PISSING RAZORS — Pissing Razors (review)

PISSING RAZORS — Pissing Razors album cover Album · 1998 · Groove Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
PISSING RAZORS is a band that, surprise, surprise, caught my attention because of their ridiculous band name which derives from that lovely feeling of urinating while suffering from a venereal disease! After independently releasing “Psycho Punko Metal Groove” they attracted enough attention to sign on to Noise Records where they put out this eponymous release. The band comes from El Paso, TX and is one of the many thrashy groove metal bands to emerge in the 90s. The music is very much of the early Marchine Head or 90s Pantera style but it lacks the original compositions and clever guitar solos. The vocals of Joe Rodriguez, while getting the job done, don't quite evoke the same passion as Phil Anselmo did in 90s Pantera.

While the band does muster up some original ideas here and there I just can't help but feeling throughout the album that they are trying to be Pantera only failing to measure up in pretty much every way. The music is played well with the groovy bass and guitar dynamics being the strongest aspect but the lack of compelling songwriting is really what makes this a somewhat generic release for me. Listening to this album isn't at all as bad as PISSING RAZORS, but neither does it give the sensation of PISSING perfumed fluffy bunnies either. Just decent enough not to flush down the urinal though.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
haven't heard any other albums yet but this one is good enough to warrant checking others out
Kingcrimsonprog wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Underrated band :)
aglasshouse wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Just the name of this band makes me uncomfortable.
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I've been seeing a lot of these bands with silly names as of late ;-)

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