Guitar Wolf
Run Wolf Run

THE REVIEW

The rancidness in music is indeed the case with what these three crazy Japanese guys manage to express — a sonic wall that's hard to match. Perhaps the Oblivians come close, only here the speed increases. 12 tracks that are authentic mad shards, the guitar sounds like a rusty blade scattering slashes from the first to the last song, the insane voice that sounds like a cat stuck tight in a doorway, the bass that will remind you to record the volume properly if you don’t want to find your speakers' membranes scattered in the air (ghghgh), the tempo only slows down at the seventh track with the cover of Rumble by the great Link Wray, but it’s just a truce because then it resumes in the delirium of Ufo Shakin, my favorite, also beautiful is the cover of Kick Out The Jams by MC5. This is only the second album released in 1994, but the band had already been active since 1987, in essence, they have churned out about a dozen albums or so, a myriad of EPs, one of those bands you can get anything from and be sure it’s great. Considered a cult band in the USA with fans of the caliber of Jon Spencer who even took them on tour, but also people like Sonic Youth. It’s only a pity for the recent death of the bassist "Billy Bass Wolf" just after finishing the 2005 world tour. Also noteworthy is their participation in the horror film "Wild Zero" where they are the main attraction. I haven't had the fortune to see the film, but reading the plot, it seems like one of those classic Japanese B-movies "Ufo, Zombies meet Guitar Wolf," in short, a blast. Returning to the album, it is a must-have, especially for those who love the fiercest and uncompromising garage rock when it comes to melody.