Wednesday
Dec172014
Crazy Lixx Release Video For Amazing New Song
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 12:01AM Crazy Lixx just released a video for the song "Call to Action" from their new self-titled album. This is by far one of the best tracks I've heard all year: listen to the layers of the song! There's modern Glam mixed with classic Motley Crue -- really great stuff here. Crazy Lixx was released in early November. I didn't pick it up then, but you can believe I'm ordering it off Amazon now.
Reader Comments (11)
And the video is cool, too! It's a good thing CL have a cool logo. The number of times it appears in their video is borderline Nazi propaganda level.
For another of example the greatness that is Crazy Lixx, check out "Heatseeker" from one of their earlier albums.
Hell in the Club is at the top of my playlist right now though. If you haven't heard it, check it out. I was a bit luke warm on their first disc, but this new one is terrific.
Check out Devil on My Shoulder, Proud, Whore Paint, etc. All awesome.
So I hope I don't get drawn and quartered over this observation: this is derivative, and not in an entirely good way. It sounds too much like much of what AEG spoon feeds to festivals these days. It sounds calculated, not convincing.
If this is modern Glam, I want some old school stuff.
And I want to defend Motley Crue here (some perhaps still think I dislike them despite my protests to the contrary and because of my more clear-eyed responses to their "last gasp" this past decade-plus). This has none of the SATD or TFFL swagger, none of the recklessness.
I was so perplexed by my reaction that I went back and watched MC's performance at the US Festival just to make sure I wasn't being apologetic in some craven attempt to avoid being a codger. That, after watching the CL performance at Sweden Rocks 2013, where Rexon seemed to have studied the Sab Bach playbook on fist-pumping. Again, it seems I can't escape my own judgement. It feels fun; but it does seem forced.
All that said, it is well produced and played. The video is well done as well (a touch of Marilyn Manson mixed with Pink Floyd on the cheap and coupled with some Taime Downe style looks). I wish them well. But CL seem to be a sheen of something, mixed with a sense of something else.
That something? Admiration of the past, a form of that thing called flattery and not a bright-line that moves beyond simple imitation.
And even with that said, I would still prefer CL to the countless other shells that shill a version of the real product. Why? Because they do seem to enjoy what they do. And nothing I say matters regarding their joy making music or your enjoyment of them doing the same.
Here's the thing: I wouldn't pass up seeing them. But I would watch them because they reminded me of other bands, not because they had blazed a trail that was in the groove of glam but decidedly distinct. Tough critic, I know.
[By the way, I did seek out "Heatseeker." It has a vaguely Ratt sound to it. "Fire It Up" only confirmed my Ratt n' Roll sense. Thing is, both songs made me think that Rexon has a voice better suited to AOR-style music like Hardline. Still, impressive facsimile from Sweden . . . but just that, based on--I can't stress this enough--listening to these and a few other songs, and watching the aforementioned videos.]
And that standout RATT-like sound is probably what got me so overexcited about CL. They ROCK! \m/
Your comment made me laugh, Metalboy! I instantly thought of all those horrid gigs Pearcy did a few years back where he could barely stand on the stage, let alone (ahem) sing.
I am still holding out hope that some version of the next Ratt album actually gets released. I always hold out very little hope when it comes to Pearcy's solo stuff. After _Infestation_, I was really hoping they were riding a small-ish wave/return to form . . . even more so when they brought Croucier back. Then again, and speaking of under the influence, Blotzer seems to be his and his band's own worst enemy.
Imagine them blowing it by not making The Monsters of Rock Cruise, effectively disbanding). Not only was it a letdown for passengers, it was a true set back of our mutual cause célèbre to continually Bring Back Glam!
I would have loved to have been there for Croucier's return. Still, I think the way they treated Crane was pretty base, even if the end result was what fans wanted. He was consistently the most approachable member of the band even if he wasn't original. It's odd, but I sorta' felt like that was the start of things actually falling apart. Croucier was the welcomed glue that held together a band (yet again) ripping itself apart at the seams.
The band is such a mess . . . and that was part of what made them special, alongside so many other toxic combos to come out of the late-70s/early-80s. Volatile and edgy as a result. Now it seems faux fey (not sure that works), 50 and 60 year old men behaving like children, acting like the businessmen they never were, and complaining about slights on the interwebs like leather hand bag-faced Beibers. Social media sure killed the mystique and sure did nothing to save the face of countless bands (like Dokken, like Great White) like Ratt. Save that noise for Hilton (Perez or Paris).
Hey, at least Corabi is touring the MC album into next year . . . and bringing that wonderful noise aboard the MOC cruise! Welcome to the Numb.