Off Your Rocker

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Band Name Jetboy
Album Name Off Your Rocker
Type Album
Released date 01 February 2010
Music StyleHard Rock
Members owning this album4

Tracklist

1. Perfectly Wrong
2. Going Down (Above the Clouds)
3. Dogs Gotta Roam
4. High Gear (Live)
5. Crank It Up (Live)
6. Losin' Streak (Live)

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Review @ Nastasia

11 March 2010
Easily memorisable, almost obtrusive and most of the time absolutely with no higher point. That’s what the most of the genre of glam/hair metal with roots in the eighties is all about. And the Jetboy new album Off Your Rocker is no exception. The guys once decided to pan out everything of their badass attitude which is okay, but now it seems like they already reached the bottom.

The whole album doesn’t bring much new, and this refers to the genre they play as well their whole creation. The album with a humble number of tracks has three new songs and the other three are live recordings of songs from their earlier era.

My first warning goes to all the people who don’t wallow in this genre, listening to the album more than twice may have very numbing effects, comprising temporary liking the music even though you may be the biggest antagonist.

What must be admitted is the fact that those messieurs in leopard-printed skinny jeans still can put some energy into their records. That it is still the same kind of drift as previous almost thirty years is another fact. For a less demanding listener or a true fan it makes no difference. The band rocks, entertains the listener ad that’s pretty enough.

As I said, Jetboy found the way to success in simplicity and following the well proven templet sex, drugs & alcohol. With the very live sound and simple yet catchy riffs, the first track Perfectly Wrong is perfectly correct as a start of the album. Very funky, very normal – could be better, could be worse.

Next Doing Down (Above the Clouds) are more energetic almost four minutes of rock’n’roll attitude consisting of all the elements that come up to your mind when you try to imagine the typical hard rock composition. Nothing complicated. Not for ears, nor for head.

The last and the heaviest track is the last new song of the album – Dogs Gotta Roam- is the most sleazy I-don’t-give-a-fuck tuned song of the senary.

The sound of the second, live half of the album is surprisingly good. What I must say I appreciate about the album is the fact that the studio records sound really, really live and the live ones could easily compare to the studio quality. I can easily imagine the crowd of fans getting into the right rock’n’roll mood by songs like High Gear, Crank It Up or Losin’ Streak. They may be old, they may be just the usual flash songs but I’m convinced they all work well work their purpose – to entertain the crowd.

To sum it all up, the album appeals like a try to make an easy way to awareness of the listeners and it doesn’t fail. But on the other hand, it can please only the loyal fans and I’m afraid the album doesn’t have enough potential to gain many new.

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camton - 29 December 2010:
Thanks for the review, I am a big 80's metal fan and maybe this will get me back there with some fresh material to listen to!
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Comment @ hack

07 March 2010
This 5 piece hard rock band originated in San Francisco, in 1983. They have 2 guitarists. They moved to Los Angeles to try their luck in the thriving hair metal scene, of the mid 1980's. In 1987, their original bassist(Todd Crew), died of an overdose while partying with Slash of Guns N' Roses. Meanwhile, Hanoi Rocks(Usa) split up, because one of their band members was killed in an auto accident while Vince Neil( of Motley Crue ) was driving drunk to a liquor store. So bassist, Sam Yaffa, of Hanoi Rocks(USA) ended up joining Jetboy.

This album has some funky blues influence, as well as the '80's hair metal style. Their are plenty of references to drinking and chasing women. Some of these songs rock pretty good. I notice a lot of influence from Tesla, Motley Crue, and Cinderella. 3 of the 6 tracks on this album are live renditions off of "come back" albums from the late 1990's. High Gear and Crank It Up were originally released on the 1999 album Make Some More Noise. Losin' Streak was originally released on the 1998 album, A Day In The Glamorous Life. So if you're a fan of 1980's hair metal, who's looking for a new release, then you might like this one.

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camton - 29 December 2010: Thanks for the review, I am a big 80's metal fan and maybe this will get me back there with some fresh material to listen to!
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