Pilsner

Autosuggestion (Get Hip)
by Jon Sarre

Pretty cool, but not amazin’, gearhead punk in the “influenced by the Ramones & Motörhead” vein that Zeke and Nashville Pussy also shoot their rock’n’roll into (or the tank they fill with their super unleaded, if ya prefer). Pilsner definitely qualifies as somethin’ to drink a few to (how’s that for an Autosuggestion? Okay, I’ll stop). “Fish Song” finds ’em temporarily steppin’ outta the pummel-thrash mold and easin’ into a loungy, swing-to-hambone-blues-and-back-and-forth-bumpy-tempo-switchfest that gives ’em a second dimension, which, y’understand, is pretty good to fall back on. “Bring Down the Power” is weird, almost a rewrite, in fact, of Skrewdriver’s “On the Streets,” only more anthemic, hopeful, I’d almost say. Plus the bass player’s name is Ted Williams, who, in 1941, became the last major-leaguer to hit .400 for a season when he hit .406 for the Boston Red Sox, a feat probably never to be equalled, no matter how lousy big league pitchin’ becomes.
(Columbus & Preble Aves. Pittsburg, PA 15233)