Rose Tattoo - Pain

Primary Artist
Rose Tattoo
Album Title
Pain
Release Date
July 2, 2002 
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Review by Gary Hill
Ever wonder what Led Zeppelin might have sounded like had they added a couple members of Ac/dc and a couple members of Lynyrd Skynyrd to their lineupNULL The answer might lie in this album. Indeed, Rose Tattoo's gritty, bluesy rock & roll certainly does feel a lot like a Southern rock take on Zep with some Australian influence thrown in. The Aussie elements should come naturally, as that is the place from which Tattoo hails, but where does that Southern element fit inNULL Two of the most blatant examples of the band's Zeppelin-esque tendencies are the disc-opening "Black Magic" and "No Mercy." Interestingly, the latter cut also feels quite a bit like '70s hard rock stalwarts NazarethRead More