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Plastic Green Head

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I am a big fan of heavy metel cover songs. Type O Negative might have had the prize for there version of "summer Breeze" but the cover crown belongs, no doubt, to Trouble for there psychotic version of "The Pourpoise Song" Only a very few of you will recognise this gem as bieng the theme to another forgotten classic, the now infamous movie "Head" starring the Monkees. Carole King wrote this and I have attempted to find out how to procure writes to use a piece of this song in a short animation. Strangely enough this song, and Tomorow Never Knows (The Beatles) are not listed as bieng on the album, at least as far as the copywrite people are concerned, hmmmmmm, pretty wierd. This one song makes the whole album worth whatever one pays for it, it must be heard to be beleved, I am glad someone else sees the Monkees movie as something worth remebering, watch "Vanilla Sky" to hear this song yet again, Tomorow Never Knows is good too, but no one can touch the Pourpoise song cover for shear retro genoius.

A loud and heavy band that never got the attention they deserved, Trouble's "Plastic Green Head" pretty much picks up where "Manic Frustration" (which is no longer available) left off.Stand-out tracks include "Another Day", "Below me", "Opium-Eater", "Long Shadows Fall" and an interesting version of The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows".Anyone who is a fan of such bands as Black Sabbath, Soundgarden or Corrosion of Conformity should not have a problem finding a place for this disc in their collection.

At first, I didn't realize this was the same band that put out 1991's 'Manic Frustration'. As I remember seeing these guys on tour as support act for Savatage back in the day. Basically, very good '90's heavy rock. About every cut on this CD rocks, but the tunes I dug the absolute most are "Flowers", their unlikey cover of the Monkees "Pourpose Song" (totally caught me off guard), the wailing "Hear The Earth", "Long Shadows Fall" and another outrageously killer cover, the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". Might possibly appeal to fans of My Dying Bride, Obsessed, Sleep and Electric Wizard.

I got into Trouble a number of years ago when music stations on digital cable were just becoming mainstream additions to the cable lineup. I head Flowers off of this album that fair day and loved the vibe it was given to me. I quested desperately to find their work, but sadly always came up empty until finally a few weeks ago i found some, and this album happened to be one of them.

First off, what an album! Brilliant guitarwork, thumping bass and steller drumming spotlights Trouble at their tightest and most well oiled lineup maybe ever...while the vocals are screechy sometimes, while other times they are blissfully melodic. Requiem is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that i have ever had the priviledge of listening to, and for that I am very happy that I found this band. The title track is very fun and heavy, and the covers of Carole King and the Beatles are both fun and inspired works that are almost worth the cost of finding this gem.

Trouble is a band that constantly got written off in the savage undertones of other thrash bands like Metallica and Megadeth and the doom metal godfathers like Candlemass because they combined the doomy atmosphere of Black Sabbath with the thrash virtuosic guitarwork of a thrash icon. If you are a new fan, keep looking until you find every album by this act. Trust me, you shall not be disappointed!

Since Trouble's self title album that came out at a time where if you wheren't Satanic, then you wheren't cool, since then they have stayed true to their musical intentions, keeping it interesting at the same time. Best track is the title track, Trouble is still around, and still doesn't get any respect. Their sound is like Black Sabbath, motorhead, Corrison of Comformity.

The 6th outing in 11 years, in much the same rocking vein of the prior releases, shows genuine interest in bringing a quality product to market. This is probably my favorite of the bunch, with good songs and sonic bliss.

I've been into music for 30 years, and up to 1998, I hadn't even heard of Trouble, until I purchased Martin Popoff's "The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal". I picked up PGH 1st, then proceeded to find all 5 other discs before 1999 was over.

Do yourself a favor and stockup on all of their discs before they become rare, and for more unrecognized bands, the good read mentioned above.

This Trouble album, for particular reasons unknown to me, is the one I reach for and enjoy most often. Next in line would be "Run to the Light" and "Simple Mind Condition". But that's just me. I have 'em all and appreciate each in its' own way but this one is pretty special. Peace. Out.

I was estatic when yet another Trouble record was released in the late '90's... I STILL play the 1990 self titled Trouble regularly, one album I never seem to get tired of listening to! Manic Frustration was a bit of a let down, but the guys found some of the old magic on Plastic Green Head. In my own opinion, not a bad song in the bunch. Some great riffs, hard driving rythyms, some cool mood swings, and, a SUPERB mind blowing take on Carole King/Monkees Porpoise Song....the outro riff is worth the price of the CD to me!!! If not for the long silent intro, I could listen to it on repeat all night...
But don't take my word for it. Listen to it a few times. See if it doesn't hook you too....

I'm not sure why this cd is not as popular as Psalm 9. I love this album. It has the right ingredients of melodic catchiness (Opium-eater, Hear the Earth) to "black sabbath" style doom and gloom (Plastic Green Head) to keep any die-hard metal fan satiated. Very underrated are this band and this album for that matter. I've had it for a couple of weeks and probably have listened to it about 50 times!!! Buy this cd if you like Black Sabbath. You won't regret it. P.S. I'm excited about Kory Clarke singing for the "new" trouble. I will however miss the musical stylings of Eric Wagner. Long live Trouble!

I was a little more then impressed with this album when I first purchased it. It has some of the heaviest Trouble songs, they have ever performed, with more then a few standouts..Worth the ten bucks, believe me.