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Les Goolies - A Taste Of Les Goolies
Les Goolies - A Taste Of Les GooliesIf you take a look opposite you will see the front cover for 'A Taste of Les Goolies'. Now, take another good look... yep, its a worrying cover indeed. For their next release they might want to break out the pencils and leave their photo on the inside. But, as the saying goes, appearances can be deceptive. 

Les Goolies may look like some kind of evil Slade tribute band from Oz but they certainly don't sound like 'em. Due to the unusual and funny subject matter of their songs, such as 'Darling Dagmar' (a song about a 1960's midget female wrestler), they could probably be best described as a comedy rock band a la Spinal Tap.

The first song on 'A Taste of Les Goolies', the up-tempo 'Chicken Nuggets' turns out to be the standout track with its dirty fuzzed up backing geetar and deep vocals (which are impressive throughout). The more rockin' songs are fun and enjoyable, however, the slower songs do tend to out-stay their welcome. Even though the tunes are toe tappin' numbers they last just that little too long. Not enough is going on musically or lyrically to justify their length and if the songs were shortened they would be much improved. 

A few tweaks are required then for their next release but overall 'A Taste Of Les Goolies' is quite entertaining.

Rating: 3 out of 5 (Bronze)
Reviewed by David Majors

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