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Title: A seminal influence on today's best progressive punk/metal
Review: Famed for complaining of Slayer, "great intensity, boring chords!", Andy Hawkins is a predecessor to Helmet's Page Hamilton, Mike and Ian of Don Caballero, and many of the other fine guitarists who have since tried to give advanced musical ideas a bracing rock expression. This debut features a Blue Cheer-strength tribute to Stravinsky, a Meters cover, and three excellent dub instrumentals. The meat of the album however is in the original compositions of this power trio, which are rich in shifting, aggressive rhythms and savage but brilliantly-coloured guitar harmonics. An influence on everyone from the Dazzling Killmen to Ui, BIG really should be a better-known entity. Why is the LP "Cyclotron" not also available?
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