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Breach Of Lease, You Gotta Roll, Whiskey Vengance, Jessica, Kool Aid Kids...It's all here, Haunting vocals, screaming guitar, Titanic riffs, The Hammond B-3 organ squeezed through the almighty Leslie speaker, Hard rock bordering on a Jazz/Metal fusion. This is probably one of the most overlooked albums by one of the most underated bands of all time. With Bloodrock there is never a dull moment. Music to be jammed to...music to be listened to. I'm convinced that the very song that brought them into the limelight (D.O.A.-from Bloodrock 2), turned enough people off that THIS album, Bloodrock 3, never had a chance to be recognized for the masterpiece that it is. This record would be at home along side of such other masterpieces such as Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", Alice Cooper's "Love it to Death" or Grand Funk's "Closer to Home". I judge a great album by it's listenability from beginning to end. There is no filler here. This album simply ROCKS! In my opinion, one of the greatest rock and roll records of all time. If you have never heard this record, you are missing out.

The first Rolling Stone record guide dismissed Bloodrock as one of the worst hard rock bands of the 1970. Granted their first couple of albums were a little rough around the edges, although Bloodrock 2 was pleasing in some respects but a substantial improvent over the debut. With Bloodrock 3, the band from Fort Worth made a large leap. The music is melodic, with some great keyboard work by Steve Hill and that old 70s standby, the Hammond B-3 organ. Jessica is a standout track, but Song for A Brother is poignant in a weird kind of way and You Gotta Roll is good sourthern rock and Roll. On the second side (of the record, that is), Kool-Aid Kids is very inventive rock and roll with a swing to it. A Certain Kind is a little weak on the lyrica, but a lovely melody This album certainly deserves more credit than the high-minded Rolling Stone critics gave it. I'm wondering if they ever listened to it. At any rate, I think Bloodrock 3 is one of the underrated albums of 70s arena/hard rock.

Lapsed dramatics aside, Bloodrock 3 remains a cornerstone of early 70s psychedelia. Great, great organ riffs, abstruse lyrics, fine guitar licks. If I ever get to make a film about the early 70s, late 60s, it will certainly pay homage to "Kool Aid Kids" or "Jessica". I remember when they opened for Grand Funk in '71 when I was a tot. I forgot Grand Funk and went out and bought Bloodrock 3. Oh, that was the road to abacadabra and perdition, indeed!

Growing up as a teenager in the early 70s was colorfull. I remember Vietnam, my first girlfriend, the first James Gang album, Deep Purple in Rock, and BLOODROCK 3. The Bloodrock 3 album somehow became an anthem for me during those colorful years. I have been eagerly waiting its release in CD after my turntable died. Now that it is out, I am as happy as the first man on the moon. If you appreciate music, Bloodrock 3 has a unique musical essence like a classical masterpiece, it is poetic an melodic, and the musicians were so cohesive and played with finesse. I personally think of all the Bloodrock albums, Bloodrock 3 is the best. I particularly like Jessica, Song for a Brother, Kool Aid Kids, and Breach of Lease. The transfer to CD is very good and full sounding and the sound in my tubed gear is awesome but you can hear some tape hiss from the master tape if you turn it up.This album is a gem that marked a special time in my life... Jeff pass me that roach...just kidding.

Undoubtely one of the best albums Bloodrock had on offer, this third one, which contains the beautiful "Jessica", the up tempo rocker "You Gotta Roll", the epic prog-rock "Breach of Lease", to mention just a few killersongs. With the renewed aid of John Nitzinger (who wrote 2 on his own and co-wrote 2 other songs) the band succeeded in writing great songmaterial (some of which also can be heard on the excellent "Live" album) and was in fine form when recording this outstanding album, with searin organ and the guitarmaestro L. Pickens aboard. They finish in style with the oddly by their rythmsection Grundy/Cobb written acoustic folky, "America, America", which reminds me of CSNY "Find the Cost of Freedom". A very wel crafted album indeed. Highly praised.

Of all the earliy 70's Bands of this genre, Bloodrock was some what unique; They orginated from the States,(Texas) not England, their vocalist wasn't a screamer, they didn't rehash old blues tunes, covered songs like "A Certain Kind" by The Soft Machine (did it well) and added a jazz flavor to this, their 3rd LP/CD. Bloodrock 3 ROCKS hard and has some memorable performances from the band. Like all of the LP/CD's up to and including U.S.A, Lee Pickens lead Guitar work is spirited, emotional, with excellent tone and phrasing, ("Kool-aid-Kids","Jessica","You Gotta Roll", also a nice lead brake in "Breach of Lease") and has made a lot of us wonder why he wasn't given the same recognition as say a Richie Blackmore. Stevie Hill is in fine form on BR3, and his "Song For A Brother" shows some of the bands jazz chops. Bloodrock had a very strong rhythm section with a fine Rhythm Guitarist in Nick Taylor. As always, you have to give credit to John Nitzinger with his excellent song writing and collaboration with Bloodrock. All in all, this is a stalwart effort for the band and the genre that is easly for one to get emotionally attached to. Oh Yeah, before I forget, they blew Grand Funk away.

...is the song "Breach Of Lease". This is a much more ambitious number--it deals with the death of Mother Earth due to war, misuse of resources and destruction of the environment. Ironically, though, not only is this song the weakest volume of this "trilogy"--other artists have done at least as well on this topic. A shame, really--this one has the best hooks. Like a bass part a lot like the one that drove the Doors' classic "Riders On the Storm", plus a shimmering organ part that makes you stop and remember that there were no synthesizers in rock back then--you're listening to a standard Hammond here. Plus, this was the last album featuring the husky voice of Jim Rutledge.

This is a great recording. If you appreciate really tight drumming and crisp chord changes you'll like this. I rank this album among my personal top 10 all time. It's no-noncense. It all has meaning. Rutledge has a unique voice. Great timing. They go from fast to slow with the best of them on this. It's all good. Breach of Lease is my favorite but I love them all. I truely think someone needs to re-do these. A wonderful gem to be found for many.

BLOODROCK 3 IS A MISSING LINK IN THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA. IT WAS OVERLOOKED IN ITS TIME AND THANKFULLY, IT IS FINALLY BEING RELEASED ON CD. IT CANNOT BE COMPARED TO ANYTHING THEY DID BEFORE OR AFTER BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEIR OTHER ALBUMS. GREAT GUITAR LICKS,EXCELLENT SONG WRITING, AND HEART FELT VOCALS MAKE THIS A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES CLASSIC ROCK BUT NEVER HEARD THIS ONE.

the old won't be able to either unless you already have been experienced with this music. It's just too difficult for us in our 40's (or early 50s) to rise to the occasion that often anymore. But what was once here for the party youth of the late 60s or early 70s was a great album with two all time classics, Jessica and KoolAid Kids. Jessica is so perfect of an opening song to a hard rock album, it requires no description to assist the listener. And Koolaid Kids is just the most unbelievable, driving hard rock anthem. The keyboards and guitar compliment each other so well throughout that song, you can hardly stay still when that song is being spun, and you just have to turn it up during the solo interludes. It is just a most amazing, fantastically great song! If either of these two songs were performed by better known rock bands of that era, they would be monumental epics to this day.

I enjoy the rest of the album as well, but like I said, I don't think there is fertile ground out there for a new harvest of appreciative listeners. Be that as it may, buy this album because the two aforementioned songs could carry the day.