Track Listing 1. Ain't It a Bitch 2. Gotta Say 3. Memphis 4. Old Hat 5. Bleedin 6. Parasite 7. Good Enough 8. 117 Degrees 9. Here Before You 10. Up Jumped the Devil 11. Grunt 12. Freight Train 13. Methanol 14. Surf Roach
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Duff McKagan, Rick Richards, Taz Bentley | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Izzy Stradlin (vocals, guitar, bass); Rick Richards (vocals, guitar); Eddie Ashworth (mandolin); Duff McKagen (bass); Taz Bentley (drums, percussion); Steve Winstead (background vocals); Ju Ju Hounds. Producers: Eddie Ashworth, Izzy Stradlin, Bill Price. Engineers: Eddie Ashworth, Bill Price, Micajah Ryan, Izzy Stradlin. Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California; Matrix Studios, London, England; The Complex, Santa Monica, California; Caribbean Sound Basin, Trinidad, West Indies. 117 DEGREES reunites ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Stradlin with Gunners bassist Duff McKagan on a set of sturdy rock 'n' roll tunes that deliberately bypasses any contemporary bandwagon jumping. Between Stradlin's whiskey-soaked voice and inspired guitar twang, songs such as "Ain't It A Bitch" and "Bleedin" are an obvious pipeline to the Stones right down to an amped-up cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis." To his credit, our hero reaches beyond the Stones into the jackhammer tempos of Motorhead ("Grunt") and mandolin-flavored songs reminiscent of John Mellencamp ("Old Hat"). The addition of Reverend Horton Heat drummer Taz Bentley allows Stradlin to tackle rockabilly scrapers ("Up Jumped The Devil"), old-time country laments ("Here Before You") and wild surf music ("Methanol," "Surf Roach").
Editorial Reviews ...Stradlin's secret weapon is a holdover from the Ju Ju Hounds in the person of Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards....A lack of ego and a believable, likable guilelessness...is rare these days... Musician (06/01/1998)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...shuffles and jangles and slides through an impressive assortment of trad-rock forms: EXILE ON MAIN STREET bitch blues, alterna-country cow tears, red-devil rockabilly drawls, Link Wray drag-race riffing--even Chuck Berry covers... Rolling Stone (03/19/1998)
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