Krokus

Hoodoo (Sony Music)

Swiss headhunters unleash their major-label reunion in fine fettle (drummer Freddy Steady no relation to Austin stick pony Freddie “Steady” Krc), Hoodoo looser “Drive It In” buzzing Cult-like as nasaled by Krokus croak Marc Storace in high 1980s form. Once “Born to Be Wild” dials up third, “Rock’n’Roll Handshake” clangs shut on Clinton-era AC/DC, which remains the three-decades point (“In My Blood”). Chris von Rohr and Fernando von Arb refry “Screaming in the Night” on “Ride Into the Sun.”

**

This article appears in June 18 • 2010.

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

SUPPORT US

San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.