Supagroup - Fire For Hire Review

When listening to Supagroups “Fire For Hire” album don’t expect a spiritual awakening, don’t expect to be moved, and don’t even expect the slightest bit of brain stimulation. To put it simply, this is a rock album which falls into every stereotypical pit of rock n roll excess. The band goes as far as having the theme of the album revolve around the typical sex, drugs and rock n roll persona. “Fire For Hire” opens up with this line:

Hello everybody we are Supagroup
From New Orleans Louisiana
And we’re here to kick your ass!

Any band that chooses to open up an album like this clearly has one goal in mind, being seen as a rock star, but while this album is easy to criticize for its clichéd nature it does hold up as a decent effort.

Throughout the entire album the band slaps you in the face with heavy guitar riffs, Bon Scott / Brian Johnson like vocals, and pounding drums and bass. Supagroup goes further than just having similar sounding vocals to AC/DC, entire “Fire For Hire” album overwhelmingly resembles the sound of AC/DC, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “Fire For Hire” is simply stripped down, straightforward hard rock.

As stated earlier, the lyrics on this album are more or less for those who have gone brain dead from excessive drinking and partying. So much of this album lyrically is actually quite laughable with topics ranging from pedophilia, teaching kids the greatness of rock, and murdering his lover’s boyfriend. Those topics are just the beginning to the large array of thought provoking subjects.

All of the songs on this CD seem to display mediocrity, there isn’t much on this album which truly stands out as being stellar but the mediocrity of this album can be enjoyable. After all, an album which is consistently decent is better than an album with two good songs and the rest garbage. If you like an album that is packed with a punch than give this one a try.

Sound: C+
Lyrics: F
Originality: D
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Overall: C
(Not an Average)