Kottak reviewed
Kottak
Therupy
(Escapi)
Formerly known as Krunk, one-time Scorpions drummer Jimmy Ratchitt and Tommy Lee’s sister Athena ratchet up the noise as Kottak.
The resultant Therupy is a confusing album combining kick-in-the-nuts punk (“Money Changes Everything”), uncomfortable balladry (“I Miss You”), and hamfisted grunge rock (“Funday”). A former skinsman, listening to Ratchitt sing can prove adventurous (sit through “Generation X”) and his lyrics whip from so basic their meanings can’t be missed, to retardedly anthemic (“Generation X” is once again case-in-point with “Generation X/not like the rest/We’ve got to beg and borrow. . ./God bless America/but what about me?!”). Athena, a punishing drummer, deserves her place behind the kit, but she probably wouldn’t do worse as their front.
— Kevin Keegan
Click here to download “Song That Won’t Go Away.”
