Bug Girl - Rock’n’Roll Hell

Guess how surprised I’ve been to hear that there are still bands around who play such a classic rock sound without even the slightest sign of an electronic influence. Just the joined efforts of a brother and a sister, expressing their love for this music; and sometimes I can’t believe that all these energy just comes from two people; and now we hurl ourselves right into the hail of bullets of the first track ‘Shootin’ Fire’, starting with a whirl of drums until wailing guitars rush in and front woman Amber bloody kicks asses with her feisty voice putting seasoned rock fronters in their places. Just right in the footsteps, the title track follows and keeps the pace, whilst presenting an astonishing amount of masterfully played drum parts while the hard riffs almost make the speakers burst with their power. “Take me down baby, take me home”, the BUG GIRL sings in one part of ‘Ian Ashbury’ and one is tempted to do her the favour after such a performance ;-) After a rather slow start with pressing riffs the song gains momentum and you get to hear a vocal action that blows you away. ‘Death on Wheels’ does its name justice and takes no prisoners in sweeping everything out of the way that isn’t fast enough to get away from the drum avalanche the song puts up. ‘Resurrected’ on the other hand decelerates a bit and here and there a bit of a subtle darkness is shimmering through. More down-tuned riffs and a solo in the background I can only describe as ghostly, it’s brilliantly played though and I have to say that Amber handles the clean vocals very well, but I have come to love ho she’s pronouncing the ‘Resurrected’ with an original British/Welsh accent.