Written and recorded in the pre-Giulani era New York City in the early '90s, which is said to be the last era of squalor and filth for some of those fabled boroughs. Must've been a nasty, hellish place, as there's nothing remotely pretty or inviting to be found on Strap It On.
Commonalities like verse/chorus song structures, sing along melodies, and conventional approaches to the guitar were eschewed in favor of concise, tension-packed arrangements; drop D tunings that ... read more