Hard Stuff - 1972 - Bulletproof

Artist....: Hard Stuff


Title.....: Bulletproof


Rel. Date.: 1972


Type/Genre: rock


Size......: 55mb


Format....: mp3


Bitrate...: 182





Tracklist:




1. Jay Time


2. Sinister Minister


3. No Witch at All


4. Taken Alive


5. Time Gambler (Rodney)


6. Millionaire


7. Monster in Paradise


8. Hobo


9. Mr. Longevity


10. Provider, Pt. 1

John Cann, the guitarist for Hard Stuff, came hot off the heels of Atomic Rooster, a hard driving prog rock group led

by keyboardist mastermind, Vincent Crane. Hard Stuff's Bulletproof, which was released under Deep Purple's Purple Label

in 1972, was considerably heavier with thick mounds of aggressive guitar chords and lightning fast leads. The music

itself is very rooted in the 70s and doesn't age as well as say, Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin. But that's really if

your ear is untrained to true 70s hard rock authenticity. Hard Stuff is to Blairwitch Project as Led Zeppelin is to

Nightmare on Elm Street, with the latter being more raw, gritty, and not filtered through big production values and

commercialism. Songs on the album like the hard hitting blues fest 'Sinister Minister' or the heavy metal self-document

'Time Gambler', convey a sense of soul, strength, and edginess which seem to be missing in most of today's contemporary

hard rock music. To sum up, if you want to experience the vintage sounds of of an obscure long-haired, 70's metal group,

then this is it.