Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63701 in Music
• Released on: 2002-02-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

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Halfway between Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the New York Dolls, modestly named Toronto trash-rock quintet Robin Black & the Intergalactic Rock Stars mix glam rock with black eyeliner, stories about coming from outer space, and band names like Starboy and K-Tron. After releasing a star-shaped CD, the group's 2002 album Planet Fame has been proclaimed, by notoriously outspoken front man Black himself, "The future of rock and roll." Perhaps that claim would be easier to believe if Black and his Rock Stars weren't making such relatively conventional pop songs like "T.V. Trash" and "Suburban Sci-Fi." The album's slick sound can be credited to the rather unusual production pairing of the Pursuit of Happiness's Moe Berg and Rage Against the Machine/Red Hot Chili Peppers engineer GGGarth Richardson, who beef things up but never lose track of the songs themselves. It's catchy enough, but without the flashpots and sneer of the group's live show, Planet Fame is much more style than substance. --Matt Galloway