Turbonegro “Retox”
Turbonegro
“Retox”
Sonet/Universal/Edel
And so cometh the Lord to give us back the rock, and his name is Turbonegro. Be prepared to have your asses handed to you humans, Turbonegro is back sans the pop songs, and with twice the testicular fortitude.
“Retox” is everything that the band’s last record, “Party Animals” wasn’t: no drawn out pop-punk songs, no moratorium on swearing to sell more records, no lack of double entendres. Nothing but full-blown, balls-to-the-wall death punk by the apocalypse dudes that created the genre.
The record kicks off “We’re Gonna Drop The Atom Bomb” a bombastic ode to insanity, bullet pointed with Euro Boy’s trademark searing leads, and a sing-along chorus that begs for death and destruction. “Welcome to the Garbage Dump” is a mile-a-minute romp that just gets faster and faster as the tune rambles on. “We can go left, we can go right, or you can go down on me,” Hank Von Helvete brings the laughs on almost every song. “Everyone Loves a Chubby Dude” is the best song that Tenacious D never wrote. “Feed me, Feed me, cause everybody loves a chubby dude,” Hank sings over and over again.
On the final track, Turbonegro finally answer the age-old question: What is Rock? The answer? My a favorite is “Choking on your own vomit in the back of a rapist’s van.” Though, “Backwards messages to boys and girls to bring machine guns to school” is as good a definition as any for rock ‘n’ roll.
With “Retox,” Turbonegro aren’t hiding what’s on their mind. Everything is laid out on the table, and this record is as crude as anything off of “Ass Cobra.” The production is a notch lower than the last record. But come on, “Party Animal” was so spit polished you could see your face in the shit. This is a record for Turbonegro fans, no more, or less. And fans are going to go ape shit for it. “We saved rock n’ roll with our bare hands/we saved that goddamn rock ‘n’ roll/Where’s the cash/The money, the money, the money, money, money.”
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Yeah,right…
Unfortunately the worst stuff they`ve produced. The bad are far too 80`s Rock infkuenced these days, they sound like a Kiss tribute act. Hell Toupee & Stroke the shaft are very poor by their standards. How the mighty have fallen! Think Destruction is a top track though.
i agree.. its poor and im sorry for it
yep you to are fucking retarded and must love cock
cause turbonegro is the clit commander
for sho
Er, it should be you TWO not to you dumbfuck! I`m honest enought to admit it`s not a good album. Take off your Sailor specs you Prick!
I like it better than party animals. Shaft is great, garbage dump is pretty fun to listen to, and there are a couple of other non-filler tunes. I’m not really that disappointed overall. However, I’d love it if they put out another album like Scandinavian Leather or Apocalypse Dudes.
tbrngr!
Turbojugend Ottawa represent!
Fuck you guys! Retox is a hell of an album, not a bad on! Is Stroke The Shaft poor for theyre standars? FUck you, go home to your mamma and listen to pop music.
TRBNGR’s worst one. I’m from Norway and I’ve listened to Turbonegro for many years. No one over here like it. I’m sorry. “Dudes” and back is the shit.
Turboneger knows exactly what they are doing. Maybe they make records you might not like, but they don’t have ability to make a bad record. I like how they are really pissing off the “old” fans. That’s what turbo is all about. Turbo is kind of like a new DEVO. Gods sent to earth to cause havoc, even if the havoc isn’t really havoc at all. They’re like your best friend that suddenly rapes your girlfriend and marries your mother and you don’t really know how to deal with that. That’s cool man, don’t worry. It’s not about forgiving. It’s about good head. It’s about seeing Morrisey naked on all fours with Gary Glitter; Letting Wendy O. Williams tie you up and rim you while she hums an old folk tune; it’s about trying to find rock between your balls and your anus.