Wednesday 9 July 2008

Urband Dance Squad - Mental Floss For The Globe (1990)


At times these Dutch boys are electrifying, fronted by the rappin', rockin' Rudeboy here's a band for all ya'll who went on to dig the likes of Fishbone, Mordred, 24-7-Spyz etc. This is cool, dynamic funky heavily fused crossover rock, unpredictable, catchy and thankfully sincere unlike so many other bands from the time. Humour, politics, streetwise visuals, cool bass lines, scratchin' and attitude. Nothing cheesy about UDS, just a shame they never really made a mark but as soon as the flame begins to burn on 'Fast Lane' you'll be climbing the walls. Elasticated rock at its finest I guess but always with a limited shelf life, unless of course you still own a copy or read this and go and find one...they deserve the recognition so put the Chili Peppers crap down and listen to some real crazy rock.

7/10

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