Like Backyard Babies’ G’N’R-damaged debut and Total 13, Stoner Kings mix glammy preening (Hanoi Rocks/early Crüe) with heavy riffing and bursts of melodicism.
Part of the problem with having such an amazing gift as Travis Meeks’ voice is you can get away with poorly-written material and simply sing your way out.
Halfcocked use AC/DC to explain why they write stripped-down, predictable, (cliché-)pounding rock songs. But they look cool in the latest glammy/trashy fashion.
Basic biker-slanted doom rock with vocals roughed up enough so no one will mistake it for a Sabbath demo. On the Spirit Caravan side, but more rudimentary.
I’ve never understood the fuss about these guys… They aren’t nearly as good as Pretty Boy Floyd were, and they’re not as good as the Backyard Babies are.