{"id":236,"date":"2010-05-18T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=236"},"modified":"2010-05-18T08:35:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T13:35:55","slug":"album-review-krokus-hoodoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/18\/album-review-krokus-hoodoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Krokus – Hoodoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine if ZZ Top<\/strong> were fronted by Bon Scott<\/strong>. Now stop.<\/p>\n

All of the swagger of 70s arena rock, delivered with the enthusiasm of bands who are on the rise but haven’t yet gotten jaded and cynical: that’s — surprisingly — what you’ll find on Hoodoo<\/em>, the three-billionth album from Krokus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be honest: I didn’t know these guys were still at it. And while Hoodoo<\/em> isn’t filled to the brim with original ideas (musical or lyrical), it’s certainly an effective antidote to some of the pretentious amelodic “post-rock” that passes for entertainment these days.<\/p>\n

The band makes clear quite quickly that it isn’t setting out to break new ground: a cover of “Born to Be Wild” is found a mere three tracks in. But stripping the organ part and replacing it with a guitar set on stun results in what has to be called arena rock for the 21st century. This is fist-pumping, duckwalk-strutting music, delivered with muscle.<\/p>\n

Those listeners who are clich\u00e9-averse would be well advised to steer clear of Hoodoo<\/em>, and perhaps of Krokus in general. But then such people should probably avoid this whole sort of music: titles like “Ride Into the Sun” and “Rock’n’Roll Handshake” are not exactly great poetry set to music. But, as famed philosopher Nigel Tufnel<\/strong> might say, “That’s nitpicking, innit?”<\/p>\n

Hoodoo <\/em>should not be your first stop if you’re in search of subtlety, finesse or outside-the-box thinking. But if you just wanna rock, Hoodoo<\/em> might just fit the bill. There’s almost nothing about the album — except the fact that it’s on a silver disc — that pegs it as something that was created after, say, 1985. But for plenty of rock fans, that’s not a bad thing. Closet headbangers, forget the “guilty pleasure” epithet and just go on and enjoy Hoodoo<\/em>, guilt free.<\/p>\n

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