Thunder From the North
Blankety Blank | BC Canada | 01/13/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It literaly is. Big Sugar is one of the loudest bands to ever make music. Other musicians use the same amount of equipment to play rooms two or three times the size of the usual BS show. And thats exactly how their music should be heard. Loud. So when you put their disc in turn the volume up to full and prepare to have your fillings rocked loose. From the muddied bass lines to the screaming guitar lines to the howling-ly cool harmonica, Big Sugar will reach into your soul and pound a smile onto your face. In an age of electronic this and computerized that these Canadian bluesmen rely only on the fact that people still want to see a cool show(it doesn't get any cooler than doubleneck guitars) and leave with a belly full of beer and a ring in the ears. As for their newest realease, it can be summed up in one word. COOL."
Easily one of the best Canadian cd's of all time!
Blankety Blank | 12/21/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"An oft overlooked cd in a decade that brought us Nirvana & Pearl Jam.
With a sound often described as "Billy Gibbons wakes up in a Kingston Jamaica Jail after a bender", this cd featuring heavy distortion marinaded riffs, with crunching stadium rock power chords,tight melodies & harmonies, and reggae influenced undertones. The production on this cd alone is amazing, as is the guest vocal from Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule on the Canadian Classic 'Let it Ride'.
If you're a rock n' Roll fan, and this doesn't appeal to you, you need help!!"
Big Sugar "Heated " original release
James Sloves, M.D. | Boca Raton, FL USA | 02/07/2001
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Think three parts ZZ Top mixed with one part reggae and one part techno and you've got the recipe for great infectious groove rock with a hybrid '70s-'90s sound. Very cool. The CD is well produced too."
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1