Uncle Sam - Fourteen Women (1993)

Intriguing band who never made the grade - Uncle Sam, or so I thought, might have slipped, with some relative comfort into the grunge area, because their sound was an almost loose amalgamation of grunge-tinged rock, sleaze, garage groove, but it wasn't to be. Uncle Sam's last opus (with its rather odd cover) was 'Fourteen Women,' a hooky hard rocker featuring the infectious glory of 'Fallout Shelter' with its pop-tinged rhythm and gritty vocal. Hard to describe these rockers really, certainly a touch of the alternative about them although the look was very much off the sleaze wagon. Mind you, the guys had a knack for combining that garage flavour with the hair metal scene, and maybe it was too niche but I always found them appealing and easy on the ears. Something obscurely cool about this record, just a shame not many got to hear it, but I also recommend the feisty stomp of their 'Letters From London' opus with its punky edge.
7/10