Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic has reviewed the latest Buckcherry album. I’m only tangentially aware of Buckcherry–one of those bands that you don’t realize you’ve heard their songs, but they’re popular enough that you have run across them one place or another. AllMusic gives “Black Butterfly” perhaps the lowest score I’ve seen from them, a 1.5 stars out of 5. There are some excellent scathing comments from Erlewine, worthy of Michael Kors or Nina Garcia on Project Runway:
Rock & roll doesn’t need to be complicated — it’s often better if it isn’t — but if it’s going to be the soundtrack for a night of binge drinking at strip clubs, it damn well better make wallowing in filth sound irresistible, not drudgery.
Here, they piss on the Dead Kennedys, swipe power ballads from Mötley Crüe, and pluck Guns N’ Roses with absolutely no sense of glee; it’s dutiful cardboard cock rock.
Awesome. He even works in “stoopid rock.” Check out the full review here.