Album Review: Velvet Insane - “Rock ‘n’ Roll Glitter Suit”
Hailing from Finland, Velvet Insane are another band to add to the Scandinavian glam scene. Except while a lot of their compadres in this movement like the Backyard Babies and Hardcore Superstar are indebted to the '80s sleaze rock scene, these guys are setting their controls a little bit further back, namely to the junkshop glam of the '70s as evidenced by the Mott The Hoople style opener Driving Down The Mountain (complete with All The Way From Memphis style honky tonk piano). While we've had a few Italian bands coming along in this genre in recent years (Faz Waltz and Giuda to name but two), this is something a bit different from a nation best known for Hanoi Rocks and HIM. They've clearly picked up a few admirers along the way as the T-Rex style Backstreet Liberace features the talents of both Dregen from the Backyards and Nicke from the Hellacopters while Sulo from the Diamond Dogs is on production here and helps out with some of the songwriting too. Unfort...