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God Is a Bullet

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I have been a Mish fan since 1987. The first three albums hailed them as the next Led Zeppelin! Gods Own Medicine, Children and Carved in Sand really rocked. Then members changed. Masque was good but I gave up after that. What started as stadium guitar rock was turning to mush. All Wayne had to do was find a new guitarist! Instead this "band" fell into obscurity. U.S. audiences would often pass them off as "Goth" wannabees. I never heard them on U.S. airwaves. In fact, I was the only one who would lend an ear to these lusciously produced Rock classics.

Then came Aura in 2001. This had a return to form of sorts. Mystical, psychedelic, sexual and harder with Wayne H's fabulous vocals. I began to see who the Mission UK were. This man is part madman/part genius! He needed a band to support him. I think he's found it after all these years!

Now God is a Bullet is finally where this band belongs! It is not a comeback, indeed it surpasses all other work. They have never been so fluent with with guitars, until now. "They" are the new band members who Wayne should have met in 1993. However the time is now. 20 years after Gods Own Medicine. The production values are as rich the earlier efforts. The style is back to basic production values, which were nothing short of sophisticated stadium anthems!

The lyrical themes on this album are heavy as ever. Drugs, incest, cross dressing, and the depths of madness are touched upon. Most songs could be singles. Almost like a tragic fairy tale, hard and heavy songs come one after another. Complicated? You bet! Listenable? Todays record market, for the most part, would not like it. It is musical "Absolution" for the few fans here in the U.S. Fans of H.I.M. may find this worthy of a listen. What a concert tour that would make!

BE CAREFUL. DO NOT BUY THE IMPORT VERSION BY THE MISSION unless you want to get shorted all of the bonus tracks!

Make sure you get the US 18 track version by The Mission UK, NOT the 15 track import version by The Mission.

I learned that the hard way. Also buy Dum Dum Bullets. This is either the extra and extended material that should have been on God Is A Bullet or you can call it Part 2, but whatever you call it, make sure you get the 14 track German import with remix of Dumb.

The Mission still lives and breathes brilliance in 2010!

Enjoy!

I have been a fan of the Mission UK for the better part of 20 years. Sadly they seemed to have lost their way after Masque. In the years since then they have shown only fleeting glimpses of what made them a quintessential alt/rock band. God Is A Bullet is a return to everything that put the hook in me upon hearing Severina two decades ago. Indeed, this offering has shown that Mish has lost nothing and it may well be their best all around album ever.

I'm a huge fan. So this adds to my collection I started since about 1989.
Wayne still has the touch with all his music. I recommend it. Now if we can just get him to tour the US in the south. That would make it better. :-)

This guys are solid r'n'r!!! I'm sure God Inspired a Bullet CD here. Mission forever and again...