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Various Artists: Girls Got Rhythm

In the three years since the "Rock & Roll" arm of Century Media Records was formed, the listening public has been able to enjoy some kick ass rockers such as Backyard Babies, The Black Halos and The Hellacopters. There's a ton more and if getting down and dirty in a dark bar while a band pumps out the tunes then I advise you look more into the artist roster that they offer. To celebrate their third anniversary the label has taken the idea of presenting 13 tribute acts to some of the greatest Rock bands of all time. Yes, there is KISS, Cheap Trick, Iron Maiden, ACDC and Black Sabbath and a few more – to mix it up a little bit they made sure that each of the cover bands were comprised entirely of women. Part of you might be saying, WHAT, an Iron Maiden tribute made up of women, well yes my Friend and The Iron Maidens are one of the standout presentations on the recording with their version of "Run to the Hills". Thundherstruck (ACDC) does a great job on their track, but the lead singer sounds like she belonged in a Heart tribute since her vocal is so dead on. Hell's Belle's really do justice to their song "Back In Black" while Mistress Of Reality and The Little Dolls deliver solid Sabbath and Ozzy as their contributions.

It is definitely an interesting release with other bands giving a little Led Zep, KISS, more ACDC, Hendrix and The Ramones however a couple of bands just didn't do it for me (Black Diamond, Ms. Fits, Cheap Chick for example). My thought on that was because the recording quality of their particular songs sounds a lot less sonic in its delivery than that of the others. Having heard most of these groups for the first time on this recording (these are all unsigned outfits) I could not say further on their overall level of quality. I admit this is a cool thing for all the groups involved as L&P not only gives you a full color 16 page booklet, but they include photos of all the contributors and ask for their input on the particular band they have chosen to honor in this fashion. Links to each band site is provided for the listener to do more research on their own. Cover art was designed by Alan Forbes who also designed the L&P logo and has provided artwork for the Black Crowes among others.


Track Listing

  1. Thundherstruck -Thuderstruck
  2. Iron Maidens -Run to the Hills
  3. Mistress Of Reality -Fairies Wear Boots
  4. Cheap Chick -Surrender
  5. Black Diamond -Love Gun
  6. Ms. Fits -Last Caress
  7. Hell's Belles -Back in Black
  8. The Little Dolls -I Don't Know
  9. Zepparella -The Lemon Song
  10. Kissexy =Lick It Up
  11. Whole Lotta Rosies -Dog Eat Dog
  12. Ramonas-Sheena is a Punk Rocker
  13. Foxey Lady -Foxey Lady

Added: July 22nd 2006
Reviewer: Ken Pierce
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Various Artists: Girls Got Rhythm
Posted by Pete Pardo, SoT Staff Writer on 2006-07-22 07:04:00
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Liquor and Poker Music is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with the release of Girls Got Rhythm a collection of classic hard rock and metal songs covered by all-female cover bands. Sounds like a fun way to spend 45 minutes or so right? Well, for the most part it is. Don't expect to be blown away by anything on here, as most of these bands stay pretty close to the originals and only a few really impress in their execution. However, there are a few exceptions.

For whatever reason, the bands choosing to cover AC/DC seem to fare the best here. Thundherstruck do a great job on "Thunderstruck", and Hell's Belles really get that powerful groove much like AC/DC on the classic "Back in Black". Whole Lotta Rosies manage to capture the spirit of the Bon Scott days pretty good on "Dog Eat Dog". If you like Iron Maiden, The Iron Maidens do a good job on "Run to the Hills", and the Little Dolls rock the house with Ozzy's "I Don't Know" , complete with some solid guitar work from Sara Marsh. However, some songs you would think would really work from a female perspective, like Kiss' "Love Gun" and "Lick it Up" fail in the hands of Black Diamond and Kissexy, the former due to some sloppy guitar work and the latter simply because the end result just turned this 80's anthem into a boring and lackluster event. Zepparella though does manage to get the bluesy feel of "The Lemon Song", and Ms. Fits and Ramonas do get that all import punk feel on their Misfits and Ramones covers. You can even give props to Mistress of Reality, Cheap Chick, and Foxey Lady for their note for note renditions here, but let's face it, if you can't improve on the original, at least give the listener something different, which is why as a whole most of this collection will fail to move most listeners. Once you get past the cool idea of all women covering these songs, many of the renditions just don't seem to spark much enthusiasm, but it's still worth a listen I suppose.



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