Fireball

Well being the Deep Purple & Wargasm fan I am, I was fascinated with the idea of this album from the start. I hunted it down on ebay & won a copy. Worth It? No. Well this little EP is quite the mixed bag, a cover tune (actually two if you count Grievous Angel), a special edit & a handful of live tracks, so you know the production is going to vary.

But this mix bag is on the dull side. The live tracks have a sterile quality to them which I’m not fond of, they truly lack energy, and for the most part audible bass. The guitar work is worth while though, it’s exactly as you’d remember it on “Why Play Around?” but with a less energetic touch. Also the track Grievous Angel is an amusing little venture, originally performed by a local band Wargasm used to play with, Slaughter Shack. Dreadnaught Day is not my favorite track by Wargasm, actually I find it to be quite dull. It too seems to lack the energy needed to keep it going. The riff is pretty stale as well, the solo, eh, it’s ok not as dull as the riff I must say. But the title track is an interesting little endeavor. It’s the only one that seems to actually have some sort of energy to it. Mayo also does a fairly decent job on the vocals, but it doesn’t carry the old Deep Purple spirit. The solo is in shambles though, the keyboard intro is murdered in an attempt on a guitar, at that point it really sounds like shit, but the rest is executed fairly well.

Well to put this album in a nutshell, it’s mediocre, I’d say something worth having, but not to be played frequently-75%.