan may have wanted a bit more ‘meat’ to get an idea of where the band are going, but, since I was essentially picking this up blind, I’m not in a place to really say.

      AND

      I DID say I liked it.

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