Johnny Crash-Unfinished Business

Sun City
2008


LA's Johnny Crash had some success back in hard rock's heyday however their second album never saw the light of day. This album included future Guns 'N' Roses members Matt Sorum (Drums) and Dizzy Reed (Guitar). Now Sun City has released it in it's entirety so we get to check it out. What we actually get is primarily AC/DC inspired hard rock with some touches of late 80's Aerosmith stirred in. The overall feel is fairly typical yet they do make some quick pace changes and do enough to vary the songs from the old three chord form that most bands with these influences follow to the letter. With titles like "Ditch the bitch", "When it gets hard" and "Mama don't care (what she don't see)" you know exactly what you are in for lyrically. However the vocals help greatly in keeping you from realizing at least some of the shortcomings the lyrics may have as does the extremely sharp production. Johnny Crash lean a little more towards hard rock than the sleaze side of this style. They manage to bring enough of their own flair and personality to make things interesting enough. It's not terribly original not even for when it was recorded yet I can see myself playing this one every once in a while. Not quite the lost gem that some people may have hoped for but a decent and appealing slab of hard rock.

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