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New
review at RoughEdge.com
backlog of new reviews will be typed in for this section soon
the A&R guy in charge of Fear Factory and Slipknot
called the Bloody Murdo album "Excellent" and
and Vertical After "a cool band"
"These guys fuckin' rule !" - Sounds Heavy magazine
"Vertical After idealistically forges links between thrash metal and the
street punk vignettes of the Ramones" - Vancouver Province
"...you
must give Vancouver's Vertical After credit for being a hardworking and
persistent bunch of nutballs. The jazz instrumental that ends the disc steals
the show."
- Exclaim Magazine.
"Why are the
band members' faces on the cover yellow? is it a Simpsons thing?
VerticalAfter are a rock band from Vancouver. Kick and his three ring
circus
of thrills packed into a Winnebago and ready to roll. This is the band's
third release
- not counting their official infomercial - and I still have no idea what the
name means.
Vertical After don't seem to be making fun of rock and roll silliness, so much
as
they've accepted it, embraced it and continued on. Learned that just because
you've gripped your inner Nigel Tufnel, doesn't mean you can't be sort of serious
sometimes. and conversely, a serious side should not necessarily preclude
a
messed with cover of the Police's Synchronicity. Musically, Vertical After
are
all over the map from Metal to Murdo to whatever they feel like.
Hard to categorize - a capital career offence in the twenty-first century -
but
what's really wrong with that? No need to pander for the sake of big radio
airplay when you might not get it regardless. And with a press kit laden
with
pictures taken with Lemmy and Alice Cooper, why should they give a damn
what anybody thinks. Let there be Rock. Get yourself a copy.
- Nerve Magazine (Mar 2002)