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Have Mercy

The Mooney Suzuki

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NYC’s Mooney Suzuki are one of the few “garage” bands of the modern age who manage to recreate the past while reinventing the future. The group has suffered member loss (since restored), major label turmoil and a few production gaffes, but Have Mercy, their fourth studio album, delivers on their earliest promises as a band that can swagger with the best of them. “99%,” the album’s leadoff cut, quotes an AC/DC-styled guitar chord, a Steve Miller Band groove and the “na-na-na” chorus of Deep Purple’s “Hush” all within the first two minutes. “Adam & Eve” evokes the R&B groove that indie-rock hipsters like Urge Overkill and Twilight Singers have regularly sought, but with an additional flute for Jethro Tull flavoring. “Rock ‘n’ Roller Girl” is a classic sock-hop ballad with swooning moonlit harmonies and the final admission: “You may be growing older…but you’ll never be older than the Rolling Stones.” “First Comes Love,” the Kinks shuffle of “Good Ol’ Alcohol” and the dark slow dazzle of “The Prime of Life” are first-rate rewritings of rock history where the Mooney Suzuki slyly paste themselves amongst their heroes as if they’d been there all along.

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Where's the beef?

"Alive and Amplified" blew my headphones off and went straight into heavy rotation in my car. On first listen to "Have Mercy" Mooney sound tired and a little bored. Sometimes a bad first impression can improve with time. Time will tell...

Whatever happened to....?

The "Electric Sweat" MS??? I bought that cd on first listen, saw them live on that tour & knew that MOONEY SUZUKI was my new Favorite band. But alas, someone put a bug in Sammy's ear. "You guys should become more 70's retro, that's the direction it's goin' these days". But "A & A" proved nothing more than a garage rocker out of his element. This new cd (I don't even know the name!) sounds to me like more bad advice from the same label rep: "Y'know, you guys would sound DYNAMITE if you did a 70's Mellow hits kinda cd". Bah, someone should tell these guys, they can't do anything right but ROCK! So get back to it, dammit!

Whoa!!? This band was supposed to fade away!

A lot of folks talk of how great Pet Sounds was or Exile on Main Street, which are two albums that I think are completely overrated and just not that good to be honest. The great albums are the ones you can listen to all the way through, whether it be a giant commercial success, like say…Abbey Road, Blood on the Tracks, Nevermind or an underground treasure like Daydream Nation, Marquee Moon or Inflammable Material. In other words, just because your band is not successful as say another band that might have came out about the same time, made a complete sell out pop album and won a Grammy or two doesn't mean your band is not a good band. Let me tell ya something, the Mooney here, are a good band. I thought for sure this band was going to go away early on. But instead they decided to go another route with their music why still staying true to the fact that they are a damn good New York rock band, and to me, made one of the greatest Rock Albums of The 00s, top 10 at least. Have Mercy is this band's masterpiece. Yes, less is more! Substance is more powerful than volume! And, most importantly, a good song is a good song is a good song is a good song!!!!! Every song on here is an awesome song, there just isn't a stinker in the bunch. Even that strange, Woodstock Era Santana sounding thing at the end is awesome. If I had to nitpick I would I would Say You Never Really Wanted to Rock n' Roll never really wanted to be on this album. The Album's highlight? Pick one, seriously. This is that great of an album. A true, modern day classic!!!! And if you don't like the Alcohol song, then there is something wrong with your ears and you and I should never talk Rock n' Roll!!!!

Biography

Formed: 1997 in New York, NY

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '90s, '00s

The Mooney Suzuki debuted in 1996 upon the formation of Sammy James, Jr. (guitar/vocals), John Paul Ribas (bass), Graham Tyler (guitar), and Will Rockwell (drums). On top of their added punk of three-chord agility and their '60s momentum of the MC5, the Rolling Stones, and the Kinks, the quartet would spend the next three years playing in and out of their native New York City with the likes of Thee Headcoats, the Donnas, the Make-Up, and the Delta 72, among others. Telstar Records eventually packaged...
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