Virus Nine has a very early Rancid/OP Ivy sound, and excellent songwriting. Two sweet covers, “Bound for Glory” by Woody Guthrie, and “Friends in Low Places.”
The closest thing we’re gonna see in terms of a major label new hard rock band made by old guys, save for uncomfortably similar doppelganger Velvet Revolver.
The metalized, twisted riff rockin’ outburst who’s stood on stage with the finest of stoner, hard-art-hammer lords, improv-wazzle-prog, and heart-tugging drone.
Hell and High Water coheres better than its predecessor, helped by the record’s impeccable production, everything sounding huge and beautiful and crushing.
Not as radio-friendly as Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, nor as lo-fi as I Become Small and Go, On The Speakers falls between the two extremes.
In addition to the synthesized percussion, you get chunky, jaggedly-distorted guitar, clanging, lurching percussion, and even some distortion on the vocals.