To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Pictured below: WALKING PAPERS with one tough MarineīLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. McCready and the rest of PEARL JAM are also working on their 10th studio album, which should be out sometime in 2013. McKagan was born and raised in Seattle and played in a punk band there called 10 MINUTE WARNING before migrating to Los Angeles and joining GUNS. The band is currently being reactivated with new vocals being recorded over tracks originally laid down for an abandoned second MAD SEASON album. Martin and McCready previously played together in MAD SEASON, alongside late ALICE IN CHAINS singer Layne Staley. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - The Viper Roomĭec. 20 - Little Rock, AR - Stickyz (CeDell Davis Tribute) 05 - Seattle, WA - The Barboza (CD Release Party) 29 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater We play old-school, gritty, bluesy American rock and roll, and as a quartet, that's as real as it gets." With Duff and I as the rhythm section, let's just say we are the seasoned veterans. " Jeff Angell, our singer and guitarist, is a natural storyteller, and Ben Anderson plays keyboards like a classic soul man session player. "The British people understand rock and roll like no other country in the world, which is why fellow Seattleites Jimi Hendrix went there, why MUDHONEY went there, and why WALKING PAPERS is going there as well. Two of us, myself and Duff McKagan, have debuted our first bands in London: Duff with GUNS N' ROSES, myself with both SKIN YARD and SCREAMING TREES. Mixed by Jack Endino, the record is due out on October 16 via Boredom Killing Business/ Sunyata Records and the first single, "Your Secret's Safe With Me", is streaming at the band's Facebook page.Ĭommented Martin: " WALKING PAPERS is excited to play our first international dates in the U.K. McKagan plays bass on the band's entire debut disc, while McCready contributes lead guitar solos. This is a very promising debut record that is down to earth, humour injected and will get you moving too.PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready and ex- GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER bass player Duff McKagan are working with WALKING PAPERS, a new Seattle band launched by former SCREAMING TREES drummer Barrett Martin and longtime Seattle musician Jeff Angell. You get the feeling the band won't really care what some review says though from the line " I ain't looking for respect or rewards / please talk shit on your message boards," which is fantastic and about as punk as oh I don't know, yelling "fuckyouoioioi." Due to this and a few non-distinct guitar melodies there are a number of songs that just don't stick. The record does fail to deliver in some respects such as the lyrics, where Colin's heart is in the right place talking about a range of topics from the working stiff, greed and an unwanted pregnancy but sometimes the actual words themselves fall flat. However one of the real strengths of the band for me was the drumming there is some rhythms on this that will undoubtedly shake the body politic. While a lot of the songs have a throwback flavour the band plays slivers of a more modern melodic punk flair at times during songs like "Carbon Heart Radio" and "Hell Awaits Hostage Life."Īll in all, vocalist Colin still has a great sneering voice to lead the band and the guitar playing is effective throughout the release. Some really solid guitar work is displayed throughout the album, such as the solo on the single "This Song Was Written by a Committee." The band really works best when they try a more straight-up mid-paced old-school rockân'roll sound, such as on "How to Die with a Smile" or "The Quietest Mutiny." Those two songs cover a similar territory to what One Man Army and the Ducky Boys have done in the past. While a Clash influenced street punk vibe that Rancid seems to love can be readily found in the guitar progressions and socio-political lyrics, there are a few different tricks the band comes up with throughout that keep things fresh. Luckily for the listener, Hostage Life puts a reasonably refreshing spin to their collection of Clash inspired punk ditties. Like those bands, Hostage Life contains alumni from Toronto's mid-to-late `90s melodic punk stalwarts, Marilyn's Vitamins. Their label, Underground Operations holds amongst their lackluster releases albums by Bombs Over Providence and Dead Letter Debt., which have been mediocre to downright bad. I'd say I had to agree when listening to the debut full-length by Hostage Life. "Don't judge an album by its label" is the type of saying that seems to get thrown around a lot in the world of punk.
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