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Review: Salty the Pocketknife


Salty the Pocketknife
“Salty the Pocketknife”
(Sonance Records)

Just going with the artwork on the cover I never would have realized that I would open the CD just for it to reveal the most all-star thank you list I’ve ever seen.  Some of the big hitters listed were Ben Stiller, Frank Zappa, Mike Patton, Stewart Copeland, and Jaco Pastorius!  “Who in the name dropping hell do these guys think they are?!” I thought.  Then I spotted the name, the one that would explain it all.  Dustin Diamond, aka: Skreech, from our favorite mid-nineties show “Saved By the Bell” playing the ole four string.  I had heard a million times over that Dustin had a band, but for it to just plop into my lap like this was quite a treat indeed.  The music is spazzy, funky, jerky metal that gets hard and hectic, and to be honest really ain’t so bad.  The vocals are a different story.  The vocals sound like they found a mellow dramatic stage actress to sing her version of a hopped up, rock witch.  Very creepy.  At times, the vocals sound like samples from “The Exorcist”.  You know, the part when the girl is barfing milk and oatmeal.  There is rock happening here, but vocals mean too much to just be overlooked.

Mike

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