“We are rock ‘n’ rolls’ dirty little secret—blissfully outliving musical trends we never knew existed,” says Suys. “More than ever, everyone needs to escape to a place where they can pretend they don’t give a shit, let their hair down, and get loud, sweaty, and dirty. Nashville Pussy provides that unpretentious refuge. Everyone is welcome–just don’t dress up, ’cause it’s gonna get messy.” That’s a quote by guitarist Ruyter Suys. And it’s pretty right on. Especially when we’re about to dive right into Nashville Pussy’s new record Pleased to Eat You, due out September 21 through earMUSIC Records.
Gotta love that title, right? It just wouldn’t be the Pussy without their trademark humor, most certainly. Take the first song, “She Keeps Me Coming,” which is all about, you guessed it, SEX! Hello! With a line like “She’s the queen of making dead men cum,” you get the point pretty quick regarding the direction and tone of the record. This isn’t Bono and U2 looking for a Grammy; this is whiskey drinkin’, backstage bangin’, sleazy rock ‘n’ roll. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. “She Keeps Me Coming” has an almost a Reverend Horton Heat rockabilly feel to it while the second song, “We Want A War,” is straight-ahead rock, and yeah, you read that right. This isn’t metal, and Nashville Pussy have never been metal. Nor were Motörhead.
Lemmy once referred to Nashville Pussy as “America’s last great rock ‘n’ roll band.” And rightly so. They’re rock and not afraid of moving and shifting around the perimeters of that genre. “Just Another White Boy” has Grand Funk written all over it, “Go Home And Die” spins a Sabbath-inspired groove while “Low Down Dirty Pig” takes a left turn into outlaw country territory that would make Hank III happy.
What I truly love about Nashville Pussy and this record is their honesty. They’re sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll in a politically correct, politically censored world. And I love it. It’d be too easy to write this band off as a one-trick pony. Rather, Nashville Pussy is the heart and true essence of what rock ‘n’ roll has always been about: rebellion, volume, and a big middle finger to the mainstream. Pleased To Eat You is all of this and more. It’s loud; it’s messy, and by God, it’ll rock the stink right outta you. Buy this record, I can’t stress that enough…
