26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my most influential cds in the past decade, November 12, 2003
This review is from: Bricks Are Heavy (Audio CD)
Courtney Love has nothing on the women of L7 and never had. L7 was the wake up call I needed back in the early '90s when music was still stuck with that godawful glam metal scene. Nirvana never really did anything for me except for killing the careers of Warrant, Poison, and their ilk (thank heavens for that!). Bands like Nirvana and L7 were the antithesis of the overindulgent hair metal scene which had at the time worn out its welcome. I discovered L7 in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine (which ironically had Nirvana on the cover). I don't remember what the two paragraph long article said about L7 but I knew that my curiousity was piqued. I was looking for new music. Music that wasn't wimpy like Warrant and Poison. A few days later, I bought a cassette copy of "Bricks Are Heavy". I was completely blown away by what I heard. The music was equally as loud, abrasive, and intense as Nirvana's but with four talented women. Everything I thought I knew about music went out the door. I immediately embraced L7's music. Little did I knew then that then unknown producer Butch Vig would go on to becoming a member of one of my all time favorite bands Garbage. "Bricks Are Heavy" is a testament to Butch's talents as a record producer. He kept the music raw and unpolished. As heavy and raw as the music is, the songs are incredibly catchy but without being overpolished. I wore out my cassette copy of "Bricks Are Heavy" within a matter of weeks. I played that sucka to death. As I am listening to the album again for the first time in a few years, I am quickly reminded what made me fall in love with the band's music. All the songs are great. I loved every single song. When I saw the band perform live at Lollapalooza '93 (or was it '92?), I immediately got into the mosh pit and went wild to songs like "Everglade" and "Pretend We're Dead". I wish there were more bands like L7 today and less of bands and artists like Limp Bizkit, Creed, and Avril Lavigne.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank you MTV, for the only good thing you ever did for me, August 17, 2000
This review is from: Bricks Are Heavy (Audio CD)
The year was 1992, and I had never heard of L7. I was up watching 'Headbanger's Ball' (For those of you who don't know, MTV used to play rock videos, and at midnight on Saturday, heavy metal and hard rock videos were played). I was excited because Dio had just gotton back with Black Sabbath, and they were going to premeir their new video from 'Dehumanizer'. Anyway before they came on Ricky Rachman was talking to two girls in the studio, their names were Jennifer Finch, and Suzi Gardner. They were talking about their new album 'Bricks are Heavy', then they showed the video 'Pretend we're Dead'. From that moment I was hooked.
Eight years later I have all their albums, autographs, and T-shirts. I've seen them in concert four times and can't get enough of them. L7 will blow away most bands that are playing this modern, watered down version of hard rock-n-roll. 'Bricks' is an excellent album, and is highly recommeded for anyone curious about L7 without knowing any of their material. All their albums are great, but I don't have a favorite, they all stand up honorably on their own.
Also catch L7 performing as 'The Camel Lips' on the movie 'Serial Mom'.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds even better today, March 1, 2005
This review is from: Bricks Are Heavy (Audio CD)
Recently I heard Pretend We're Dead, I was struck by how 'up to date' a 13 year old song was. Rather than sounding dated songs like Pretend We're Dead and Wargasm sound like they came from today's headlines.
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