Down ’n’ Outz were initially formed as a creative outlet for Joe Elliott to explore his love of 1970s-influenced glam rock. Particularly, but not limited to, those who fell out of the Mott the Hoople family tree. I'd never heard of the band before, and This is How We Roll is the band's third effort and the first to contain original songs, which were written by Mister Elliot. While I am at best a casual fan of all things Mott and the various Hooples they jumped through I do like a lot of that I've heard over the years. Joe wrote all but one of the songs on the album, and he is absolutely not doing anything that hasn't been done before, but his love for the era and is palpable and the songs here are all really good. Heck even the band's name smacks of the same spelling deficiency the lads in Slade suffered from. When I first saw the album in the clearance bin ... by now you must know I am notoriously cheap, for 75% off I was curious. The cover photo reminded me o...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget