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Formed
by former Jeckyll & Hyde member Tin Star, Scandinavian quartet
Gemini Five gives you more sleaze than you can shake a stick at.
Following in the footsteps of the likes of the Backyard Babies and
Hardcore Superstar, these guys give the emo crowd a kick in the teeth.
No mood swings here just good old-fashioned sleazy riffs and meaningless
lyrics, we love it.
Babylon Rockets is an album full of hard hitting tracks that will have
you jumping. The opening and title track ‘Babylon Rockets’ gives you
a feel of what you are about to receive. From the outset this fast paced
track will have you hooked.
‘TwentyFourSeven’ is more of the same with former Beautiful
Creatures guitarist Hot Rod Teilmann delivering some of the meanest bass
riffs on the album. They even breathe new life into the cover of Dead of
Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round’. ‘Myself Esteem’ is another killer
track with its industrial feel, then there is ‘Get It Off’ which
goes full throttle from the start, very Backyard Babies in its approach.
‘Hardcore’ shows the band in a mellower mode with a softer approach
that if promoted properly, will probably get the band noticed. As it is
always the song that is a step away from the rest of the album that gets
a band noticed these. ‘Poison Envy’ has a very Manic Street
Preachers chorus but there the similarity ends.
‘Automaticool’ is back to basics sleaze, hard hitting bass and low
slung guitars and a drum beat to die for. ‘Chemicals between Us’ is
the closest you get to a ballad on the album. A definite one for getting
out the lighters when played live.
Whereas ‘Hitchin' a Ride’ and ‘Neon Kicks’ pick up the pace
again, both deliver monstrous guitar riffs worthy of this very
impressive first release. The final track ‘Suicide Tuesday’ is
probably the weakest track on the album but still delivers sufficient
punch to be on the album, although still is not as strong as some of the
other tracks.
Given the right sort of publicity Gemini Five can go a long way and if
the second album is as good as this then get ready for the next
generation of good time sleazy rock ‘n’ roll.
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