RSSEddie and the Hot Rods
- Teenage Depression [Island, 1977] C+
- Life on the Line [Island, 1977] B-
Consumer Guide Reviews:
Teenage Depression [Island, 1977]
This is "punk" for old-time rock and rollers frightened by the concept; these guys even claim to snort coke, and do speeded-up homages to Peter Townshend, Van Morrison, Mick Jagger, and Bob Seger. Rock on. C+
Life on the Line [Island, 1977]
I'm not inclined to get judgmental here. It's true that Eddie's sunlamp tan and health-club bod make him the logical successor to Shaun Cassidy. True too that the teen-militant lyrics are strictly rote, and that their hooks hardly compare with Mann & Weil's. Still, this is quite a bit solider than any album Paul Revere and the Raiders or the Dave Clark Five ever made--not counting greatest hits collections, of course. B-