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Sam! Sats! Mikey! Chad! Come on what is there NOT to love about this project? Put aside these 4 guys are near rock royalty, this may be one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded and definately the greatest, "Super Group" ever assembled. I didn't think you could get much better than Velvet Revolver but these guys COMPLETELY put them to shame! Sammy sounds better than he has in a long time (getting back to that VH sound a bit vocally), Sats is, well, Sats is Sats, probably one of the 4 or 5 greatest ever, Mikey is just punching his bass in the face repeadidly and sounding more fercoious than ever, and Chad is just DOMINATING the skins. I actually never gave Chad enough credit with the Peppers, he is quite amazing as a straight ahead rock drummer. Tie in the fact that they are playing smaller clubs and theatres on the tour and it may not ever get any better than this! Heres to hoping we get more than just a one off record and tour! Not that I want to Wabos and Peppers to go to the wayside, but dam, does it get better in this day and age of whinny skin and bone all black wearing teenage bands that a near Mr. Rushmore of rock strolls in and just kicks their a@ses off the walls? I don't think so!!!...
What's great about it: Whats NOT great about this album and these 4 guys?!...
What's not so great: That unless we're lucky, this is probably only a one album thing...