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L7 - Hungry for Stink Audio CD

A fair review of the L7 "Hungry for Stink" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all L7 reviews here, or go back to the L7 tabs.

L7 Band: L7
Title: Hungry for Stink
Rating:
Release Date: 1994-07-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Andres 2: Baggage 3: Can I Run 4: Bomb 5: Questioning My Sanity 6: Riding With a Movie Star 7: Stuck Here Again 8: Fuel My Fire 9: Freak Magnet 10: She Has Eyes 11: Shirley 12: Talk Box

Nice Smooth Video for Stuck Here Again
Suzi Gardner is just plain smooth. I saw the video for "Stuck Here Again" on Youtube and Suzi Gardner looks very nice and stylish in her long black leather coat she wore in the video 15 years ago (the album was released on July 12 1994).


Lifeless rocking
. Time has not been kind to this oversimplified power chord femme rock, churning along with a dumbed-down menace that does little to highlight decently personal vocals.


Their best, 12 solid songs of grinding, roaring, sweaty, life.
The music, lyrics, production and feel are dark and heavy, but a bright, manic, defiant, optimism shines through the whole record, not unlike that in the Ramones' classics, "Road To Ruin" and "Rocket To Russia". Although it did not equal the commercial success of "Bricks Are Heavy", "Hungry For Stink" is many fan's favorite, including mine, both of L7 and for the Grunge era. *

Although recorded very nicely in a studio, the sound is that of a working band that's tight, in practice and has some great, new, songs they've worked out on stage and want to capture. No studio experiments, and nothing self concious or half-serious about it.

"Hungry. . . " erupts with the anthemic "Andres", a song about "a guy with long hair" who can fix the air conditioning. . . the heavy groove proves in every sweet, thundering, bar, that ovaries don't get in the way of playing rock and roll. And never did. This is such a great song, I've been at parties and trying to explain this record to people and tried singing this. . . it cracks my wife up!

The 11 songs that follow range from the punk dirges "Baggage" and "Talk Box" to the sharp, alienated rock of "Can I Run" and "Freak Magnet"; The hard, power-pop sensability of "Riding With A Movie Star", "Stuck Here Again", and "She Has Eyes" and more mosh-pit screamers like "The Bomb", "Shirley", and "Fuel My Fire".

A little bit of rock-star introspecton, grunge-style, slips in with "Questioning My Sanity"

"Shirley" is about drag-racer Shirley Muldowney, including hilarious, seamlessly integrated, samples from her bio-pic "Heart Like A Wheel". Its the one touch I wonder if they could do on stage- but maybe they did. By comparison, when whoever on "Questioning My Sanity" mutters, "Everybody have a break now" and the four players go off into personal, chaotic, spaces, without losing the beat, it wasn't a new concept that had to be explained.

Song writing and lead-vocals are shared by all four band members, which only adds to the grace and polish of the performance. Rough, abrasive, aggressive, pissed off sometimes, and like it is, straight from the shoulder, for sure. But its not just attitude and genius; in the day, L7 had the chops AND the brains to take every opportunity, and apparently had a great time doing it. And you can still share that grinding, roaring, joy.

I love it!

*About the bright optimism, except, perhaps, "Talkbox", which is a very effective slice of a bad dream. Great, but strong, down, stuff.


A most listen!
Fast and in your face! My favorite song would be Shirley, its about a drag race that has its frist woman driver. If you like Bricks are heavy, your love this cd! The same metal beat but with cooler lyrics. Really awesome. A cd for the metalheads.


A Great Record
The guitar, bass and drums on this album are all outstandingly coordinated. This is the best L7 album, i analyzed all six of their albums and concluded this one has the best production. My fav songs are "Andres", "Riding with a Movie Star", "Stuck Here Again", Fuel My Fire", and "She has Eyes". "She Has Eyes" has a very mellow sound to it. This album has alot of different moods. It is an outstanding piece of work. It's a must. .


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