Kissinger - Me and Otto
by
Paul
August 2005
Whatever Kissinger lacks in talent, they compensate for with raw energy.
Their Me and Otto kicks off with the title track that just chugs
along like the best of what has been pouring out of garages across
America since time – and rock 'n' roll – began.
Their music is punk-lite but not in the Green Day/Blink 182 commercial
way. Kissinger is more like a young-n-hunry Ramones in search of a
little direction.
As they grow into what they are doing, they are going to be a force to
be reckoned with.
Produced by Robert Shimp (The Donnas, R.E.M.) Me and Otto bursts
with aggressive fuzzy guitar tones and tribal drums that support
Chopper's vocals. The musical landscape is powerful and unforgiving.
The fourth cut, though, is a song called "Hannah". It shows the band
can do something softer but not the standard MOR ballad that typically
breaks a band known more for its hard rock. (Does anyone remember how
many people went out and bought Extreme's Pornograffiti on the
strengths of "More Than Words"?)
Kissinger never lies to the listener. You are going to get this raw rock
'n' roll with no apologies. The ballads have the menacing undercurrent
of the rockers that are waiting to burst out, but they remain respectful
to the music.
This is not to say that Me and Otto is a perfect album. Kissinger
isn't the perfect band either.
What you have here is an honest band of musicians who are playing their
asses off and who are poised to save punk rock from the green-haired
skateboarders who confuse speed with intensity. Expect big things from
Kissinger.
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