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So…all the major bands like Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Motley Crue were on a sliding scale ranging from boring (Maiden) to awful (Motley). The best bands were smaller bands from Sweden.
Abramis Brama delivered their groovy prog rock with gusto. The band was tight as fuck and they seemed genuinely happy to be on stage.
Next band and ultimately the best was Ström. Think a young AC/DC who sings in Swedish. Absolutely amazing! We cried tears of happiness after the gig – I shit you not!
And also a shout out to Napalm Death who seemed to play as their very lives depended on it. Barney was just frantic!
Every now and then you stumble across a song that just hits at home. Reigning Sound’s Reptile Style is one of those tunes.
The lyrics is man meets woman, woman let man down. And he sings out his pain.
The singer, Greg Cartwright, sounds just about as tormented as the lyrics. While the band laying down a solid as fuck foundation for him to wail upon
The result is just beautiful. Real pain encapsulated in a song. Reigning Sound’s Reptile Style is one of the best songs you never heard in your life.
“You said that love was the one thing that you couldn’t give me right now And then touched my hand and your sequin dress rolled off your back like a snake skin There’s two of us in here but only one of us is having any fun And the damage is done And you shield my eyes while you suck me dry like a rattle snake does Reptile style You brought me poison apples on a silver tray Reptile style Well you broke my heart and you slit it away
You said finding good help is hard Then you handed me a business card That said all good things must pass And the adress just said in the grass Then you slid you hand into my shirt Said carefull you might get hurt When the whole clouds turn to green with envy As you sank your teeth right in me
Reptile style You brought me poison apples on a silver tray Reptile style Well you broke my heart and you slit it away
You said that love was the one thing that you couldn’t give me right now And then touched my hand and your sequin dress rolled off your back like a snake skin There’s two of us in here but only one of us is having any fun And the damage is done And you shield my eyes while you suck me dry like a snake does Reptile style You brought me poison apples on a silver tray Reptile style Well you broke my heart and you slit it away You slit it away And you slit it away Slit it away
If you ask Rick Astley for his copy of the movie Up, he cannot give it to you as he will never give you up. However, in doing so he lets you down. Thus creating the Astley Paradox
Mistreater is one of those bands you never heard of and when you do, you think “how come these guys never made it onto the big stage?”. This sounds as “if Black Sabbath had been born and bred in an Ohio mobile home and raised on a steady diet of smoke and acid”.
The album is available on vinyl from On the Dole Records. Check it out on Bandcamp.