Krokus Bring An All Out Rock Assault With "Hoodoo"

Artist: Krokus

Album: Hoodoo

Released:  May 25, 2010

Rating: ***** (5 out of 5 stars)

You may remember this band for their song "Screaming In The Night" back in the early to mid 80's. And if you didn't know that song, surely you knew that they did a cover version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out"... right??? Well for those of you who didn't know of this band, back in the day they were sort of a cross between Alice Cooper meets Iron Maiden meets AC/DC. I know, what a mix right!? These days however, they are just focusing on being themselves and playing just balls out Rock - n - Roll the way it should be played. They are not alone. Seems that all of the old 80's bands, with the exception of maybe one or two, have put out pretty damn good offerings in the last two to three years! Someone needs to start paying attention!!!! Oh yeah, that's what we're here for! To help you to start paying attention! So listen up! Start paying attention will ya!

                                          

With the original lineup of this band once again intact, Krokus mark a return that just needs to be shouted about! "Hoodoo" is Classic Rock -n - Roll in every sense of the word. Sounding like Bon Scott revisited, you'd swear that the deceased rocker just joined Krokus! That's how much Marc Storace sounds like the legend himself! Don't believe me, well you'll just have to wait until May to find out! Believe me, once you hear Marc wail on these tunes, you'll agree with me! But, the Bon Scott sound aside, this album is all the way Krokus. Awesome Rock guitar licks, killer solos and Gang style choruses that will get everyone's fist pumpin'! 

The album opens with a killer Rocker with "Drive It In" (you can probably guess what that one's about). This is the kind of tune that should open any album to get your adrenalin goin' righ off the bat. This album only gets better from there folks. Next is "Hoodoo Woman" to help level things off for the next 4 minutes or so, only to kick it up a notch again with a killer cover of the Steppenwolf classic, "Born To Be Wild". I gotta tell ya, I really love the way they do that song. They really do it justice. Frankly, the way Krokus treats that song is probably the only way you could treat a classic like this. This pace keeps up for the rest of this incredible Comeback offering from a great classic band.

Stand Out Cuts: Drive It In, Hoodoo Woman, Born To Be Wild, Rock N' Roll Handshake, ahhh forget it! You just have to listen to the whole album over and over again cranked really fuckin' loud! I'm surprised that the speakers in my car are still makin' any noise at all because I've played this album so damn loud! I do have one problem with this album though... I can't seem to get it out of the CD player in the car!! I haven't felt this good about an album in quite some time. Well, okay... since at least last October when KISS put out "Sonic Boom"! Well, then there is the new KEEL album too... damn! So many good albums from all the classic bands! You upstarts need to start taking notice! The old guys are kickin' your collective asses!! In other words... this is how real Rock -n- Roll  SHOULD be played! Pick this one up. Your gonna love it!

Reviewed By JT