Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop, Drop and Roll!!! (lyric, rock)

Crowe · 05-26-2008, 03:37 PM

Stop Drop And Roll
Mother Mary
Ruby Room
Red Tide
Broadway
She's A Saint Not A Celebrity
Sally
Alligator
The Pedestrian
27th Ave. Shuffle
Dark Side Of Night
Pieces Of Truth

The facts: Green Day side project - the trio adding new members; Jason White, Jason Freese and Kevin Preston.

The second nom de plume that Green Day has played under (to my knowledge) the other one being early 00's band "Network".

15 Day Tour schedule at small bars and taverns.

Single: Mother Mary

So what's with it?

After a first listen - you are certainly aware that you are listening to Billie Joe sing. And that's about all the Green Day you are going to feel in this album. This music has a really, really groovy 60's garage rock feel. The first 45 seconds of the album sound like The White Stripes resurrected Elvis and taught him the vocabulary of a sailor and then had a sit down and started jamming. And it only gets better!

The boys shed their black outfits, red ties and eyeliner and really get back to their roots. When you add in the other members, you get a lot of back - up vocals reminiscent of a garage rock version of late Motown glory day releases. Really catchy hooks and driving guitars (along with a slew of different instruments, a BLAAZZZING saxophone solo on Pieces of Truth will blow your mind) will find you nodding along and tapping your foot before you know it. The album is balanced in terms of musical content, although I found myself enjoying the latter half of the album more than the first half. The lyrical content is really quite interesting but mediocre. The first verse you hear (in that great undead Elvis voice) is:

"Sixteen and a son of a bitch
Got a gun and a strychnine twitch
Little girl on the graveyard shift
Out of control and doesn't give a ****"

and there is a song called "Red Tide", which is as far as I can tell, about a girl being a bitch and then Billie Joe blames it on her menstruation.

The band gets a little cryptic, revisiting religious themes (a la American Idiot on the song "Mother Mary".

Couple this with a few songs about them driving and you have a pretty lyrically average album.

Just to make sure I'm making this clear: you are not listening to a Green Day album. I've championed Green Day in the past on these forums at my own risk (knowing the trend of Green Day Hate). So I know that I have a history and perhaps lean more towards the favorable side- but... this is not. a. Green. Day. Album.

Album Highlights: Stop, Drop and Roll - Alligator - 27th St. Shuffle - Pieces of Truth.

05-26-2008, 03:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 690	Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop, Drop and Roll!!! Stop Drop And Roll Mother Mary Ruby Room Red Tide Broadway She's A Saint Not A Celebrity Sally Alligator The Pedestrian 27th Ave. Shuffle Dark Side Of Night Pieces Of Truth The facts: Green Day side project - the trio adding new members; Jason White, Jason Freese and Kevin Preston. The second nom de plume that Green Day has played under (to my knowledge) the other one being early 00's band "Network". 15 Day Tour schedule at small bars and taverns. Single: Mother Mary So what's with it? After a first listen - you are certainly aware that you are listening to Billie Joe sing. And that's about all the Green Day you are going to feel in this album. This music has a really, really groovy 60's garage rock feel. The first 45 seconds of the album sound like The White Stripes resurrected Elvis and taught him the vocabulary of a sailor and then had a sit down and started jamming. And it only gets better! The boys shed their black outfits, red ties and eyeliner and really get back to their roots. When you add in the other members, you get a lot of back - up vocals reminiscent of a garage rock version of late Motown glory day releases. Really catchy hooks and driving guitars (along with a slew of different instruments, a BLAAZZZING saxophone solo on Pieces of Truth will blow your mind) will find you nodding along and tapping your foot before you know it. The album is balanced in terms of musical content, although I found myself enjoying the latter half of the album more than the first half. The lyrical content is really quite interesting but mediocre. The first verse you hear (in that great undead Elvis voice) is: "Sixteen and a son of a bitch Got a gun and a strychnine twitch Little girl on the graveyard shift Out of control and doesn't give a ***" and there is a song called "Red Tide", which is as far as I can tell, about a girl being a bitch and then Billie Joe blames it on her menstruation. The band gets a little cryptic, revisiting religious themes (a la American Idiot* on the song "Mother Mary". Couple this with a few songs about them driving and you have a pretty lyrically average album. Just to make sure I'm making this clear: you are not listening to a Green Day album. I've championed Green Day in the past on these forums at my own risk (knowing the trend of Green Day Hate). So I know that I have a history and perhaps lean more towards the favorable side- but... this is not. a. Green. Day. Album. Album Highlights: Stop, Drop and Roll - Alligator - 27th St. Shuffle - Pieces of Truth. __________________