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The Answer

Never Too Late (2008)
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Contributed by: Jelone
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Published on July 21st 2009

Classic hard rock necrophiliacs the Answer’s North American debut EP, Never Too Late promises to appeal to fans of Led Zeppelin, Free, AC/DC, Black Crowes and Kings of Leon. Or at least, that’s what the black sticker on the packaging claims. The band specializes in recycling riffs and rhythms well past their `70s heyday. Assuming Org readers are even into this, essentially the antithesis `77 punk rebelled against, they’d still be better off playing any of the RIYL bands listed above.

Oh no, my Irish friends, it is too late for your Led Zep-loving brand of classic rock. We here in the States have been enduring the likes of Hinder, Buckcherry and Silvertide for years, and lemme tell ya, this pseudo-bluesy bar bullshit has got to stop. I hate Aerosmith. I hate Robert Plant. I love The Hobbit, but I hate Led Zeppelin. The Answer’s self-indulgent, overly long guitar solos (overly long songs in general, for that matter), whining, grating vocals, and trite, pointless lyrics combine to form a maelstrom of weak songwriting. If you’re going to rip off bands from 30 years ago, couldn’t you settle for the Clash, or at the very least, the ominous sludge of Black Sabbath?

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Jelone (July 23, 2009)

I'm more of a Black Sabbath guy. Er, I mean, Choking Victim. Yeah, that's the ticket.

joeynukes (July 23, 2009)

The Rolling Stone should have reviewed this instead

hello-rockview (July 23, 2009)

its not that i have a problem with classic rock. Zeppelins first 3 or 4 albums were good, Hendrix is a god, The Stones were good in the 60's and early 70's. But that was music for its time, there's been alot better music put out since then. I'm tired of hearing the same shit repeated over and over again. We've heard all these licks and all these solos before. Same thing goes for alot of punk bands, Im tired of hearing Hellcat bands cuz they all sound like a bad version of new rancid, which is already shitty enough

scorpiondeathlock (July 22, 2009)

even though i think their music is good, i find myself hating led zeppelin more and more based solely on the people who listen to them.

mikexdude (July 22, 2009)

No, AC/DC is awful. Led Zeppelin rules.

SloaneDaley (July 22, 2009)

I hate most classic rock but AC/DC were pretty good in their original lineup.

hello-rockview (July 21, 2009)

i am really sick of this nu-classic rock. why do we have to take music back in time...I don't get the whole retro thing. What happened to making music that's original and innovative?

codu (July 21, 2009)

Sadly i'm from Belfast, and have had the displeasure of accidently witnessing this band play on numerous occasions.

Really annoying when you want to buy some music in a store but can't because these dicks are playing their shite music in the middle of the room.