Uglier Than They Used ta Be

Rock · 2015 · 11 tracks · 48m

Uglier Than They Used ta Be

A heavy, matured return to form. Thick riffs and a weathered sneer replace 90s bratty humor with a darker, more muscular hard rock grit.

The bratty kids grew up, got heavy, and brought a Motorhead guitarist along for the ride.

A gritty, muscular reclamation of hard rock identity that replaces youthful sarcasm with weathered defiance.

Uglier Than They Used ta Be · vs · Ugly Kid Joe

Defiant+0.8σ

Defiant saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 48m

01

Hell Ain’t Hard to Find

3:49

02

Let the Record Play

3:51

03

Bad Seed

5:01

04

Mirror of the Man

3:56

05

She’s Already Gone

4:21

06

Nothing Ever Changes

3:23

07

My Old Man

3:42

08

Under the Bottom

5:47

09

Ace of Spades

2:45

10

The Enemy

6:07

11

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

5:46

Moments Worth Waiting For

The surprising transition into a heavy, doom-laden sludge riff during the bridge of Under the Bottom.

Phil Campbell's unmistakable Motorhead-style guitar grit elevating the frantic pace of the Ace of Spades cover.

The soulful, slowed-down transformation of Papa Was a Rolling Stone into a heavy blues-rock anthem.

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