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):
Fu Manchu, Nebula and the like have been bogarting the stoner-rock torch for the last few years, but now it’s time to pass it down the line — there’s a new buzz band in town.
That would be New York’s Chrome Locust, a rip-snorting power trio featuring two ex-members of D-Generation (including Todd Youth, who’s also done time in Agnostic Front and Murphy’s Law). CL have all the moves down pat: the Black (Sabbath) and Blue (Cheer) metallurgy, the wah-wah boogie-rock vibe, The Stooges’ raw power, the teen-angst lyrics about conspiracies, demons and “playing Asteroids to Paranoid” — and, of course, the fuzzed-out sonic boom of Armageddon. And after that apocalypse, you can bet Chrome Locust will outlast even the cockroaches.
