This could easily be the shortest CD review ever, since it can be done in exactly three words: Rock. And. Roll. No one will be pleased with that however, so some more info will be necessary. Wiseguy consists of four guys from Rotterdam, Netherlands, who play, like I said, Rock and Roll. (And that’s about the sleaziest kind of Rock possible, so that Elvis-costume can stay in the closet, you freak!) The bio describes them as AC/DC combined with New Bomb Turks, and I would like to add Gluecifer to that. Most of the songs chug along in a midtempo pace, with the exceptions usually a bit slower. The vocals are shared between two of the band members, and they complement each other well.

One of them has a voice that’s almost as sleazy as the band’s music, while the other sounds somewhat gruffer. On three of the songs, ‘The Snitch’, ‘Afterburn’ and ‘Midnight Glory’, the band gets a little help from their friends from The Travoltas, who readily lent out their keyboard player Skokie. He spices up those songs a lot with his play, making them my favorites. The lyrics deal mostly with women and drugs (The bass player calls himself Joe Caine, nudge nudge) to go along with the R&R. The layout of the album looks great, with trains and steam engines being the general theme. Another job well done by Holland’s own Stardumb Records.