Search - Atomic Bitchwax :: II

As Good As The Name Implies...

Avs420 | Colorado | 06/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I spent 5 years waiting for something to improve on Kyuss, and I finally found it. I love my Monster Magnet, and I hope Ed never leaves them, but the Bitchwax is a level beyond anything else. Where M.M. is bombastic and grabs you by the balls, the Bitchwax gets under your skin and pulls you along. The guitars, bass, and drums are always going, always evolving their rhythm. There is no formula for this kind of music - you never know where it's going to go - but as long as it stays in that groove, you don't care. Occasionally, it has vocals. And the vocals are the primary difference between Bitchwax I and II - the vocals on II are a little less distorted. If only kids could listen to this stuff instead of what MTV feeds them."

II IS Good not Great

xnoybis | WV, United States | 11/04/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The sophmore effort by The Atomic Bitchwax at first listen doesn't appear to be a strong as the first release, but I'm sure it will grow with each listen. There are some high points Forty-Five and the spaced out Solid. No surprises here just great Stoner Rock. So if your tastes include Kyuss, Nebula, and Fu Manchu then by all means pick this up."

Old-School Hard-Rock Throwdown

Thelonious | 12/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the way that hard rock should sound. This is the kind of work that people produced before incompetence became the favored musical path. It's good to know that there are bands like this out there."