I believe the usual line used is “stripping it back to the roots” or “delivering the raw energy of the early days”. I prefer the terms “low budget” and “crap production.”
The production quality aside – and it really is painful to listen to this album at volume – LA Guns definitely deliver the high energy levels.
This is a lively record of uptempo, attacking rock songs with a bad attitude and an aggressive feel. There’s touches of the debut and Cocked And Loaded, the punky part of Vicious Circle and some outside 70s blues rock influences (Led Zep anyone?)
Tracii shreds like a teenager and Phil sounds….well, like classic Phil, which is always a good thing.
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