BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION
HERE COME THE BRIDES
 Mayan Records

Featuring former members of Motley Crue and L.A. Guns, and with a lead vocalist rejoicing in the name London Le Grand - which we suspect he wasn't born with - you kinda know what to expect form this. Yet you might be wrong...

Although VERY LA-sounding, this is more like the punked up, aggressive sound of Guns 'n' Roses than the horrible 'good times' poodle music of Poison and the like, and album opener Shut The Fuck Up is a pretty solid statement of intent. Like the best sleazy rock 'n' roll, the Brides combine singalong, fist-punching anthems with spit-in-your-face attitude, and for a while it works really well.

The problems start about half way through, when the album seems to have been on for a lot longer than it actually has - never a good sign. While any of these songs might be perfectly fine on their own, a whole LP's worth starts to feel somewhat repetitive, and the defiant attitude ("shut the fuck up"..." I don't care"...brace yourself")becomes increasingly desperate sounding.

That said, individual moments like moody ballad I Got a Gun, with it's blistering chorus, do suggest that there is life in these ageing rockers. They just need to mix it up a little more. And even with my reservations, it goes without saying that the band piss on certain other glam-rock pretenders (and probably still look younger than 'em too!).

Their past 'glories' will probably damn them forever to many people, there is enough decent material here to suggest that the Brides of Destruction might at least temporarily feed the appetites of some people while Axl continues to fart around...

DAVID LE FLINT

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