Sratch This Itch!
jjmmlee | 06/22/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Likely, you will buy and first play this album for one reason, Dyanna Lauren. Having established a large, loyal fan base from her acting/directing work in adult video, she now leads Thousand Year Itch through a hard rocking debut of an album.Opening with the pounding "Psycho Magnet," Dyanna and company tear through eight origional songs by guitarist Mark D. Miller and two well chosen covers. Forming a tight musical base for Lauren's surprisingly stong and soulful vocals, TYI display an intriguing range of rock/blues interpretations. From the self mocking confessions of "Stroke of Midnight" and "She's a Dancer" to the anthem "Liberty," Thousand Year Itch succeed in fusing talent and attitude into a great new band.Covering the classic "Son of a Preacher Man" provides the album with one of its many high points. Perfectly suited in style and subject, Dyanna blitzes her way through the song with bandmates close in tow.Upon hearing TYI, one must give its five members the highest complement by asking, where can I see them live? Util there's an answer to that question, get the album!"