Charm City Devils - Let's Rock-N-Roll [Album]

Eleven Seven Music

September 8, 2009, 07:53 PM

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Knowing that Charm City Devils are signed to Nikki Sixx’s Eleven Seven Records will give you a massive insight in to their sound. It’s rock with a touch of more rock and an element of even more rock thrown in for good measure. As the opening, and title track ‘Lets-Rock-N-Roll (Endless Road)’ comes in, it’s very easy to hear the influence of AC/DC, so much so that you can pretty much sing the chorus of 'Highway to Hell' over the track.

"Lets-Rock-N-Roll" continues in much the same light until you hit track four, ‘Best of the Worst’, which has a softer Bon Jovi ballad-esque sound. This is where the Charm City Devils start to shine. With a strong front man and some good production this track, along with ‘Almost Home’ touch in to the softer, more pungent side of the band and these moments are where the band truly come together. If "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" was simply the AC/DC / Motley Crue copy that the majority of the time it happens to be, then it would sadly be no better than a rock covers band, but these few ballads stand out and make "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" ten times more listenable.

Unfortunately as you listen deeper into "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" you will hear more stolen riffs and ideas that you have heard on all the classic rock albums of old, such as the 'Spoon man'-alike track ‘Night as Dark’. There are many more in there and it won’t take you very long to pick them out. On the plus side if you like those old classics, then you may like "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" very much but, if you are like me and you would likely prefer to hear more original music and will be happy to leave Motley Crue / AC/DC to do what they do best. If Motley Crue had written "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" then the view may be different as you would likely expect them to sound like this album. Some good production and a few well-written songs do lift "Lets-Rock-N-Roll" up above the average but that still only makes them a good copy of better and more original bands.

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