S.E.X. Department hails from Italy. The band secured a deal on Perris Records, so unnecessary to state that the style is 80's based Glam Rock.
Normally I am not fond of Italian bands because Italian singers have a characteristic accent, which ruins the listening pleasure.
S.E.X. Department singer Kelly "Trash" Mendess hasn't got a big voice nor is he a great technical singer. His range doesn't really justify writing a song like
Rock n' Roll Never Dies, because its torture hearing Mendess hitting the high notes. However, Mendess doesn't suffer from the Italian accent and he has a good tone alike Steve Summers from Pretty Boy Floyd.
Doing research for this review I noticed footage on Youtube that made me realize that this isn't all bad. I was watching a live performance from
S.E.X. Department and it was cool because this record is what
S.E.X. Department sounds like live for better or worse. The band is a 3 piece only with Kelly Mendess also handling guitars.
Album highlight is
Revenge of the Vampires with a great signature melody from Mendess.
S.E.X. Department doesn't break any new ground, but still pass the examination with their debut. However, they need to skip songs like
Italian Cowboy and focus more on great songs like the midtempo
Call Me, Baby Call Me and
One Way TicketFans of Glam Metal will get a kick out of this, but still it's nowhere near as good as Poison, Ratt and most other bands from the 80s sunset strip scene.
Written by
Michael Thursday, February 7, 2008
Show all reviews by MichaelRatingsMichael: 6/10Members: No members have rated this album yet.
This article has been shown 2140 times. Go to the
complete list.
