Almost missed this one in the racks many years ago. This act, from Pennsylvania fit somewhere between AC/DC (with Brian Johnson and Bon Scott), Faster Pussycat and D.A.D., conjuring a sleazy, strutting hard rock with catchy choruses to match. There's nothing alternative or clever about the record but what you see is what you get in the titles, 'Its Not The Way You Rock', 'Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You', and 'Oh Ruby' offer the usual mid-tempo groove and also mini-anthemic drive.
This is decent metal, certainly nowadays it would be wiped on the arses of bands such as Beautiful Creatures, but the only real difference between the two is the general weight of BC and their ability to play a street-wise rock 'n' roll, but Dirty Looks most certainly have an attitude to their rock 'n' roll, and when you consider it was released before Guns 'n' Roses 'Appetite...', it doesn't suddenly sound so out of place in a saturated genre.
Good time rock, simple as.
7/10
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