Benny Sizzler - Review 1

BY BOB GULLA

Benny Sizzler (Six-song demo EP)

And speaking of flavor, Gail Greenwood, former bassist with Tanya Donelly's Belly and L7 for three years, is on the hook with a new project. Benny Sizzler is a whack hard rock project starring Gail on guitars, Chil Mott on guitar and vox, and Gene Severens on bass. Different drummers round out the lineup, as far as I can tell. Anyway, this here’s a molten hot slab of distorto metallic rock ’n’ roll, full of pissy attitude and punk cheekiness. "Rock hard or don’t rock at all," the band yelps on the opener "Sacred Crowd Pleaser," a tune that features the disc’s best riff. Then there’s another hyper-intellectualized rocker near the close of the disc, "Don’t Fuck Up My Buzz," which reduces rock to its basic, most primal elements — electricity, attitude, and energy. There’s even some decent guitar playing on it. Benny Sizzler is so ripe right now one can only hope that the circumstances surrounding the band will allow for a commitment. This stuff deserves to be heard in the worst way. Seriously.

Benny Sizzler will play at the Met Café on May 2 with the Deterrents and the Dictators.






	BY BOB GULLA Benny Sizzler (Six-song demo EP) And speaking of flavor, Gail Greenwood, former bassist with Tanya Donelly's Belly and L7 for three years, is on the hook with a new project. Benny Sizzler is a whack hard rock project starring Gail on guitars, Chil Mott on guitar and vox, and Gene Severens on bass. Different drummers round out the lineup, as far as I can tell. Anyway, this here’s a molten hot slab of distorto metallic rock ’n’ roll, full of pissy attitude and punk cheekiness. "Rock hard or don’t rock at all," the band yelps on the opener "Sacred Crowd Pleaser," a tune that features the disc’s best riff. Then there’s another hyper-intellectualized rocker near the close of the disc, "Don’t Fuck Up My Buzz," which reduces rock to its basic, most primal elements — electricity, attitude, and energy. There’s even some decent guitar playing on it. Benny Sizzler is so ripe right now one can only hope that the circumstances surrounding the band will allow for a commitment. This stuff deserves to be heard in the worst way. Seriously. Benny Sizzler will play at the Met Café on May 2 with the Deterrents and the Dictators.