This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This Vancouver quintet are the first band signed to Lars Ulrich’s new vanity label TMC (The Music Company). Which is about as much as these pretty-boy power-popsters have to do with Metallica.
Truth be told, DDT are just another bunch of pre-fab post-punks armed with the typical array of rewarmed Chili Peppers backbeats, leftover Korn riffs and smarty-pants novelty songs — like Hey Steve, about The Six Million Dollar Man. Toss in some ska-punk skank and rap-rock rowdiness and you’ve got a band that pack a punch, but are nowhere near as lethal as their name implies.
