CARESS OF STEEL

Weak production! Or mixing, or whatever. They're going for a BIG, SELF-IMPORTANT Led Zeppeliny sound, but there's too much space and air in the mix, so it sounds like a vanity pressing by some band that would never be heard from again (if only!). Still, once you get past this minor skin irritation, they're actually a halfway decent Led Zeppelin tribute band. They prove that they can kick the rocks with their headbanging lead-off track "Bastille Day" (which would be that much better had Terry Brown bothered showing up for work that day), and side two has many lops of melodic prettitude. Unfortunato, Geddy's voice is a yelping headachey mess. He sounds about nine years old. And not all the riffs are all that hot. They certainly try, though, and that counts for something.

Something BAD!