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THE BOYZZ—Too Wild To Tame (Epic):: A biker band from the Midwest, the Boyzz are about as subtle as a squadron of choppers plowing through your parents living room. Good root awareness from the cover (Brando in The Wild Ones) right through to the music— more prototype 72 heavy metal/boogie riffs than you can shake an exhaust pipe at.

November 1, 1978
Billy Altman

ROCK A RAMA

THE BOYZZ—Too Wild To Tame (Epic):: A biker band from the Midwest, the Boyzz are about as subtle as a squadron of choppers plowing through your parents living room. Good root awareness from the cover (Brando in The Wild Ones) right through to the music— more prototype 72 heavy metal/boogie riffs than you can shake an exhaust pipe at. These guys sound like they were freeze-dried in the middle of Machine Head and have just been awakened by a transfusion of Quaker State. Loud, dumb, high-energy let's-get-smashedand-go-crazy music which features such instant rebel-rousers as "Destined To Die" (seven minutes of twin guitar/keyboard nerve squash), "Shady Lady" (hot part is when the whole band goes "Oooh" and "Aaaah" as they watch a drunken bimbo slide off the bar stool) and the ridiculously idiotic "Hoochie Koochie" (on you, of course). Not only do the Boyzz make the Godz unnecessary, they're even good! B.A.

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