Search - Brides of Destruction :: Runaway Brides

Drop the Nu from the Metal Please

G.Q. | Pismo Beach, CA USA | 12/17/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Tracii Gunns hooking up with Nikki Sixx and John Corabi sounded like the best thing since the "Use Your Illusion" albums. Just like those albums, the Brides of Destruction left with something to be wanted. Corabi left before anything happened, which is a shame, because had Corabi stayed, the songs would have been greatly written, as well as having the strong voice that is John Corabi.



Anyway, enough of my rant about missing Corabi (I call him Jesus), this album is also without Nikki Sixx, who seems to me like the only real strong songwriter for the group. Tracii is a phenomenal guitarist, but he needed Paul Black or Phil Lewis to do the writing in L.A. Guns. "American Hardcore" proved that.



So what's with this album? How is it?



Well, to be honest, none of the songs have good hooks or are catchy. The wordplay is weak, and the rhymes can be seen from miles away. London LeGrand, while a competent vocalist on "Here Come The Brides," fails to impress on this record. His screams are weak and it sounds like he was sick while recording the whole thing. Likewise, Tracii's guitar solos seem awkward and out of place on the album.



The sound doesn't come off good. From their Sleaze Metal debut they come out with an album dropping the Sleaze and picking up the Nu. Seriously, this is a Nu-Metal album. The riffing is just like Nu-Metal bands, not like real Metal or Rock n' Roll groups. It makes the album even worse.



Standout tracks?



None. I'm sorry to say.



So overall, I give this album 1 star, except for my copy, which recieves 2 stars for the simple reasoning that it's signed by the band. I don't even have it with my other CDs, in a nice leather bound carrying case. Instead, it's still in the box art, signed by the band, because I heard it once, and I don't want to hear it again.



Don't buy this. Get L.A. Guns "Tales From The Strip" and you'll be glad you did. While no Tracii, his replacement (ex-Roxx Gang. A guy you've never heard of) fits perfectly with Phil Lewis. Probably makes Tracii regret ever leaving the Guns for the Brides.



Take off the dress, and pick up the revolver Tracii, that's all I'm saying."

More Tracii magic

Joffa | Victoria, Australia | 08/20/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album doesn't deserve the bagging it's getting, it rocks pretty hard. Yeah it's different to the first one, and yeah Nikki's off playing with the Crue...get over it."