Artimus Pyledriver - Artimus Pyle

Now renamed Stone Mountain Freeway, Artimus Pylderiver's sole contribution to rock 'n' roll is merely yet another stoner rock album in the style of Clutch, making very few changes to a sound that was perfected thirty years ago as Dave Slocum screeches in an annoyingly accurate AC/DC impersonation, while guitarists Kevin Bond and Jim Hall indulge in an endlessly repetitive, gritty and enjoyable search for the lost Tony Iommi / Jimmy Page riff. Mike Faulkner's prominent bass grinds the whole thing very nicely in the dirt where it belongs, and Travis Owen occasionally supplements his steady drums with a cowbell to add to the rural Georgia atmosphere. It's clear ...  Read the complete review