Buck
Gooter is a funny name. And it’s not
even the name of a dude; so much as it is a band. And what a band this is. I feel embarrassed reviewing this live
cassette without ever having heard Buck Gooter before because after listening
to this, I searched Bandcamp, found an official site (Tumblr) and began
downloading what I could from Buck Gooter who has been around since 2005. How has this band been around for nearly a
decade and escaped my radar?
Blasphemous!
The
live element of this cassette adds some fun to it, but the recording level is
still right on so it can give you enough of an impression that you get the idea
of what this is all about if you’ve never heard Buck Gooter before (like
me). They also make a note while
performing about how they are crass, and yes, it is true, their lyrics are not
for the faint of heart.
There
are several layers to this music, don’t get me wrong, but it’s straight up
distorted blues rock at its core. Think
of the thundering power of a band like Local H or Nirvana (between “Nevermind”
and “In Utero”, even look to the “Wishkah” album for reference live) and the
bluesy rock of someone like The White Stripes only turned up to 15.
This
might just possibly be my new favorite band, and seeing that they are on the
east coast just makes me want to see them live that much more. They’re
playing in Massachusetts twice so clearly they can cross that one border to
Connecticut. In any case, this cassette
makes me hope they will be here, if not on this tour right now, then someday
soon.
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