Snakecharmer - Snakecharmer

Published February 01 2013

*=Staff's pick	My Angel Accident Prone To The Rescue Falling Leaves A Little Rock And Roll* Turn Of The Screw Smoking Gun Stand Up* Guilty As Charged Nothing To Lose Cover Me In You*

Genre	Hard Rock	Chris Ousey	Vocals
Tracks	11	Micky Moody	Guitar
Running time	58 Min.	Laurie Wisefield	Guitar
Label	Frontiers Records	Neil Murray	Bass
Release	25 January 2013	Harry James	Drums
Country	England	Adam Wakeman	Keyboard
Producer	Snakecharmer
Similar artists	---

Snakecharmer was formed by two former Whitesnake members, guitarist Micky Moody and bassplayer Neil Murray, in 2011. This complete six men strong formation may go under the epithet supergroup, but since we're already fed up with that label, let's leave that matter to those who give a damn. The band's name is also debatable, given all the bands who want to create a new career from the fame they had in their previous well known or famous bands. If I was in their shoes though, I would have totally done the same thing to get people's attention.

Unsurprisingly, this band plays classic blues inspired hard rock in the footsteps of earlier Whitesnake. It has late seventies vibes, but with a new production it gets too fresh when you want dirty. It's a thin line between love and hate, you know. The keyboards have similarities with the late Jon Lord's play and the twin guitars give the album an extra boost. The drums are steady, but never reach to the point where I think they rock.

Even if this self titled debut album is pretty diverse, it seems to flow in one ongoing tempo all through and it feels like Wednesday afternoon hard rock to me. It's something that is rather decent, but it feels kind of worn out after a dozen of spins. This album won't be played too many times in my home in the near future, but I wouldn't be surprised though if many fans to these guys will consider this a masterpiece and a future hard rock classic. However, my rate stays at 4 decent chalices.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	3	6	6	4

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Tobbe