I remember in High School I was having a conversation with someone who loved classic rock, and they were telling me that no new music would ever compare to the classics, you know, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, all the standard bands you find on T-shirts even the most obscure department stores, but I strongly disagreed with him. I said that there is new music that compares and there will continue to be. For a long time though, it seemed like no one wanted to even touch the genre of power rock because the artists from back then are held to such a standard. I am glad that musicians no longer have that fear of being caught in the shadow of the music of the past. If all people thought that Led Zeppelin reached the pinnacle of music, a height never to be reached again, and decided to not make music ever again the world would be an extremely boring place. I mean, what would I write about then?
Anyway, I think it’s great that since Jet and the Darkness hit up a revival of the “classic rock” sound back in 2003 with a few memorable singles, other bands are still unafraid to step into the arena with the commercial giants of old. Wolfmother took a stab and came out with a bangin’ bongo led fuzzed out bass-fest with “Love Train”. Another band that put out their debut in 2000 entitled The Subversive Sounds of Love, Frisbie, who hail from Chicago, have completed work on their newest album New Debut, which also enters the arena of huge sounding pop rock music. The song “S.F.B.” calls to mind a purée of the greatest hits of Journey and the Who. While album namesake “New Debut” sounds like the thumping slow burning child of Van Halen and Rush complete with cowbell. The album is being released on August 17th, so until then enjoy these two tracks at high volume in the residential area or open highway of your choice.
