I read the review in Rolling Stone and it sounds like it's right up my alley. You?

Here's the review: Three members of this quartet are star soldiers of the Nineties alt-rock wars, back from extended furlough. In Stone Temple Pilots, the DeLeo brothers -- guitarist Dean and bassist Robert -- were responsible for a lot of the Seventies classicism and pop-song sense in that band's bang. Singer Richard Patrick did time in Nine Inch Nails before starting Filter. But what looks on paper like a gene-splice supergroup, Audioslave part deux, sounds much better than that on this debut, produced by Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd vet Bob Ezrin with the right mix of sandpaper and sheen. The DeLeos were an underrated team in their old band's heyday, unusually melodic players and writers in the era of the superriff, and it's hard not to hear their STP touch in the guitar-orchestra punch and turnaround hooks in "It Doesn't Seem to Matter" and "Generation." Patrick is a less idiosyncratic singer than STP's Scott Weiland, cleaner in tone, more on the note. That is not a bad thing. In the droning harmonies of "Non Stop," Patrick sounds like a peculiar but nifty mix of Layne Staley and the Humble Pie-era Peter Frampton. Ironically, Army of Anyone's big problem may be airplay. They're certainly ready for it. But how many rock radio stations are left to give it to them?

I went into BestBuy to get it, and it's not released until the 14th. But they had the new Foo Fighters live (mostly accoustic so far) for $8. Contains a bonus DVD that has some previews from the DVD of the show coming out later this month. Pretty savvy marketing, methinks.

the record's been sitting on my desk but haven't listened to it yet.

played it a few times. blah.

richard patrick should have just continued FILTER.

Bummer.

Yeah, Filter was pretty damn good. I wonder why he didn't keep it going.

I heard he had a new record in the works, then AOA came about and he put it aside....Maybe he'll revisit it at some point.

Hey it's another dumb band name.

For the record, Steve Marriott was the singer in Humble Pie. Frampton was the lead guitarist (and only for the first four albums).

Goddamn modern rock crits don't know shit.

This just cracked me up.

i like it. not really my thing anymore, and i never was much of a fan of either band, so i have no idea how it compares, but it sounded pretty solid to me

definitely a case where the reviews make it sound much better than it is. its not bad, but it struggles to get anywhere above average.

DeLeo needs a new pair of shoes!

Yeah, I agree. It's just not sticking for me, either.