Audio CD review:
Makers - Rock Star God

Makers - Rock Star God

Band: Makers Title: Rock Star God Rating: Release Date: 18 April, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Intro (Ladies And Gentlemen) 2: Star Power 3: Looking For A Supergirl 4: A Better Way Down 5: God's Playing Favorites 6: I'm A Concrete Wall 7: Texture Of A Girl 8: Metro (Soul Driver) 9: Give Me Back Yesterday 10: This Is Death Row 11: Sex Is Good Food 12: Open Your Eyes 13: When We Was Gods 14: Someone Else's Song 15: Too Many F**kers (On The Streets) 16: Outro (Until We Meet Again)

Editoral Review Driven by short attention spans and a clear desire to explore new territory, the Makers are constantly redefining and expanding their sound along with their wardrobes. Rock Star God is the latest chapter in the manifest destiny of this high-octane garage band from the hinterlands of Eastern Washington. In this ode to the glory days of album rock, the group navigates waters previously explored by such artists as the Who, the Kinks, and David Bowie. Their 55-minute opus is a concept album in the loosest possible terms. Sure, there is a running theme (the joys and horrors associated with stardom and the rock & roll lifestyle), but the songs are not so closely tethered as to make them unable to stand on their own. The album represents something like a quantum leap for the band in the songwriting department. Tough rabble-rousers like "A Better Way Down" and "I'm a Concrete Wall" are tempered by some of the most beautiful and affecting ballads--"Texture of a Girl" immediately comes to mind--the Makers have ever written. Whatever art-rock pretenses the band may secretly harbor, this music is still filtered through the same blood-and-guts ethic that crowned the Makers the lords of the modern thrash-punk kingdom in the first place. So don't fret, dear old fans, Rock Star God isn't some downward spiral into '70s prog-rock. Rest assured, the ghosts of the MC5, Questionmark and the Mysterians, and the New York Dolls still have considerable influence on this quartet. And there's plenty of swagger, attitude, and raw nerve here for everyone. --Mike Corrigan .. You can see a complete list of all Makers discography, or go back to the Makers tabs