{"id":28339,"date":"2013-03-19T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T23:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=28339"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:34:09","slug":"beverly-killz-gasoline-broken-hearts-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/beverly-killz-gasoline-broken-hearts-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverly Killz | Gasoline & Broken Hearts<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mark Allen<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"BeverlyThe band may hail from the land of pizza, pasta, and Pisa (as in, the Leaning Tower of), but their name summons up images of sleazy Sunset Strip glam-metal circa 1989. And there certainly are some glam-sleaze elements supplementing Beverly Killz\u2019 sound, which is built on a sturdy foundation of melodic hard rock. Sure, it\u2019s all fairly clich\u00e9, but it\u2019s done so well that you probably won\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

Frontman Vince (the members eschew last names) will not go down in history as the hottest voice the rock world has ever heard, but he gets the job done. There are times on the slower and mid-tempo tunes that his delivery is a tad tentative, but he compensates on the full-throttle rockers by bringing a hearty vocal edge to the proceedings and selling the songs with a suitable supply of sleaze-rock attitude.<\/p>\n

The guitars are crisp and clean and occasionally allowed to combust with a little sizzle that is never allowed to spin crazily out of control. (The exception is \u201cDark Lady,\u201d where Mark really lets the molten solo rip in full-on melodic metal mode.) The bass is beefy yet given room to breathe, the rhythms rock solid, and the sonic quality is open and spacious; Beverly Killz do not succumb to the temptation to strangle the life out of their music through overproduction.<\/p>\n

Most of the songs are equipped with the kind of pop-metal hooks that came into prominence during the \u201880s hair-metal era. \u201cBaby You\u2019re on Target\u201d is one such track, sporting a hard rocking edge and big chorus to go along with it, complete with a heaping pile of good ol\u2019 gang backing vocals. \u201cFor Love\u201d is another bad-ass barn burner that features some of Vince\u2019s best singing and those gang vocals reappear (actually, they never went away) to provide extra punch and power. \u201cSin City\u201d comes strutting out with a heavy stride while the raunchy groove, rumbling bottom end, and clenched-fist chorus equals good times for melodic hard rock fans. Oh yeah, there are also more gang vocals and if you\u2019re starting to pick up a pattern here, you would be most astute.<\/p>\n

There is only one truly bad song on this album: \u201cWhat is Love,\u201d a cover of that putridly popular \u201890s dance hit by Haddaway. It\u2019s as jarringly out of place as a pubic hair in a bowl of tapioca pudding and makes you want to ask the band what the hell they were thinking. Sure, it\u2019s \u201cinteresting\u201d in a car wreck kind of way to hear the annoying one hit wonder rocked up, but \u201cinteresting\u201d does not mean \u201cgood.\u201d Sure, you can drizzle chocolate syrup all over a dog turd, but it\u2019s still just going to taste like chocolate-covered dog shit.<\/p>\n

Matters of canine feces aside, melodic hard rock fans, especially those who like it with that Sunset Strip edge, should enjoy Beverly Killz more than Michael Bay enjoys making movies with massive explosions. Is it so good that it would be worth murdering your mom in order to gets your mitts on a copy? Well, no\u2026but if you have to run over a squirrel or two in order to get a copy, it\u2019s definitely worth that. The squirrels, of course, might have a differing opinion.<\/p>\n

Genre: Melodic Hard Rock<\/p>\n

Band:
\nVince (vocals)
\nMark (lead guitar)
\nJohn (rhythm guitar)
\nAndre (bass)
\nFabio (drums)<\/p>\n

Track Listing
\n1. Never Back Down
\n2. Away From Danger
\n3. Baby You\u2019re on Target
\n4. Dark Lady
\n5. Livin\u2019 & Dyin\u2019
\n6. Riding Alone
\n7. For Love
\n8. Power of Your Sex
\n9. Sin City
\n10. In Sorrow
\n11. What is Love?<\/p>\n

Webpage: www.beverlykillz.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Label: Perris Records<\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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