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Guess who the band are in this review

MajorCriiimes [Edit] [Delete] 00:58, 16 January '13

Don't Google and be cheating bastards. It could be from any era. But it's not who you probably think.. I've censored the appropriate words for ambiguity's sake.

Few bands have generated as much spittle-flecked opprobrium ___________ as __________________. Thanks to their flamboyant glam-rock image and penchant for radio-friendly pop hooks, the band have become massively popular among sullen, kohl-eyed teens and reviled by almost everyone else. The band's ____ album – a rock opera, no less – is harmless and likable enough, with plenty of blistering guitar solos and muscular riffs bolstering an overall atmosphere of neutered rebellion. However, there is nowhere near enough invention on display to disguise the blank-eyed earnestness of the lyrics. Sadly, the most adventurous songs owe rather too much to other people's ideas: ________________ clumsily manhandles the main riff from Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train, while __________________________ morphs into a hideously overwrought arena-rock coda. The faithful will adore every last second, of course, which is perhaps all that matters.


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