THE HUNGER
Devil Thumbs a Ride (Universal)
With “Vanishing Cream” receiving considerable attention from KLBJ, it’s no
surprise this Houston quartet’s album blands somewhere between Alice in Chains
and Filter. Surprisingly, however, despite the faux industrial keys-whiz, and
every clich� in the book, the band’s pound-and-howl factor almost saves
Devil Thumbs a Ride from being a total heap. (The Hunger play Bob
Popular, Friday, September 27.) — Raoul
Hernandez
BONEGLOVE
Hard rock may still make its comeback, but even if it does, it ain’t gonna be
touching Queensyrche, Bang Tango, Sacred Reich, or Jackyl, which is why
Boneglove’s inadvertent 10-song tribute to the above seems even more sadly
out-of-touch than even less ambitious local metal retreads. — Andy Langer
RUBBERBULLET
OpenOpenOpen (Last Beat)
These days lots of groups emphasize sound over song, but Dallas’s Rubberbullet
are no Sincola, who on their own tune-thin debut, What the Nothinghead
Said, at least offered a banshee with her own vision (Rebecca Cannon) and a
real producer (Brian Beattie). Bullet’s Beth Clardy is no Cannon and there’s no
producer listed. Not much else here. —
Raoul Hernandez
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This article appears in September 27 • 1996 and September 27 • 1996 (Cover).