Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water Artist: Throttlerod
Label: Small Stone Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 709764103926
EAN: 0709764103926
ASIN: B0000BV21F


Release Date: 2005-11-17

Hell and High Water


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Tracks:

  1. Marigold
  2. Sucker Punch
  3. Tomorrow And A Loaded Gun
  4. No Damn Fool
  5. Been Wrong
  6. In The Flood
  7. Whistlin' Dixie
  8. Snake Into Angel
  9. On The Mountain
  10. Across Town
  11. Mariana
  12. Honest Joe

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Simple, effective rock.......2003-10-23

Throttlerod affirm in their opening track "Marigold", that you can take a basic rock blueprint and turn into a killer rock track. Whitehead's vocals are rugged, but complement Leslie's crushing riffs and blusey runs. Throttlerod are consistant in their sound throughout most of the album. The incessant little licks on "Suckerpunch", "Whistlin' Dixie", and "Across Town" seem a bit annoying, but in the end they become imbeded in your brain. The vocals are more edgy, with a cocksure delievery on the blues heavy, up-tempoed "Tomorrow and a Loaded Gun". The group shows they can lay down a funk groove on "No Damn Fool", a track about kicking a money grubbing girlfrind to the curb. There are some great `chugga-chugga' riffs on "In the Flood" and "Mariana". Throttlerod abandon the distortion for a more country music inspired sound on the ballad "Been Wrong", and continue the style on the heavier "On the Mountain".

Bottom Line:
Throttlerod keeps their musical formual simple; addictive songs, repetive licks and catchy riffs played through a Les Paul guitar, plugged into a Marshall amp. It doesn't get more rock and roll than that

5 out of 5 stars Words cannot do Throttlerod justice--it's inexplicable........2003-10-04

Just to get this out of the way, Throttlerod is a solid band. When I say solid--I mean, talented, tight, and serious about their music. They didn't come here to screw around. They came to do it right, on their terms, and their way. This is as good as it gets. Anyone listening to music and enjoying it, but thinking "something's missing, but I can't put into words what that something is..." Listen to this--Throttlerod will make you whole. "You'll know it when you find it." Throttlerod is that "it".
"Sophomore album"--Hell and High Water. Forget the "sophomore jinx" crap. Oddly, these guys did have a job to do--living up to Eastbound and Down was a near impossibility. That album is damned close to perfect. There was a huge potential of let down as I waited the months to get a hold of Hell and High Water. Eastbound and Down IS that good. Hell and High Water (please pardon the cliche) takes it to the next level. Matt's songwriting ability is amazing and you can definitely hear the musical progression. This album kicks you in the head right off the bat and makes you listen to every song--and enjoy every song.
The most pedestrian way to describe Throttlerod is bluesy, southern influenced hard rock. Throw the word "honest" in their too--these guys do not screw around. Track 6--In the Flood. Heard a solo worth a damn lately? How about two guitars going back and forth in the classic "battle" style? Not something you're interested in? Listen to it and THEN say that. It's rock--big time. Track 7--Whistlin' Dixie--broke my steering wheel pounding along with it's badassitude. A little slap-bass-type funk feel in track 1--Marigold. TOTALLY unexpected, TOTALLY works, and makes you drive faster. WELCOME to the new ryhthm section! Drummer and basser are not new to the band, but this is their first album with Throttlerod. Both are insanely talented.
Buy Hell and High Water. Buy Eastbound and Down. Buy By the Horns (EP). Rock. Pick your ass up off the floor and rock again.

Throttlerod is not an "alternative" to what you have been listening to. Throttlerod is not "different". Throttlerod is not "a nice change" from that crap that spews from the radio and TV. Throttlerod does not "sound like this band or that band". Throttlerod is rock and you will know that within 3 nanoseconds of hearing them. It's just pure rock--something a LOT of people have not heard in WAY too long. Hard and heavy--just like we like it.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. I See the Rain: The CBS Years ~ The Marmalade
  3. Level Headed ~ Sweet
  4. Jersey Girls ~ Rye Coalition
  5. The Marshall Tucker Band: The Encore Collection ~ The Marshall Tucker Band
  6. The House Is Rockin ~ The Comets
  7. A Venom Well Designed ~ The Great Deceiver
  8. Love Beach ~ Kill Henry Sugar
  9. The Stolen Bicycle ~ Boud Deun
  10. How Hollow Heart ~ Dead Voices on Air

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Jazz Romantica ~ Bobby Martinez

Goin' out of My Head ~ Wes Montgomery

Jazz Descargas ~ The Conga Kings

Jazz Piano Time ~ Various Artists

I Grandi Successi Originali ~ I Vianella

Canta Ruben Gonzalez ~ Anselmo Sacasas Y Su Orquesta with Ruben Gonzalez

Audio Rulez ~ Audio Rulez

Coo Quack Cluck ~ Miyavi

Kirkirimai ~ Orange Range