I love
Stephen Pearcy's music!
Let me start with a short personal story that proves my dedication to Pearcy. In April
Stephen Pearcy was to embark on his first European tour and as an enthusiastic fan of Pearcy. I ordered airline tickets for the UK and was ready to attend 4 Pearcy shows in a row on his UK streak. I have been a huge fan of Ratt and Pearcy's solo records have been great as well. Unfortunately
Stephen Pearcy cancelled the Tour just 2 weeks before it was about to start and the European release of "Fueler" got postponed till now.
The long awaited "Fueler" is the follow up to the brilliant "Social Intercourse". However, Fueler" is far-off everything else Pearcy has done solo or with Ratt and unfortunately "Fueler" leans more towards the style of his short lived band
Vicious Delite. The trademarks of
Vicious Delite continue on "Fueler" namely monotone riffs, dark melodies that lack hooks and in particular good choruses.
"Fueler" has raw guitars with industrial sound. Pearcy characteristic vocals are drowned in the noise from the aggressive songs and industrial alike production. Pearcy looses it completely on
Spy vs. Spy, which has drum programming more suitable for techno music.
Pearcy latest effort is very monotone and sounds like you start a noisy machine and somehow the machine is out of power after a playing time of only 36 minutes. Normally one would state that it is not value for money with only 36 minutes, but on this record it's a relief. The album even includes 3 bonus tracks that only is to be found on the European release of "Fueler". These tracks are the best on the disc and
Red Licorice is the only song that comes close to usual Pearcy standard.
I have really tried to like this record and I cannot guarantee that it becomes an okay record after 20-30 listens but I cannot expose my ears for so many listens. Peeled down the basics for some of the songs are all right, but the sound and the weak songwriting ruins everything.
There is no information on who is playing on the record. I Still love Pearcy, but this record is disappointing!
Written by
Michael Monday, June 5, 2006
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