Album Review: Eddie Spaghetti & Frank Meyer - "Motherfuckin' Rock 'n' Roll"

 

The prospect of a full album from the Supersuckers’ Eddie Spaghetti and Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs frontman Frank Meyer was something I was definitely looking forward to, especially given that the latters' One More Drink album is definitely going to be right up there when it comes to the Nite Songs Album Of The Year award in a couple of months.

Supersuckers albums have been a bit of a mixed bag in recent years but it's safe to say that Eddie and Frank's collaboration here hits all the right buttons. The opening title track and Knock My Teeth Out are full on high octane rampages which conjure up all the best bits of their day job while the rollocking I Think It Sucks (And I Don't Like It) is a full on moonshine-addled country staggerer.

The sinister Top Shelf Shame takes things down a notch with a dark ode to self-loathing although the pair's cover of the Knack's My Sharona is a bit of a disappointment - it could have seen them taking the song's power-pop round the back of some scuzzy redneck bar and giving it a good kicking but unfortunately it just doesn't really add much to the original. A shame. Thankfully the chugging Relationshipwreck and the honky tonk sleaziness of Tattletale drag things back on track which just leaves the sugar sweet power-pop of Heartache, the ukulele led cowpunk hoedown of You Can't Take It Back and the full on rockabilly chaos of Barroom Brawl to take this one to the finish line.

Although it's not quite flawless, Motherfuckin' Rock 'n' Roll is still a good summary of what both Eddie Spaghetti and Frank Meyer are capable of and it's a good solid slice of rock 'n' roll fun with plenty of fire in the tank to power it along. Definitely deserving of your attention.

NITE SONGS RATING: 🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌑🌑 (8/10)

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