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If Stoner Rock is to be a genre, then Debris
Inc. are a classic example. With their self-titled debut album,
Debris Inc., the accumulation of queasy head-spinning propaganda is
limitless. This US-based group chains itself all the way back to bands
like Saint Vitus (Dave Chandler), Trouble (Ron Holzner), Crowbar (Jimmy
Bower), and Obsessed (Greg Rogers). These guys are very garage sounding
with a slew of tracks that pretty much slow down and speed up from
song to song. So they relax you and then energize you. That trait
is uncommon among such bands in the doom metal genre, but very common
in the punk genre... whence, Stoner Rock. I like "Pain"
and "The Old Man and His Bong" because of the slower groove,
almost Black Sabbath feel. There are a lot of very short tracks too
like "Dime-A-Dozen" and "Shut Up". To me, there
is too little focus on song structure and too much emphasis on everything
else. I'll probably get hate mail from hardcore punk fans on this,
but Debris Inc. do not cut it for me. To those of you into the aforementioned
bands, however, you might find interest in Debris Inc. Rating: 55 Reviewed By: Thomas Mitchell |
