On The All American ( Four Alarm ), their sensational new album, Meade still tackles difficult subjects ( the opening track 'Light' begins with a reference to an 'abortion clinic bomb' and says, 'Sometimes we go on/when it's all gone wrong' ), but he does it in such a way as to make the listener comfortable, but aware. Songs such as the raucous 'Dorothy's Last Fling,' 'Heartcatchthump,' 'Tongue Trip,' the brutal 'Mouthful Of Glass' ( which addressed gay bashing ) and the gorgeous 'Speedway Oklahoma,' were proof that queers ( front-man Tyson Meade is openly gay ) could rock and roll you over better than any straight dude. 1 on my end of the year 'best of' list ). The Chainsaw Kittens' self-titled 1996 album was one of my favorite discs of that year ( it came in at No. This article shared 2804 times since Wed Jun 6, 2001
