Western Xterminator

RTX

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B000MGVA1A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,900 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOTALLY FRESH!!, June 14, 2007

By	Joe Frederick "Joe" (USA) - See all my reviews

Do not take lightly the band who emblazon their name on butcher knives. That's the image that stares back at your reflection from the Western Xterminator CD, and if you know anything about RTX leader Jennifer Herrema, you know she's just the type to gash first and ask questions later. She does on Xterminator, morphing the gutter sludge and dope sick stutter of Royal Trux' early years into hard rock appropriate for a band with a jumble of crossbeam consonants for a name. "Balls to Pass" wouldn't be too far from Poison were it not for the reverb that whisks around its riff like the smoke off a flared match, and "Dude Love" has it all: cymbal-catch breakdowns, more cowbell, and effects like someone just got a Guitar Center gift certificate. "Last Ride," meanwhile, might be the best rocker here, if only because of its unabashed love for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. And yet, even when it's straightforward - it's simple: unscrew vice, insert balls - Herrema and RTX can't play hard rock and metal exactly as they learned it in their youth. She needs to distort its empty pursuit of hedonism, to hijack that desire and drive it toward something darker. Amazing!! Totally FRESH!

4.0 out of 5 stars "Thank You" crossed with "Too Fast for Love", August 27, 2008

By	paulsubpopman - See all my reviews

Well lets start off by saying this whole 80's metal thing she's got going isnt for everyone. But to me it suits her just fine. Because ther is enough Royal Trux weirdness to offset the L.A. Motley Crue Vibe they are gunning for. But what makes this instantly buyable for me is a cover of "Mudhoney's" "The Money Will Roll Right In". Coolness!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2.5 stars rounds up to three, I guess..., June 12, 2007

By	N. Lang "nicklang2" (K-town (Kiel), WI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'll preface this by saying I'm a big fan of the Royal Trux. Neil Hagerty and Jen Herrema are bar none the strangest duo I've come across in the last few years.
The two albums I've owned previous, Accelerator and Veterans of Disorder, are a convincingly good clashing of many styles: grunge, punk, rock, noise, and a little prog.
This album seems to be a mix of Royal Trux vocals with a hair band. Western Exterminator and Balls to Pass are for me the only saving graces of the album. For the rest of the album, the hair metal influence is obviously not done for a comic value. And if it is for comic value, the joke is lost.
And where the heck did Hagerty go?