NASHVILLE PUSSY
NASHVILLE PUSSY - “Eaten Alive”
By Dark Starr
NASHVILLE PUSSY is one of those bands that sort of walks on the edge of a fence in terms of genres. While I consider the vocals to be pretty much pure punk rock, the music covers a lot of territory. They show off things ranging from punk to metal to southern rock, blues rock and AC/DC like hard rock. They do it all with style and manage to make each song feel unique. This live album really showcases that with a lot of finesse and power. It should be mentioned that a lot of it earns parental advisories, and this group pulls no punches.
They open this show with "Kicked In The Teeth," and a seriously punky angle is brought to this cover of the classic AC/DC screamer. "Piece Of Ass" is a frantic punky powerhouse that is positively furious. They lose none of the anger on "Wrong Side Of The Gun," but the song is just a little less ferocious than the previous tune. Another mean and furious one, "Pillbilly Blues" has some more metal in the mix. Then again, it's not that far removed from early AC/DC.
Not a big change, "We Want A War" is another screaming slab of punky hard rock. "Rub It To Death" is next, and punk and metal merge on this powerhouse song. Punk angst is blended with a metal edge on "Go Home And Die." It is a mean one. While no big change, "She Keeps Me Coming, And I Keep Going Back" is another furious slab of screaming punky rocking sound.. More straight ahead hard rock, there is a bit of Southern rock edge to "CCKMP." It does represent a bit of a change with its blues rock kind of angle.
"5 Minutes To Live" gets some serious parental advisories. It's frantic and heavy punk rock and roll. I love the mean riff on the screamer that bears the title "Low Down Dirty Pig." This is another furious punk powerhouse. The song is more than ten-and-a-half minutes long, but a huge chunk of that is a drum solo. Another portion of the piece is taken up by introductions of all the members of the band. After some other jamming and things, they eventually make it back to the song proper to take it out. We get more fierce punk rocking music on "First I Look At The Purse." It's another powerhouse.
"Go To Hell" is Southern rock turned punk edged. "I'm So High" comes next, and AC/DC-styled sound is merged with Southern rock, punk and more on this stomper. Screaming hot punk is the order of business on "I'm The Man." No big surprises here, "Why, Why, Why" is another fun slab of hard rock with a punk rock edge and energy. Drums open "Strutting Cock" and hold it for a time. Then the rest of the band join for an AC/DC does the RAMONES kind of jam. This is another powerhouse.
Described as a song "about getting high" and "also about barbecue," "Till The Meat Falls Off The Bone" has more of a rock and roll angle to it. Riff rock is king on this song. There is a drums and vocals section mid-track that gives way to some scorching hot metallic jamming from there. The closing "Go Motherfucker Go" is angry, noisy and tasty. They turn it out into a powerhouse hard rock instrumental jam later in the piece. There is a strange twist later to a slower bluesy movement.