Big Dumb Rock
WrtnWrd | Northridge, CA USA | 03/05/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I can't tell if Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet is the worst recording of all time or the harbinger of an entirely new genre. This very short, 12 track collection sounds like nothing other than Abba fronted by Lemmy from Motorhead. Forget rap-rock - this is disco thrash - catchy as hell, stoopider than the freshest hip-hop joint, brilliant in its relentlessness. Andrew W.K. is a screamer - his monotone matching the steady thumping rhythms (stolen? borrowed?) from techno or Twisted Sister. And, as much as you resist it (I swear I've tried), the thing wears you down, until you're screaming along with every brain dead chorus. "When it's time to party we will always party hard." "Party `til you puke." And the (now) anthemic "I LOVE NEW YORK CITY!!" Big dumb rock has never felt so shameful, or so liberating."
I KNOW I SHOULDN'T BUT I DO
thomas katers | wisconsin | 03/29/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this album based solely on the fact that the video for party hard made me laugh. Not at the video but with it. It is refreshing to see someone making hard rock that isn't based solely on how painful their childhood was. Andrew wants us to party and I for one agree.It is true that at first listen all the songs do sound a bit samey but hell the first time i listened to psychocandy by jesus and mary chain i could barely tell they were songs. With repeated listens you start to pick up the melodies and pretty soon you can't help but yell "I love New York City" every couple of minutesSo stop being a stuck up indie kid and just buy the party album of the year"
