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| zeitgeist | Sep 26 2011, 03:39 PM Post #1 |
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FASTWAY Eat Dog Eat Steamhammer 2011 ![]() You're having a laugh? A new Fastway album. After 21 years. Go on. But, no, apparently it's true. Ish. I say ish because only Fast Eddie Clarke is back for another go. There's no Dave 'Treeman' King from the early days, aka the good years. And there's no Lea Hart from the later days aka the shit years. But there is some added Toby Jepson from the Little Angels for some vocal prowess. For the benefit of those of you not as old as me. In other words, most of you, Fastway was supposed to be a collaboration between Fast Eddie, newly shorn from Motorhead, and Pete Way, formerly of UFO. Hence the name. But as befits his addled state, Pete Way was off on tour with Ozzy Osbourne before Fastway ever made a record, something that I doubt either his or Ozzys liver ever recovered from. The first couple of albums, "Fastway" and "All Fired Up" were pretty good. Not overly original, as Treeman applied his Robert Plant-esque wails to some fine seventies influenced rock, but despite some good press and high profile tours, it wisnae to be. It was then a case of diminishing returns as the awful soundtrack for the horror film "Trick Or Treat" (starring Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons) will attest. The less said about the Lea Hart years, the better, and Fast Eddie vanished, presumed fishing. However, he's now resurrected the Fastway brand, and released a rather good album. You'll be glad to know it leans more towards their earlier blues-rock excursions, rather than their later piss-poor AOR outings, and with Jepson (always a class act) in good voice, there is a lot here to enjoy. The best of the songs, such as 'Leave The Light On' and 'Deliver Me', would have sat happily on either of the first two records, and the stripped down power trio format really seems to suit the material, with Jepson playing bass, alongside his chum Matt Eldridge on drums. Despite the lengthy gap since he last recorded anything, Fast Eddie still knows his way around a guitar, and it's good to hear him back. There are a couple of tracks that meander rather than rawk, but with half a dozen excellent songs on offer, this is an awful ot better than I ever thought it would be. Buy CD From Amazon |
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