I started with the I've Had It / Your Rules 45 and it was interesting mostly because no one was doing that then. Then came the Manic Ride/Dead Alive full length (I know there were other 7" bangers in between - I'm just talking about what passed through my earholes) and it was like.....I dunno, if I want THIN LIZZY I'll go listen to THIN LIZZY and even though that's not really what R'N'R was doing it still felt like the energy they were trying to conjure and let's be honest here: AT released II the same year The Infamous And Notorious came out and are we really going to have a discussion about preferred punk interpretations of rock 'n roll? The were Boston Hardcore royalty by 2004, but still....ANNIHILATION TIME. Anyway, this first demo passed my desk a few weeks ago and it was (is) a really fun listen - surprisingly rudimentary considering the future output from this crew of Scene Giants. Four rock 'n roll / hardcore hybrid tracks from folks responsible (in part) for THINK I CARE, INNUMERABLE FORMS, VACCINE, BOSTON STRANGLER, RIVAL MOB, BATTLE RUINS, MIND ERASER and about a dozen other bands...but really? You had my heart when you ripped the Metal Health cover, because that was The Wizard's first hard rock record.
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