Album Review: The Good, The Bad And The Zugly - "Research And Destroy"
Hailing from Norway, The Good, The Bad And The Zugly have shared split releases with the likes of the Bitch Queens in the past and definitely owe a debt in their sound to their fellow countrymen Turbonegro. They pack a high-octane brand of punk rock with ferociously angry lyrics and a sense of the theatrical plus vocals that could definitely have been the late Hank von Helvete circa Ass Cobra . It all makes for an intoxicating mix with the brutal opening one-two of What's My Rage Again? and Song For A Prepper being introduced with some Queen style atmospherics and a piano intro respectively before the tempo kicks in and GBZ kick in with a furious race to the finish line while Bridge And Tunnel Guy is a full throttle assault including the lyric "If you wanna be one of us/You gotta get drunk on the bus!" which says a lot while The Power Of Beer namechecks the Hellacopters giving away another of the band's influences. At the other end of the scale, Original I...