Danko Jones - Fire Music (2015)

Genre - Hard Rock

Label - Bad Taste Records

Track listing:

01. Wild Woman

02. The Twisting Knife

03. Gonna Be A Fight Tonight

04. Body Bags

05. Live Forever

06. Do You Wanna Rock

07. Getting Into Drugs

08. Watch You Slide

09. I Will Break Your Heart

10. Piranha

11. She Ain't Coming Home

Danko Jones are back with a brand spanking new album in the form of Fire Music, and what can I say? Its fucking brilliant!
The Canadian trio have made a living out of straight forward angst filled, punk fuelled rock music, and Fire Music continues that theme superbly.
The album opens with Wild Woman, which is by no means a bad track, but it is a little Danko Jones by the numbers and could have fitted on any of the bands previous albums.
Next up is The Twisting Knife, now this is a really great song with a little bit of a Misfits feel about it. Melodic but with a real punk edge to it, bloody well love it!
Gonna Be A Fight Tonight follows. This is a great song and an obvious choice for the albums lead single, showcasing the bands trade mark angst and attitude, no wonder it was chosen as the theme song for this years WWE Royal Rumble!
Next we have Body Bags, another fast tempo-ed punk onslaught and great song ta boot. Once again with a little bit of a Misfits feel to it.
Live |Forever follows, slowing the tempo a little to a trade mark Danko Jones mid-tempo rocker.
Next we have Do You Wanna Rock which proves itself quite possibly to be one of the band’s most adventurous songs to date, with its ska like bridge / chorus and extensive cowbell!
Next up is Getting Into Drugs, lyrically not my favourite track on the album, but putting that a side its still a great fun Kiss-esque song.
Watch You Slide sees the guys pick the tempo up once more with its excellent AC/DC like riff, another great song.
The albums ballad follows in I Will Break Your Heart, with its  brilliant '50s / '60s blues groove buried beneath the walls of distortion.
Piranha is another excellent fast paced angst fuelled work out that leads brilliantly into the albums closer, She's Ain't Coming Home. A great song that which features a full-on tip of the hat to Danko’s love for metal with a twin / harmonized Iron Maiden / Judas Priest solo break.

this is not only a great album for the bands pre-existing fan base, but a great album for anyone who has the slightest interests in good solid hard rock music!

Very Highly Recommended

Rating - 10/10

Danko Jones - Rock and Roll Is Black and Blue (2012)

Genre - Hard Rock
Label -

Track listing:

01. Terrified
02. Get Up
03. Legs
04. Just A Beautiful Day
05. I Don’t Care
06. You Wear Me Down
07. Type Of Girl
08. Always Away
09. Conceited
10. Don’t Do This
11. The Masochist
12. I Believed In God
13. I Believed In God (Reprise)
14. In Your Arms (Bonus Track)

Danko Jones return with the follow up to 2010's excellent album, Below The Belt, (which in my opinion was their best all around album of their carear til that point!) with Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue. Forteen tracks of debauchery, rebellion, angst and well, Dank Jones doing what this Canadian trio do best! Opening up with Terrified, before blasting into Get Up and Legs (which is thankfully not a cover of the ZZ Top song!) all with no let up in tempo. Lead single, Just a Beautiful Day is up next, slowing things down a little, before hurtling into the best track on the album, I Dony Care. You Wear Me Down and Type Of Girl follow, again in the all too familar Danko Jones groove. We're not really likely to see the guys wander too far from their familar lyrical themes, but thats all the better as I love these guys, partly for their cliched lyrics lol.
Always Away has a kind of ACDC opening riff, before launching into rather a commercial little number thats laden with vocal harmonies throughout the chorus, a great song. Conceited is a typical Danko blast, where as Dont Do This is more of a typical Danko Stomp. The Masochist is an uptempo blast that could have quite easily fitted onto any of the bands previous releases. I Believed In God is a bit of a curve ball, with  vocal refrain somewhat akin to Danzig in places, yet still a great song, would make for a brave single and an awesome video! In Your Arms, again to me has a Danzig feel to it, slower and doomier than the usual Danko track, but still a bloody great song.

This entire album is fantastic, and a contender for album of the year for me, but if I had to pick out a few highlights then I Believed In God, I Dont Care, Legs, Just A Beautiful day and Always Away would have to be included.

A great fun rock n roll album that deserves the worlds attention.

Rating - 10/10

Danko Jones - Mouth To Mouth EP (2011)

Genre - Hard Rock

Track listing -

01. "Rock 'n' Roll Proletariat"

02. "She's Too Pretty"
03. "The Kids Don't Want to Rock"
04. "Guest List Blues"
05. "Mouth to Mouth"

Released at the tail end of 2011, Danko Jones unleashed a new five track Ep upon the world, all be it featuring songs that were recorded during the Below The Belt sessions, and only one of them having not previously seen the light of day before. (That being title track Mouth to Mouth, the others were released as bonus tracks on the various forms of Below The Belt!)

Like the other tracks from Below The Belt, all the tracks have a air of laid back ease to them, whilst bursting with energy and attitude. Rock n Roll Proletariat is a call to arms of sorts, She's Too Pretty is an energetic punkish track with tons of attitude. The Kids Dont Want To Rock is the most commercial track here, and also my favourite, a great viewpoint on the state of the music tastes of kids today, but more importantly a bloody great song!
Guest List Blues would have fitted well on Below The Belt (As would all of the tracks here!), a great little rocker, and title track and closing track is another Danko party anthem!
A great little Ep that may just about tide me over until the new album is done!

Very highly reconmended!

Rating - 10/10

Danko Jones - Below The Belt

Canadian Trio Danko Jones return with the new (ans 6th) full length album by the way of Below The Belt. What we get is pure ass kicking rock n roll, with pop sensibilities Kiss would be proud of. from opening track 'I Think Bad Thought' this album is non stop class. All the songs are extremely well written, the production is spot on and the band are as tight as a ducks arse!

Front man Danko Jones is in great voice, telling us just how he lives the rock n roll life style,but in a fun matter of fact way. The band have been around for years now, and as I said earlier this is their sixth album, but they haven't lost their hunger and drive!
I love this entire album, but If I had to pick out a few stand out tracks then I would have to go with, 'I Think Bad Thoughts', 'Magic Snake', 'Had Enough', (I Cant Handle) Moderation and 'I Wanna Break Up With You'
Again, this album is great, and just goes to show how good old fashioned straight ahead rock music can be!

Very Highly recommended

website - http://www.dankojones.com/

rating 10/10

Tiny Terrors - Titi Bang Bang Ep Review

Tiny Terrors were born in September 2008!
An all girls garage rock 'n roll band, very much inspired by The Hives, New Bomb Turks, The Donnas, Distillers, Danko Jones, The Jets, playing good old fashioned garage rock/punk,

The stand out tracks on show are 'Sex Offender', Hurricaine Brain' and the hilarious 'Her Dick', bloody classic lyrics lol

If you like any of the bands mentioned above then you really should check these girls out, they're full of energy and quick witted lyrics.

Pure garage rock heaven!!

rating 8/10