Review by Jeff "Big Tiki Dude" Hanson

Ride the First Wave

This new cd from the Bitch Boys is outstanding. I was blown away by how many songs are on it. It's like a double album, with 30 songs and 76 minutes. It just keeps going and going. Just one perfect wave after another.

I really like the list of obscure songs they picked to cover. And they did some very interesting arrangements on some of the known songs. It's cool to get a different take on a song you know. Like speed up a slow song, or slow down a fast song. Give it a more upbeat feel, or a nice mellow Hawaiian/Spanish vibe to it.

And there are some cool classical songs toward the end. And it ends up with Snowman, a christmas song that is the music for a short cartoon I had seen on PBS about 10 to 15 years ago. Really beautiful stuff guys. I know the Bitch Boys can really crank out some killer originals. But the way this cd comes off is alomost like it's all their own songs. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Good job guys,
Jeff (bigtikidude)