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Off the wall!

Ken Coffman | Mount Vernon, WA USA | 09/30/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw these guys open for Mike Keneally's Beer for Dolphins in Seattle. We get used to crappy opening acts, so this was doubly unusual. They combine tight arrangements of goofy song concepts with an outstanding guitar player wringing magic from his strat. The virtuosity is not blatant, there is not much noodling going on. About the fifth time you listen to this disk, you're going to get slammed upside the head with how cool and fluid these guys are. Honestly, this record is quite brilliant in its own silly and powerful way."

Innovative Guitar Rock lives on!

wtbarnes@copper.net | Columbus, Ohio USA | 09/11/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw these guys open up for King's X in Columbus, Ohio and was totally blown away. Thinking they were another local band, we didn't really care until Josh Zee (singer/guitarist) let loose. Amazing player! I agree that their stage show lacked a little, but I think that is because of 'opening-band syndrome'; the soundman sucked. Get this disk now!"

The previous reviewer needs some extreme therapy

wtbarnes@copper.net | 08/18/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ignore the previous review, for it must have been written by a momma's boy mad that he was finally weaned. This album is not a corporate rock whatever that baby boy called it. It contains songs that are better than anything a Minnesota band has produced since the Jayhawks. Protein is a California band with a love for some old-school hard rock, and they are fun. The "corporate" push may not work, but that matters none, because they seem to know it already, and have produced an album that I will listen to for a long time. Ignore the bitter, and listen to the music. I recommend "Sleeping on the Roof of a Mexican Restaurant." Cause, if you're out of luck, and no one gives a f**k, I can sympathize."