Album Review: Dead Men Walking - "Freedom...It Ain't On The Rise"
Formed as a supergroup, initially under the stewardship of Mike Peters, Billy Duffy and Kirk Brandon, Dead Men Walking have been through a few line-ups in recent years with the current incarnation consisting of Brandon, Stiff Little Fingers' Jake Burns and the Ruts' rhythm section of Segs Jennings and Dave Ruffy. This is their belated first album and, as per the group's live shows, it's a mainly acoustic effort consisting of some new songs and a few re-recorded numbers from the various members' main groups. It's to those involved's credit that they haven't leaned back too extensively on their better known material with the only three selections that could arguably be described as obvious ones - SLF's Wasted Life , Spear of Destiny's Never Take Me Alive and the Ruts' Staring At The Rude Boys held back for the end of the album and DMW manage to do all of them justice. Aside from the new tracks, the majority of the other selections are from ...