Gilby Clarke

Rubber (Pavement)
by Martin Popoff

Rubber rides terrain similar to The Hangover from barely a year back: Gilby Clarke shouting out his influences, adding to his coterie of Stones, Bowie, and Beatles covers, a total overhaul of Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz” and lesser changes within the New York Dolls’ “Trash.” Add to that mod touches from Pumpkins and Our Lady Peace, old blues flourishes and the inescapable imprint of low-slung Gunners guitar, and you have the complicated but oh-so-simple make-up of a spin with Gilby.

Going the same places as Union and to a lesser extent Izzy, heck, even Paul Gilbert. And the world’s changed so much since Slash and Duff, hasn’t it? An amalgam of post-rock ride wisdoms rendered in guitar-fueled glam, smartly off base from the new pop, but coming from the same well.
(102 South River Dr. #102 Tempe, AZ 85281)