The Glitterati - Glitterati

The Gliterrati are a hard rock glam band with a poppy edge from Leeds that can be likened to Guns N Roses without the obnoxious whiney frontman but also without the same catchy lyrics. This album in fact was produced by the producer they use: Mike Clink. The lead guitar playing is enjoyable, the drumming is pretty rowdy and in your face and overall the band can rock out some fairly decent stuff. They do have tinges of indie from the 90s with "Back in Power" sounding ever so slightly like a more glam rock version of Manic Street Preachers. I personally find that one a bit whiney and the lyrics do nothing for me but others may digress. Songs ...  Read the complete review

The Glitterati are a heavy rock band from Leeds who have never really seemed to have attained a sufficient amount of recognition for their efforts. I first heard of The Glitterati when they were featured in a very small article in my local Newspaper in 2005, which quite heavily compared them to classic heavy rock band, Guns 'n' Roses. Seeing as this record was produced by Mike Clink, who also produced several Guns 'n' Roses albums, it seems that the Guns sound and style was aimed for throughout the production of this album. However, The Glitterati will never be able to stand up to the impressive nature, performance and structure of Appetite For ...  Read the complete review

The Glitterati, are in essence, a Guns n' Roses band from Leeds… end of. Although to the best of my knowledge, the lead singer isn't a pretentious little so and so! Hailing from Leeds, this hard rock band released their debut self-titled album in April 2005, produced by Mike Clink, who had previously worked with G n' R and Metallica. After buying the album on the basis of just two songs - "You Got Nothing On Me" and "Heartbreaker", it was a bit of a gamble, but thankfully it's paid off. Opening track "Betterman" certainly encapsulates the hard rock genre - eerily similar to Velvet Revolver's current style it must be ...  Read the complete review