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):
“In ’75 I was barely alive,” declares twentysomething Core guitarist Finn Ryan over the bong-rattling groove of Supernumber on his band’s sophomore CD.
Fittingly, most of the acts this stoner-rock power trio pay homage to here weren’t around in ’75 either — they were long gone. But obviously not forgotten. Blue Cheer, The MC5, Cream and Jimi Hendrix obviously top these Jersey devils’ playlist, and on The Hustle Is On, they summon up their spirits in a sonic seance of distortion-pedal wah-wah, psychedelic splendour and blooz-rawk glory. Core just played at Woodstock ’99 — but they would have fit in just as well the first time around.
