Unlike many of the band's contemporaries,
Motoerhead
manages to still release lean and mean
rock
records, while keeping the songs simple rather than adding some
electronic
accompaniment or trying to be current or hip. Many of the other bands from
's era might still be worth checking out live (
Iron Maiden
,
AC/DC
), but each of those groups' new albums is almost always more forgettable than the last. In
Hammered
's
"Walk a Crooked Mile,"
has written at least one more classic to add to the band's large number of hits, which could easily fill a double CD. Epic in length and with a cool bassline courtesy of
main dude
Lemmy Kilmister
"Walk a Crooked Mile"
has a bit of a
punk
edge to it like a lot of
's tunes, but it also closes with a stylish '80s-style
metal
guitar solo. The rest of the material does not veer from the usual
formula, but it's all played dirty and in the gutter, and will undoubtedly appeal to
's dedicated fan base. ~ Adam Bregman