Black Cat Moan - s/t (1991)

Mmmm, the swagger is there, the sleaze is present, but once again another half decent rock 'n' roll band gets swept away by the tide of so many sound-a-likes. They succumb because they can't get the budget or the recognition, and so aeons later we have to dig these type of records out and finally appreciate them more rather than back in the day when they were swallowed by G n' R and the likes. Black Cat Moan may never have had a leg to stand on but if you liek your metal with a lil' honky tonk injection then this self-titled opus may be the ideal saloon for you. At times it's very Black Crowes ('Good Girl Gone Bad') but when the band are interested in beffing up the sound and removing the drunken piano, it's quite rewarding, 'Breaking The Rules' (archetype metal track title if ever there was one!)brings to mind War babies. The vocals are a litle strained at times, but hey, not all metal vocalists can be Robert Plant, but Black Cat Bone are a decent sleaze band, not quite as good as say Cats n' Boots, but still damn fine party music for those who still liek to slip on the cowboy boots and pretend to drink Jack Daniels straight from the bottle. 6.5/10