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So Heavy Jugs showed up in the mail earlier in the month. Johnny is a multi instrumentalist and his quirky albums make him the ultimate opening act for Frank Zappa. His albums take you on a journey and you never know where you will end up. Could he be singing though a toy horn or will he open with a white stripes grove as he does in Once a man.
I personally think that anyone that likes avant guard music especially zappa would be very excited to get this album. Typically not my favorite style of music but every works for me in this album. I have had the pleasure of seeing Johnny in Phideaux 5 times and I really like his song on Phideaux’s number 7 album Thermonuclear cheese.
I have also seem him live twice as his solo work and once yet again with Autumn Electric so I have the advantage over most listeners of being accustomed to his less accessible music.
Please check this album out if you like more experimental progressive rock.
| PREVIOUS BAND RATING: |  (3.5 / 5) |
| ACCESSIBILITY: |  (1.0 / 5) |
| HEAVINESS: |  (2.0 / 5) |
| MELODIC: | (2.0 / 5) |
| ARTWORK & PACKAGING: |  (5.0 / 5) |
| DRAMA: |  (4.0 / 5) |
| OVERALL RATING: | (4.0 / 5) |
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Key:
These ratings are just attributes and may not have correlation to the most important: OVERALL RATING
PREVIOUS BAND RATING
0: Never heard of them or debut album.
1: Someone recommended. I give them another shot.
2: Some good moments in the past but never put together an album I really liked.
3: Some 4 or 5 star songs but albums can be hit or miss for me.
4: I like 80% of their songs and probably went to see them live.
5: I would, and probably have gone on a plane to see them live.
ACCESSIBILITY EXAMPLES
1: Weather Report
2: Zappa
3: Genesis – Selling England by the Pound,
4: Marillion – F.E.A.R
5: Kino – Picture
HEAVINESS EXAMPLES
1: IQ – Seventh House
2: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
5: Opeth – Black Water Park
MELODIC EXAMPLES:
1: Opeth – Black Water Park
2: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
5: IQ – Seventh House
OVERALL RATING:
1: Will Never listen to again and deleted under no circumstances should you buy this
2: Not my thing maybe one redeeming song.
3: I like parts of this and I would check them out if they were near me.
4: I would get in the car and road trip to see this album live
5: I would get on a plane to see this performed live
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