MUSIC BUSINESS MONTHLY AUGUST 1, 2016
The Guilloteenagers
Cheese Balls to the Wall Cd
Review by Joe Viglione
The Guilloteenagers (Gheee-OH-teenagers) CD Cheese Balls to the Wall had Club Bohemia
resplendent in…cheeseballs, of course, for the record release party for this excellent and consistent
disc. “The Guilloteenagers Are Back” blasts open the disc with early Alice Cooper meeting iconic
Boston punk band Unnatural Axe and it doesn’t let up. “50 Seconds” takes the Black Sabbath
“Paranoid” riff and brings it to the Ramones, smack dab in their face. The onslaught continues
with a chant over power chords on the two minute, seventeen second suspended anthem “Let’s Get
Greasy,” a middle finger response to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy,” Hannah Montana’s “Let’s Get
Crazy” and Slade’s “Mama, We’re All Crazee Now.” Beer is a main theme here, and why not
when cheese balls are bouncing all over the placeBefore Greg Walsh formed the band Pop Gun his
song “Packie Run” was a staple on Boston Radio. “Part Deux,” track 4 from the Guilloteenagers at
2:04 is the logical continuance of bad-boy behavior. . And when you hear the energetic “Even
Though I drink a lot” it sounds like the Real Kids on methamphetamine. All the songs on this
eight song disc are under two and a half minutes save the last two, “Ride On King Jesus, Ride On”
and “Michelob” (but, of course!) which clock in at 4:01 and 3:33 respectively.
Guilloteenagers hit you over the head with their aural aural assault, Buck-oh-Nine continues the
blitzkrieg, drums wailing away happily, the bass plowing under the guitar stream. It brightens up
a bit with “Books Endorsed by Kirk Cameron” – a bouncy, happy chainsaw riff with vocals that
sneer unintelligible philosophy. It doesn’t matter, it’s all in good fun. “Ride on King Jesus, Ride
On” slows things down a bit, the Lady Mondegreen (misheard lyric) here sounds like “Bright
on…so long…” while the closer, “Michelob” is the “Ballad of Dwight Frye” gone frontal-lobe beer
commercial. Blatant, indulgent, and proving that a mind can be a wonderful thing to get wasted
on. GOOGLE IT CDBABY/THE GUILLO TEENAGERS https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/theguilloteenagers
THE JOE VIG TOP 40 on http://BostonFreeRadio.com Every Wednesday 1-3 pm
1)The Bookhouse Boys For You
2) American Beauties Miles From Nowhere
3)Dead Boots. I Belueve in Love
4)Foliage GARDENS 2
5)Mokita Roommates
6)Girl On Top Dream On (Aerosmith cover)
7)Positive Negative Man Kings
8)Ditto with Gary Santarella Puna Cana
9)Elsewhere Multi Man b/w We’ve Got a Movement
10)Jeff and Jane Hudson Elephants
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Music Business Monthly TM P.O. Box 2392, Woburn, MA 01888 Edited by Janis Reed
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