The Warm Gunns
Dark Fun
© 2004 The Warm Gunns (634479140365)
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If the evil spawn of DLR, Johnny Rotten, Jagger & Prince fronted The Cult covering The Who. Hard rock with a dirty soul, baby...
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In December 2003, Cris Cox and Mark Dannells formed The Warm Gunns - a band determined to, at last, resurrect that passion for music that both inebriates and inspires. Cox and Dannells blend smart minds, witty and wry lyrics and slippery soulful guitar in each song.
Cox and Dannells added drummer Reggie Rogers and bassist Josh Sattler to complete the band's infectious blend of soul, sex and hard rock. No hints of whiny, pseudo-tortured, emo-self pity, or backward-baseball-cap, "nu"-metal mookery here! After playing in an endless number of acclaimed bands (Butch Walker, Angie Aparo and doubleDrive, to name a few), these musicians are positioned to define Atlanta's next great music scene. Their combined talents form The Warm Gunns...Put on your game face baby, and let's get it on.
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Great CD!
author: AimeeI love it!!! It's catchy, groovy, rockin' fun stuff! Can't wait for these guys to come to my area so I can see them live.
...the Warm Gunns never sound like anything but themselves
author: Michael Brooker/Southeastern PerformerThe Warm Gunns probably have one of the worst Beatles-reference names this side of Velvet Revolver. If that wasn’t bad enough, there’s that extra “n” at the end of Gunn. Also, like Velvet Revolver, the Warm Gunns don’t really sound much like the Beatles, opting instead to send up their praise to the gods of hard rock and mod culture, stopping along the way to baptize themselves in the river Jordan that is modern pop. This is all pretty evident after listening to their debut album Dark Fun. However, what’s also evident is how amazingly well they make this formula work. The core of the Gunns’ songwriting lies in the capable hands of vocalist/percussionist Cris Cox and resident jack-of-all-trades Mark Dannells, who plays pretty much every type of instrument at a rock band’s disposal throughout the course of the album. You would need a detailed diagram to figure out who exactly is playing what on each track, but the bands vision is so uniformly implemented doing so would be sort of pointless anyway. The most striking musical characteristic noticed when starting up the disc lies in Cox’s vocals, which carry a much higher register than ordinarily expected. The deviations continue popping up throughout the album, such as with the hand claps on the stand-out “Who Do You (The Letter)” and in the almost New Order-dance cadence that drives “All for the Money.” Guitars bounce and slink around the mix rather than crunch, giving one the impression that this is what many a bar rock band could sound like if they just put down the Jack for a minute and learned how to groove like the Stones in their prime. As much as they draw inspiration from the past, however, the Warm Gunns never sound like anything but themselves.
remarkable
author: Glen FRYremarkable so very very remakable.....