{"id":709,"date":"2007-07-12T20:53:27","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T00:53:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-07-16T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T15:14:39","slug":"trying-to-scare-away-kevin-cronin-gore-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/trying-to-scare-away-kevin-cronin-gore-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying to Scare Away Kevin Cronin: Gore Gore Girls Bring the Gore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Townsman 2000 Man<\/strong>, our Rookie of the Month, has submitted the following blast of fierce, passionate rock ‘n roll fury and advice. Listen to what the man says!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thank you, girls<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The apparent arrival of Wuss Week<\/strong> at RTH<\/strong> has motivated me to put forth the effort and not only take from the RTH<\/strong> community, but to give something back<\/em> as well. Mr. Moderator asked me to contribute something if I had the time, and I\u2019m kinda still finding my way on that request, but the 24\/7 rock and roller in me can only take so much Scuffy Shew<\/strong> and The Byrds<\/strong>. I try, but really, where\u2019s the FUN!?<\/em><\/p>\n

So I give you Exhibit G<\/strong>. The new Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> album, Get the Gore<\/em>. You can feel safe purchasing any completely unheard album where the cover is a white Gretsch guitar, a black leather boot with five-inch heels, and thighs up to here<\/em>. Trust me on this \u2013 you really can\u2019t go wrong. Even on a puny cd you can tell that the insides of this one are gonna be great. The lp cover must be glorious. (I wonder if you can get a 24\u201d record so the cover would be twice as big?). But what really counts is that these girls from Detroit just tear it up when it comes to rock n\u2019 rolling, and their sound is infectious and fun, incorporating loads of guitars, pounding drums, and a knack for melding girl group harmonies into some seriously hard rock and roll.<\/p>\n

The album kicks off with “Fox In A Box”<\/em>, which is the kind of silly teenage girly anthem that The Donnas<\/strong> do well, but The Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> are less bombastic and AC\/DC sounding. The Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> are leaner, more worldly, and definitely more assertive women than The Donnas<\/strong> are. Where The Donnas<\/strong> may make a boy weak in the knees, The Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> have that affect on men<\/em>. Check out “Pleasure Unit”<\/a><\/strong>. I tend to like misogynistic rock n\u2019 roll, not because I don\u2019t like women, but because I can empathize with the singer having a trampled on heart and feeling that getting even with all of womankind is the best option. Being a man, I know damned well that this getting even never works because women just don\u2019t play fair and they know they don\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n

“Pleasure Unit”<\/strong>
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So I think The Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> are misandrists (oh, yeah I had to look it up, I wanted to make up mansogynists, too). But I can empathize with that. Besides, women like that fascinate men anyway.
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\nThey wrote over half of the songs themselves, and the covers they chose are perfect fits. This may not bode well for The Detroit Cobras<\/strong>, because Amy Surdu can write good songs, too. If she decides to start grabbing from The Cobras<\/strong> grab bag, then Rachel Nagy might have to
\nstraighten up and work harder. Check out my favorite cover on the album, “Where Evil Grows”<\/a><\/strong>, which was written by Terry Jacks<\/strong> (yes, THAT Terry Jacks, the one with just as much raw emotion<\/em> as Scuffy Shew!). It\u2019s
\nbodacious, anyway. Maybe one day they\u2019ll rub their Detroit Rust Dust<\/strong> all over Seasons in the Sun<\/em>, too. I bet it would work.<\/p>\n

“Were Evil Grows”<\/strong>
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What really works the best of all is the guitars. There\u2019s plenty of big chords, but The Hammer brings The Rock with biting leads (KingEd should appreciate the well-timed and perfectly placed wails). Someone like me appreciates the fact that these wailing leads are bites<\/em> and not 9-minute guitar player jerk offs. Hammer brings it twice on the cover “You Lied To Me”<\/em>, first with a frantic single string Ronnie Wood inspired blast, and then a less than frantic, but equally fantastic simple solo to take the song out to the end. “Sweet Potato”<\/em> gives us lots of great hand claps and let\u2019s us guys know just how much Amy Gore likes us little \u201csweet potatoes.\u201d The album wraps up with a terrifical instrumental blast called “Hammer Stomp”<\/em>. All guitars, all the time, just the way it\u2019s supposed to be. It clocks in at a nice 1:45 or so, so it\u2019s never so much that it\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s the heat that\u2019s mellowed out the hallowed halls of
\nRTH<\/strong>? If that\u2019s the case, then The Gore Gore Girls<\/strong> aren\u2019t going to cool things off. They\u2019re going to heat things up. Thank you, Gore Gore Girls<\/strong>! Thank you, Bloodshot Records! Thank you high-heel boot company! Thank you mini-skirt store! Thank you, thank you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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