Artist – Sticky Boys
Album – This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll
Label –  Listenable Records
Year – 2012

1. This Is Rock’n’Roll (intro)
2. Rock’n’Roll Nation
3. Bang That Head
4. Great Big Dynamite
5. Girls In The City
6. Big Thrill
7. Miss Saturday Night
8. The World Don’t Go Round
9. Night Rocker
10. Fat Boy Charlie
11. The Way To Rock’n’Roll

The Sticky Boys was formed in the summer of 2008 by Tom Bullot and Alex Kourelis in France they decided to end the musical projects that they were working to make a rock n roll band. To give France something that the country had been missing for a long while then JB Chesnot joined them on bass and they started rocking by playing in clubs, pubs and even caves. They played everywhere generate attention to themselves which worked After The Donnas and Nashville Pussy quickly took notice of this new raging and promising opening act, STICKY BOYS were asked to play live in an advert for the French national train company which drew every one in the attendance headbanging their head off !. After doing the ad the bands fan based grew so they done more shows culminating in them playing Hellfest in 2011 the fans went crazy rocking there lives away where they made sure that they had put rock n roll back into France. The band recorded their debut album with engineer Francis Caste at the Studio Ste Marthe in Paris last summer. Simply entitled “This is Rock n’ Roll”, the album will be released this spring on Listenable.

The intro is a very catchy riff that will make the foundation of the whole album straight away with the first song which is Rock n Roll Nation you can here some AC/DC, Airbourne style in their music in which will please a lot of fans. Very catchy riffs harsh vocals and pounding rock drums makes it a very Listenable. Bang That Head is going to be The Stickys Boys Anthem i think what better way to get your fans headbanging with another very catchy song with a great riff that goes throughout the song and vocals that you just cannot ignore but to Bang That Head. Great Big Dynamite has again riffs and vocals that will get your feet tapping and your head rocking. Girls In The City is another good rock n roll song full of tried and tested riffs, solos and vocals. Big Thrill has got a full on bass line with good vocals classic riffs and a good solo. Miss Saturday Night has a good drum beat at the start with a cracking little riff with some harsh vocals that make the song with a superb little solo to go with it. The World Don’t Go Round a little slow riff at the start that again hits into a class rock n roll riff with the vocals makes it a really good song. Night Rocker starts with a little solid little set of drums with the guitar then straight into another catchy riff that keeps your feet tapping right through the song and the vocals are catchy and will get you singing by the end of the song. Fat Boy Charlie starts with another boast of classic riffs and good vocals bit more up tempo than Night Rocker with catchy lyrics along with the drum beat and the classic riffs makes a good all round song. The Way To Rock n Roll starts off slowly with another classic riff then into a little riff with the drum beat along side it very catchy then the vocals come in. The chorus is another catchy bit of lyrics again this will get your feet tapping and your head banging very reminiscent of the classics that AC/DC put out but with there own little twist.

Overall
The whole album is full of classic riffs good harsh vocals. If you like good old fashioned rock n roll you will get all of it in this album. They get you really going with their riffs and vocals I can hear why they are going down so well wherever they play cause it is so infectious. This is a feel good album rocking from start to finish so get your ears ready for some scorching dose of sticky rocking tunes.

7/10

The Band Is
Alex Kourelis – Guitars/Vocals
J-B Chesnot – Bass/Vocals
Tom Bullot – Drums/Vocals

Reviewed By David Pearce