Artist: Sideburn
Title: Jail
Typre: Album
Label: Metal Heaven Records

This is a Swiss band formed out of the ashes, or rather have their roots related to the band Genocide that released music from ’86 to ’97. Following in the footpaths of fellow Swiss rockers Krokus, the style, attitude and delivery is very much a Krokus affair. The knack of entertaining the listener with the swagger of the opening tune ‘Live to Rock’ makes you smile from ear to ear, then you go for the throat with ‘Devil and Angel’. You will really think this is AC/DC, Bullet or Kix, if you don’t know some of the other also-rans in this business, but for all its comparisons, there is something of an authentic feel to this album. Blues laden solo’s, simple chord progressions, constant thumping bass line, you really have no excuses not to sit still during the playback of this album. Produced by highly acclaimed producer Beau Hill (I am not giving a history lesson but you should know who he is!) video game enthusiasts may already know songs from their previous album ‘Cherry Red’ from many hours of gaming, or from Keifer Sutherland’s ‘24’ TV Series. ‘Jail’ is an album that deserves a little more than a mere single track on an I-Pod, this is an album. ‘Rock ‘N Roller’ gets close to the mark with the classic ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’, the guitar solo however, is definitely their own. The band makes no denial of their love for their Aussie counterparts, and they do this while still being able to produce their own individual flavours. Roland Pierrehumbert’s vocals are classic rock through and through, making no compromises or apologies, it is infectious, it is music that has earned them such high profile supporting slots to the likes of Motorhead, Doro and Thin Lizzy.

This is classic rock pure and simple, a good fun album made with class and determination

http://www.sideburn.ch
http://www.aorheaven.com