{"id":39812,"date":"2014-04-23T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T21:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=39812"},"modified":"2014-04-23T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T21:18:26","slug":"beasto-blanco-live-fast-die-loud-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2014\/beasto-blanco-live-fast-die-loud-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Beasto Blanco | Live Fast Die Loud<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"BeastoMuch hubbub abounds about the fact that Johnny Depp blessed this album with his stamp of approval. Problem is, Depp also claimed The Lone Ranger was a good movie.<\/p>\n

Well, he got one out of two right.<\/p>\n

Live Fast Die Loud<\/em> is a good album. It never crosses the line into greatness, but sometimes you need to enjoy things for what they are, not what you wish they were. For the uninitiated, Beasto Blanco is the side project of Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric, who apparently really, really, REALLY likes Rob Zombie. Because that is what this album sounds like\u2014Rob Zombie worship, the sonic punch occasionally spiked with some Cooper and Motorhead.<\/p>\n

The saving grace of this derivativeness is that Beasto Blanco do Zombie better than Zombie himself by bringing a heavier sound to the proceedings and enhancing the hooks. The band doesn\u2019t always slam it out of the park\u2014sometimes those coveted hooks just fail to materialize\u2014but when they get it right, they\u2019re typically superior to much of what Zombie has been releasing lately.<\/p>\n

Of course, naysayers will point at Beasto Blanco\u2019s pilfering from Zombie\u2019s musical toolbox as justification to form a negative opinion of the band. To counter, point out that just because you eat a Big Mac at one McDonalds does not mean you never eat a Big Mac at a different McDonalds. A Big Mac is a Big Mac regardless of who cooked it.<\/p>\n

Skip past the handful of dullard tracks and the rest of the album is quite good. \u201cVegas\u201d is the best o\u2019 the bunch, industrial-tinged hard rock that gets your head banging and your blood pumping in tune with the buzz-saw guitars. The title track unleashes a nasty riff that jackhammers your senses and prepares you for an anthemic chorus with a simple yet effective hook. \u201cMotor Queen\u201d finds the aforementioned Motorhead influence revving into high gear, the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll equivalent of injecting nitrous oxide into high-octane fuel. You\u2019ll blow your speakers and maybe your ears as well. That\u2019s not a warning, that\u2019s praise.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t figured it out yet, fans of Rob Zombie will be fans of Beasto Blanco. It\u2019s not an album you can\u2019t exist without, but not every album needs to give you a cochlear orgasm to have merit. This may be the hard rock equivalent of fast food, tasty enough in the moment but with minimal lasting value, but everyone indulges in fast food once in awhile. If nothing else, at least we know that if Rob Zombie perished tomorrow, there is someone out there more than capable of taking his place. So if you can\u2019t find your copy of Hellbilly Deluxe, just grab Live Fast Die Loud<\/em> instead \u2026 you\u2019ll be hard-pressed to tell the difference.<\/p>\n

Genre: Hard Rock, Metal<\/p>\n

Band:
\nChuck Garric (vocals, bass)
\nChris Latham (guitar)
\nJonathan Mover (drums)
\nTiffany Lowe (synths, vocals)
\nCalico Cooper (vocals)<\/p>\n

Track Listing
\n1. Ill Nostro Spirito
\n2. Beasto Blanco
\n3. Blood Shot
\n4. California
\n5. Breakdown
\n6. Vegas
\n7. Motor Queen
\n8. Freak
\n9. Beg To Differ
\n10. Live Fast Die Loud
\n11. No More Man<\/p>\n

Label: Rat Pak Records<\/p>\n

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

Hardrock Haven rating: 7.7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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