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What the Stooges did to the Stones, the Streewalkin' Cheetahs did to the Stooges. It's an semi-natural history that perhaps proves Devo's theories of reverse evolution - each band strips the sound of its predecessor down to its most iconic parts, and then blows those up into mythic, amp-rupturing decibels. Blackwood Royalty takes its place somewhere near the end of the line - giant, swinging riffs uncluttered by the psychedelic fuzz of the early '70s or the faux-punk amateurism of the '90s. Like the Black Keys, they're at their best stomping through a remarkably pure and heavy revisionist history of blues-rock. Vocalist SteveO (formerly of the Fourfits) can yell through the noise or sound remarkably like Bowie on a ballad. - Steve Palopoli sanjose.comMore Info
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