New American Shame [Extra tracks]

New American Shame | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JIQP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,529 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real rock n' roll, great cd!, January 15, 2001

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Whitey D (Wilmington, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New American Shame (Audio CD)

This is very rare music by today's standards. Not many bands play such in your face rock. The only commercialy viewable rock bands today are Limp Bizkit and Korn. But New American Shame are different. They don't need to blend rap in their music because they don't need to be popular. All they care about is pissed off, in your face ROCK! It's not a perfect cd, some songs fall a bit flat, and the dude's voice can get a tad annoying sometimes, but the guitar is excellent, it reminds me of old school Motley Crue. These guys know how to write some good songs. Under It All, Broken Bones, Down in the Valley and American Shame among others. These guys are a breath of fresh air to the music world simply because there are so many Fred Dursts and Britney Spears's out there, and these guys are doing their own thing. If you like these guys, get Buckcherry's album, Union's new album "The Blue Room", and the Black Crowes. BOOYA!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saving grace, April 6, 2008

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Michael Gulley (Rock Batter TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New American Shame (Audio CD)

As a lifelong fan of hard guitar music, having cut my teeth on KISS in 1974 and living through every incarnation of hard rock since, I had nearly surrendered. I had determined that junk metal like Korn and Linkin Park was all we were ever going to get. The labels had finally won. Talent no longer mattered. Attitude was replaced by corporate blandness. True rock and roll fans were being phased out like Betamax machines.

Then I stumbled across these guys.

OK, so they look like Everclear...Salvation Army clothes and buzzcuts. One listen and my foot started tapping. By the second track I was gazing at my speakers wondering if I was really hearing what I thought I was hearing. And these were the 30 second samples. I had to get this CD.

This is what Nickelback wants to be. They'll never be this good though. NAS has restored my faith that yes indeed, some of our nephews and kid brothers' friends were actually listening to real rock and roll. Strong vocals, driving rhythm, and chainsaw guitars to spare. The lyrics are clever enough and at times predictable enough. If I want Shakespeare I'll read a book. If I want to be entertained I want something like this CD. I won't try to say who they "sound like" because every review I've seen of this CD that tried missed by a mile. It's gonna make you smile, it's gonna rock your speakers, and it's gonna get stuck in your head.

Rock and roll is not a political forum. It is not the place to preach global warming nonsense or rail against the president. Rock and roll was always meant to be one thing, first and foremost, over everything else. It was meant to be fun. This disc is fun. It's fun like your high school dances (and more likely, the escapades that followed) were fun. It's fun like 80mph in a Mustang convertible is fun. It's fun like sneaking out of the job at noon to catch the football bowl game at Hooter's is fun. You get the idea.

There are precious few bands left that still understand what rock and roll is meant to be. This was one of them. Probably why they never made much of a splash. Label was too busy making Ashlee Simpson a one hit nobody to realize what music fans really want. In that respect, nothing has ever really changed. So I'd advise anybody who likes good music with some edge and attitude to get this while you can. You won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly straightforward and filled with energy & hooks, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: New American Shame (Audio CD)

I bought this CD after seeing the band open for the newly reformed Cult at Avalon in Boston. I'm pretty jaded after 20 years of concert-going and it takes a lot to impress me, but this band completely rocked the house. The vocalist has a particularly good, clear delivery (though he sounds quite a bit like Vince Neil of Motley Crue, which is not necessarily a bad thing). I was a little disappointed that the CD sounds a little too smooth and "produced" and thus didn't have quite the raw energy of the live show (often the case), but it comes close enough.