Music Review: Chesty Malone and the Slice ‘Em Ups – Now We’re Gonna See What Disaster Really Means
Review by Tony – Hell Feels Like Home
First off, what a great name for a band. Chesty Malone and the Slice ‘Em Ups are a hard rocking punk band blood-soaked in sleaze and attitude. Jaquelin Blownapart has a truly unique voice. It sounds like she has been taking shots of whiskey over broken glass, but she still manages to be tuneful and melodic while showing plenty of range. Think a female version of Lee Ving (Fear). The guitars here are straight up in your face rock ‘n roll with some crazed over the top leads. The bass and drums sound great and hold the chaos together.
The first song “Satan Met a Lady” is a high octane thrashing punker. Jaqueline menaces and wails about what is wrong with the world (CB’s Closing, Sid Vicious dying, Bono), but Satan was so attracted to her sinning that together they are going to bring us down and show us what disaster is all about. “Trouble with Cannibals” is an NYC punk classic. This song starts with tribal drumming with rhythmic scratchy guitars over it, before kicking into a frantic thrasher that is so catchy you will be singing it your sleep for a week. If that is not enough, their is a swaggering break that moves into a face melting eye popping solo that wouldn’t be out of place on Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All. “13 Killers” starts off slowly with distorted ringing guitars with some great leads over it. Jacqueline shows a deeper range in her voice as she tells us some things about serial killers. This song then kicks into high gear, then into higher gear before slowing into an echoing bluesy riff. “B.P.P.S. (Eat ****) is a total riot. The guitar intro is smoking and breaks into a pounding rhythm while the vocals terrorize and condemn us about the state of the city. “Skincrawl” is another fantastic track. The vocals here are saucy, mean and nasty. The guitars are swaggering old school garage punk, and the chorus has enough “Whooahhs” in it to make the Misfits say “Whoa.”
I really can’t say enough good things about this album. The streaming Myspace files for some of these songs do them no justice at all and manage to remove the subtle details of what make this so great. What I really like about this record is that it has such a great old-school feel. I love that are so many wild guitar breaks and leads. The vocals are rowdy and rough. The songs are full of violence, discontent, condemnation, attitude, blood, guts and ghouls; everything a punk record should have. If you dig Fear, The Stooges, The Dead Boys, or early Suicidal Tendencies, get this.
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