Sonic Taboo : "Captured Live! Vol I'

 I'm not huge on live albums, but since I have never heard these guys before, it's all new to me. I have to write about this album for another publication, so I use my blog as a rough draft for those kinds of things. The first song is a jammed-out instrumental that lumbers over your typical stoner doom riffage. They bring a little more boogie to the table for "Valley of the Dolls".  It's just before the song ends that I realize this is an instrumental band and no vocals are coming to save the day, so I can quit waiting for them. It is also odd that there are not a ton of guitar solos. If there were, then that would make them a jam band for metalheads. 

Some people just like riff. I am trying to understand the thought process of not having vocals on this and the answers I am coming up with are not really helping. There is because it would make you sound like everyone, since a low-budget Ozzy imitator is the only one that would fit, or you just don't like dealing with singers, which is more understandable. "Unleash the Magic' takes a detour and jangles more than it chugs, which some of the most original sounds we have heard yet. The first notable guitar solo jam goes down here; we had to know it was coming. 

There is a more reckless garage punk to the banging of "Full Tank." They identify as a stoner bike gang, which makes 'Too Fried to Ride" if there were words to describe their sentiments, but instead we get them banging away at some chords. "Cactus Thorns" feels like a variation of the previous song, where they decided to take the riff and jam it out with groove. "Ghost Town" is an interlude, as it's a cool riff; they did not have any other ideas for I am guessing. "Planet Terror" is one of the heavier songs. "Black Chopper" feels like a grittier take on a Motley Crue riff.  I will give this album 8, as I appreciate the energy of the songs, but sans vocals, it is not really my thing. But if you like instrumental stoner jams, then this might be for you.

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