September 2000
Go Fast is Scott Difee (guitar, vocals), Matt Floyd (bass, backing vocals), Kevin Kerby (guitar, backing vocals), and Drexell Baker (drums). Their sound is punky, honky-tonk, hard rock, rockabilly -- raw, fast (get it?) Southern hard rock with some punk thrown in. Most of the songs are about touring, drinking, girls, and music -- the important things in life, the stuff that really bonds society together. The group’s simplistic songwriting formula is not necessarily a bad thing. While the basic guitar-driven songs don’t explore much musical territory, they do have catchy riffs and decent fills. Sonically, the CD is forward and harsh-sounding, and compression reigns supreme. Nor is the mix well balanced: The drums are homogenized, the bass is heavy, and the other instrument levels could use some adjusting. I’m taking a guess here, but I’m willing to bet that production costs were a bit squeezed. Overall, Great American Get Down is an OK recording for a small-label debut. GO BACK TO: |
Go Fast - Great American Get Down
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Ever been in one of those beer-drinkin’, BBQing, hot-rodding kinda
moods? I’m talking ‘bout down-home Pabst Blue Ribbon or Old Milwaukee, not some
fancy import beer. And I don’t mean veggie shish kebabs broiling on one of those
fancy gas grills -- I’m talkin’ bout burgers sizzlin’ on good ol’
charcoal. And hot rodding isn’t some Audi A4 Turbo Quattro quietly cruising the
autobahn; it’s a ‘72 Charger barreling down side streets, making all kinds of
noise. Well, do I ever have the music for you -- Go Fast, a band out of Little Rock, AK,
has broken out with a new release that caters to the good ol’ boy in all of us.