Ass kickin' rock-n-roll from the center of the American universe.

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METAL/PUNK: 70's Metal, ROCK: 70's Rock

Show all album songs: She Gave Us Magic Songs


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With its debut album "She Gave Us Magic" Black
Gasoline demonstrates exactly why it has long been
hailed as one of the most promising bands in Kansas.
Influenced by the no-nonsense rock ânâ roll of
American greats such as The MC5 and Grand Funk
Railroad as well as the powerful, melodic leanings of
Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple and the moody, expansive rock
of Captain Beyond, the Wichita-based quintet is no
mere throwback to a bygone era. Rather, the
band,guitarist Paul DeCeglie, bassist Scotty
Baddhart, drummer Kendall Newbie, vocalist Bobby
Comfort and guitarist/keyboardist Lovell Hickmanâseeks
to introduce fans to a louder, more groove conscious
brand of rock that abandons adherence to corporate
branding and commercialism and instead gets down to
the business of shaking the ass and elevating
the soul.

With DeCeglieâs napalm-hot guitar tone, Comfortâs
trademark rasp (think a casual, less histrionic David
Lee Roth who has listened to a variety of soul and old
rock), Baddhartâs distinct four-string prowess which
calls to mind the missing link between Steve Harris
(Iron Maiden) and Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Newbieâs
precision pounding and Hickmanâs ability to traverse
between arena and garage rock, Black Gasoline strikes
hard with singable anthems such as âCastor Oil and
Marmalade,â âDirty White T-Shirtâ and âA.C.T.I.O.N.â

But for its charms and willingness to celebrate hard
partying and hard rocking, Black Gasoline finds time
for the ethereal (the groove-intensive instrumental
âTransmission Interludeâ) and the epic (the dark paean
to a World War II bomber, âLady Iron Wingâ) and âThe
Boy Who Destroyed the World.â A top live draw in its
native Wichita, Black Gasoline may not singlehandedly
change the face of rock but it may very well change
your life. At least for a night. And in rock ânâ roll,
thatâs often all that matters.