Album Review: The Compulsions - "Ferocious"
Hailing from LA (where else?), the Compulsions are the brainchild of sleaze-rock veteran Robert Carlyle but if you're expecting a straight-up group of Guns 'n' Roses soundalikes here then you might just have another think coming. With an impressive pedigree backing band (including former Bowie guitarist Earl Slick on a few numbers), Ferocious is certainly an interesting proposition. Opener Born On A Landfill is a Cinderella style slice of grubby blues-rock but just when you've got the Compulsions pegged, they promptly smack you upside the head with the sinister electro-sleaze of Band Of Thieves (which reminds me of short-lived early noughties types the Beautiful Creatures) before Addicted takes things back into more familiar territory with some seasick slide guitar from former Gunners man Bumblefoot. Covers of the Stones' Dead Flowers and G'n'R's Dust And Bones are handled well, the former given a liberal dose of rocket fuel and the latter give...