Scotty Fuse wrote:
Ryan, I agree with you about Scandinavian Leather. That album never quite got the respect it deserved. I thought it was a very solid album.
Right on. It's one of the last really huge, ambitious rock records that I can think of....there's been ones since then, but in terms of what it does specifically, none have done it since then. They had a shitload of hype surrounding the reunion and then for some reason, they just never really connected with people outside of their diehard fanbase. I really like the sense of loss, regret, paranoia on "Scandinavian Leather".....it's up there in the pantheon of all time greats, if for nothing other than addressing the fallout of the rigors, stresses and expectations of being in a legendary band and then having to follow up an album that many thought wasn't possible to follow up. I forgot that Joe Barresi mixed that record, too it has that nice, big analog sound like "Stoner Witch" and the Kyuss stuff does.