Band : Nine Pound Hammer

Album Title : Sex, Drugs & Bill Monroe

Label : Buzzville Records

Distributor : Suburban Records

Release Date : 03/06/2008

Release : CD

Blaine Cartwright, lead singer of Nashville Pussy, has founded some time to write new material for his side project Nine Pound Hammer that started three years ago with the critically acclaimed album “Kentucky Breakdown“. This new album contains fourteen anthems including a rousing cover of “Black Sheep“ by John Anderson. Known for their steamroller brand of buzz guitar country punk and energetic live shows, these hellacious garage rock shit lovers like it definitely very loud and dirty. Besides Cartwright who plays  the guitar and also some vocals on this album you have the razor throated lead songs by Scott Luallen. It has taken a while to come up with some new stuff and it sounds therefore very raw and full of angry. It's an album for lovers of powerful country rock. Three years ago a couple of their songs were used in television series and movies. There version of Golden Earring's “Radar Love“ was a smash hit and “Friends“ actor David Schwimmer used “Run Fatboy Run“ in his movie with the same title.

65/100

Guido Claes.