More Info: www.unclesid.com
Verdict: Generic hard rock (62%)
Canadians Uncle Sid formed back in 1993. Their debut performance was along with Uriah Heep. They've also played live along with bands such as April Wine, BOC and Nazareth. The current lineup consists of Wolf on vocals, Henry Soto on guitar, Steve Everett on bass and Dale Salive on drums. This is tha band's full album release.
The band's sound harks back to 70s or 80s classic rock, as you'll discover from opening track, Break'n Free onwards. Keeping faithfully to this theme, some of the track titles and lyrics display the simplistic tendancies that are typical of this era. For example, the Aerosmityh meets ACDC/Rose Tattoo "Dance For Me" doesn't display much in the way of political correctness.
Anyway enough of the historical analysis, what about the music on the rest of the album? Well, right from those opening tracks the band crunch their way though a set of it has to be said fairly standard hard rock meets metal tracks as though Van Halen & Motley Crue were still the kings of the airwaves. Pick of the bunch for me was "I'm The One" which has a more melodic edge to it. Instrumentally the band do a good job with the materal provided and the vocals are powerful and generally good, perhaps being strained a little to hard in places. The songs just don't let and show themselves in the best light.
