CD's
1. Frank O Pollizzi Band
The Basement Tapes
Review:
Chris Centuori, an old friend of
Bret Hart's, reestablished contact with me a couple of months ago.
He's been BIZ-ee in hiz' (?de?)basement, volkz! D.I.Y. & proud,
but more importantly, a jaded sense of musical humor that shoots him to
thee TOP o' th' heap for this twisted set of aural appendages! Bass
mix was a little much, but his guitars & grand interweave of various
& sundry vox make up for it in a grand fashion! With titles like
"Domestic Ammonia", "Furnace Full of Marshmallows" & "Halfstep in the
March of Progress", it won't take you long to figure out (in conjunction
with actually LISTENING to the music, of course) that this music is for
F-U-N!!! The obvious comparisons to Zappa & Beefheart can be
made, but Chris' goes further & further OUT. You might have guessed
awready... I jus' LOVE this CD. If we played it for ALL the pre-schoolers
(each & every day), there WOULD be a true "third party" after 20 years,
& all the political fat katz would check themselves (quickly) in to
mental wards across the country (glorious, GLORIOUS day). Even if
you have never heard this kind of cacophony before, it is MOST HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED... in fact, it gets the PICK of this issue for "best musical
insanity"!
Contact at
3649 W. Pony Trail, Tucson, AZ
85742, or via email to hpbadger@earthlink.net
Rotcod Zzaj
2. Frank O Pollizzi Band
The Molasses Tapes
Review:
For those musical aficionados who
have "heard it all" - you ain't heard NUTHIN' until you lissen ter' THIS!
We reviewed this guy's "BASEMENT TAPES" a couple of issues back, &
he won't let yer' (ever so jaded) ears down this time 'round, either.
This is quite simply - NUTS! Pace is slightly slower than the last
one, but maybe that's why it's titled the way it is. Somewhat "lick-based",
but that's no detractor... you folks who have been around the "underground
scene" will
recognize shadings of Bret Hart
on here, but the Beefheart influences jus'SHINE through! This is
a thoroughly enjoyable CD with high-energy rawk-in sounds that will KICK
yer' TAIL! Those unflaggable fanz o' Unkle Frank (Zappa, that is)
won't be ABLE to do WITHOUT this CD... it gets our MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED,
without qualification! GET this one TODAY! Contact at
3649 W. Pony Trail, Tucson, AZ
85742, or via email to hpbadger@earthlink.net
Rotcod Zzaj
Both CD's can be obtained from
me directly and will soon be available on Bret Hart's InstrumenTales label.
Link
MP3 files:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/137/frank_o_pollizi_band.html