411 Music – 2009 Staff Picks

8. Hot Leg – Red Light Fever: This one will have slipped under most people’s radars, maybe more so in the U.S., but even here in the UK they’re not known outside of being Justin Hawkins’ (from The Darkness) new band. They’re a great band in their own right, and their debut is full of all the huge riffs and falsetto vocals that turned Justin Hawkins into a superstar towards the middle of the decade. From ballads like “Kissing in the Wind” to high-energy classic rock with “Whichever Way You Wanna Give It”, there isn’t really a bad track on it. It’s was rock music was in the ‘80s, and what it should also be – loud, epic and fun.

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