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Diamond Dogs are a band that I have seen perform live a number times
over their ten-year career. They've always come across as a very
hard working band and one that believes in their product.
'Bound To Ravage' is the bands UK debut release, although those of you
already familiar with the band will already recognize a couple of tracks
on this album. 'Bite Off', 'Goodbye To Jill', and 'Hardhitter' which
already feature on the 'As Your Greens Turn Brown' album the band
released back in 2001 on Feedback Boogie Records. However,
the rest of the album is totally new material.
The Dogs style have always produced some fine examples of good time
boogie rock that lays its roots very much in the late 70's. The
similarities to the Faces and The Rolling Stones are obvious. Over the
years I've even heard newer UK based bands cite the Diamond Dogs as an
inspiration to the music they themselves create so that can't be bad can
it?
With this album the band bring forth much more of the same type of
quality songs they did with their earlier album. This is most definitely
a feel good album that simply doesn’t try to be contentious, or
political, or world changing. It's just six guys doing what they enjoy
and that’s rock n roll. Well done lads.
Fans of their earlier release will love this one too, forget the fact
you've already got three of the songs and lap up the new stuff. Simply
wonderful.
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