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Essential Fucked Up Blues

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The vocals are muddly, the guitar fuzzy, the drums loud and fast. The whole effect is blues music meets punk music and it works. I'm a fan of the White Stripes, Detroit cobras and Soledad Brothers but I'm also a fan of the Clash, Rancid and Refused. The ILCK sound like the meeting point between those two sets of bands. If that is your gig then you'll liekly appreciate the very stripped down feel of this album.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST TIME AN AMERICAN BAND REALLY ROCKED, AND GOD DID THEY. IT'S LIKE LISTENING TO A FROZEN CATFISH FRYING IN YOUR OWN OUT-STRETCHED HANDS. CHETLEY "CHEETAH" WEISE IS LIKE A ONE MAN, 21ST CENTURY HASIL ADKINS WITH A DRUMMER. TRUST THE SONG SAMPLES, AND BUY THIS ALBUM BECAUSE YOU ALREADY LOVE IT.

If you like your Blues extra dirty and nasty, you dig ILCK. This, their first album, is very raw and under-produced. Their follow ups, esp. "These Bones Will Rise to Love You Again," sound much better, but the songs are very different. "Blues" is very agressive, abrasive, and dirty.

The Lee County Killers preach the gospel of full tilt nitro powered rocket roll on this album,reminds one of some bizzare time shifting night during which a young Jerry Lee Lewis cranked out of his skull grabs the mic from Jon Spencer and brings back the living dead Jeffrey Lee Pierce for a sonic attack that lays down the county law. If you are looking for something that truly rocks, you have found it. A hard rocking two piece! How these boys make this much noise is unknown, catch them

live if you can, listen to this cd to remember! hell, what do I know, listen to 'em, click above.

this cd is soooo good. much better than the new one. they are superb live. go see em when they come to town.