L.A. Knights. Rubber City Meltdown.
Detained Records, 2013. L.A. Knights: https://www.facebook.com/LA.Knights.Band
No, we’re not covering California bands. L.A. stands for Los Akron, however there’s no

Four things stand out to me. First, the vocals of Dave Franz are high quality. He’s a really good singer, strong, melodic, and versatile. I suspect he could sing in other styles if he wanted to. I’d like to hear him try a Sinatra song. Second, Jozey’s guitar is truly massive and sparkling, with appropriate pyrotechnics and virtuosic solos. However, he isn’t just floating in space, but undergirded by Poder and Jaeger in a fine, strong rhythm section with serious forward motion. Finally, the vocal harmonies drive the songs up a notch in quality. This is a tight band, and there’s no filler. My favorite songs are “One More Round,” and “Sure Fire,” but others listeners are likely to pick other tunes. They only do one ballad-like tune, “Forever,” and it’s pretty good. My least favorite is “Why Do You Do,” with it’s spoken word phone call intro that frankly, turns me off.
The photos make the guys look tough in a sort of parodic way--two versions of Little Steven, one metal man, and a Howard Stern look-alike. It works. Los Akron Knights have put together a fine album that should get significant acclaim. As it says on the CD booklet, “To be played at maximum volume.”
Personnel: Dave Franz (vocals), Jozey (guitar), Troy Poder (bass), Dennis Jaeger (drums), Everybody (background vocals), Brian Haskins (guest musician, doing something undefined).
Tracks: Welcome to the Realm, One More Round, Light It Up, Don’t Cha, Forever, Rubber City Meltdown, To the Bone, Sure Fire, Why Do You Do, Time to Go, Tonight.
Wansdog
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