If It's Not Broke Don't Fix It!

So what do you get when you add Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, a hint of White Stripes, and the year 2006....? Wolfmother! The new band hailing for the great nation of Australia. Back in April or so I was reading Rolling Stone and saw Wolfmother as the band to watch out for in 2006, I decided to check them out and what I heard didn't quite do it for me, but clearly I must have been out of my mind when listening to it. The other day when heading to the beach I was heard the song "White Unicorn" on the radio by none other than Wolfmother. The riff was infectious sounding like something from Led Zeppelin "IV" and the voice sounding like a mix of Robert Plant, Ozzy, and Jack White. Very rarely do I really get into songs I've never heard of but this song I just had to blast and head bang (I think I needed a neck brace after I heard it.) The song was incredible, I felt like I was listening to something from thirty years back, so that night I immediately got their selftitled CD and boy what a great choice that was. I just may have listened to this album ten times from last night to now, I went as far as depriving myself from sleep because I couldn't get enough of it. So many songs sound like they belong on some of the best albums of all time for example "Apple Tree" which sounds like it was ripped off The White Stripes' "White Blood Cells" with the heavily distorted guitar and rambuncious singing similar to Jack White's, then the opener "Dimension" which sounds like it came from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" with the voice like Ozzy and intensely distorted metal riffs.

This band is exactly what music needs right now, has music ever been in such a rut as it is now? Wolfmother is taking advantage of the Classic Rock revival by creating a modern Classic Rock sound, now Wolfmother will tell you that they didn't listen to much Zeppelin or Sabbath but if you ask me that is just a ploy to keep their music sounding more unique. Whether or not they did listen to Zep it just doesn't matter because I have never gotten so excited about a new band since A Perfect Circle back in 2000. Some may try to put down Wolfmother saying that we are not supposed to repeat musical history and instead move on, but what Wolfmother is doing is modernizing the perfection of Classic Rock. They have a very raw sound which I love in bands, creating that feel like they are playing in your house. They rely heavily on riffs which is something we have been deprived of in this musical era. Wolfmother has their focuses on the right aspects of music and therefore are creating the perfect recipe for success.

This band is it, and when they do start getting heavy airplay the world will go nuts (I sure hope my prediction will stand true.) Their one and only full length album did reach the Top 40 in May but I think with a bit more time they will take over America, I just can't see a band with this much creative vision and talent not being huge but of course this happens all the time. I would just like to end saying that this album is probably going to be the album of the year even outdoing my precious effort from Tool "10,000 Days" and maybe even better than the upcoming Mars Volta album set for release later this year which I am highly anticipating. All I have to say is that if you do not get your hands on this album you will be doing yourself a huge injustice!