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Art Howard Faster
Than the Speed of Suck, the
new solo disc by Asylum Street
Spankers vocalist Wammo, is,
contrary to the title, not fast
enough to outrun sucking. As a
matter of fact, it has been
completely overtaken by the
quality of sucking. This is
surprising since Wammo's
contributions to the Spankers
have been outstanding.
Wammo is the heavy metal cowboy
poet who leads Austin, Texas'
Asylum Street Spankers, an
all-acoustic band that performs
whacked-out, vaudeville-like
tunes completely sans
electricity. Wam is the man who
brought you such crowd pleasers
as "Beer" and
"Winning the War on
Drugs," tunes that were
to-the-point and guaranteed to
make you bust a gut laughing;
lyrically they were one long,
subtle, witty left-turn.
On Suck, however, Wammo
has revealed his secret desire to
be Kid Rock. On this country-rap
disc his penchant for the goofy
runs unchecked. The result is
something between an extremely
indulgent Cheech and Chong comedy
album, plotless radio theater
and, whenever a song interrupts,
a collection of Rock-style,
grit-eatin'-white-rapper rejects.
This review is cruel, yes, but
you deserved to be warned. Hear
Wammo on a Spankers disc instead,
and break the suck barrier.
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