MURDER JUNKIES - ROAD KILLER
MVD

The prospect of GG Allin’s band without GG Allin fronting them might not immediately sound like the most attractive of propositions. But Road Killer is better than you might expect.

Without GG’s commitment to pure punk aesthetics that caused him to eschew such nonsense as recording studios and any level of production, the band prove themselves capable of knocking out a decent racket. Let’s not pretend that this is anything other than grubby, filthy punk – but I’m assuming that if you’re reading this review, that’s pretty much what you want, and the band deliver the goods.

There’s a solid rock ‘n’ roll groove here, with metal touches, but at the heart of things, Merle Allin is staying true to his late brother’s vision – musically, at least. I’m assuming new frontman PP Duvee does less blood-letting, shit-hurling and audience assaulting than GG.

The songs are pretty much what you’d expect – Once a Whore, Two Dicks in Your Mouth, Stab You 50 Times, My Little Fuck Doll and I Hate You are little stabs of hatred and anger with aggressive lyrics spat out by gravel-voiced Duvee. More sensitive listeners might be taken aback by songs like Piss Drinkin’ Jew – but what exactly did you expect from the band? Good taste? Political correctness? Hardly.

Crude, rude and nasty, this is nevertheless tuneful enough to have fans punching the air with gleeful abandon, and while Duvee is no GG (for all his lunacy, Allin was actually capable of holding a tune), this is a solid slice of squalid punk rock...

DAVID FLINT

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