GILBY CLARKE "Swag"
by Taime "Sex" Slaughter

Cover: 4 Tijuana Jails out of 10.
Just Gilby and his guitar. It looks like the cover of a country CD more than a rock CD. Of course the sticker on the cover says "New Album From Former Guns N Roses Guitarists" to milk in a few GNR fans that actually thought Gilby was a real member.

Booklet: 3 Tijuana Jails out of 10.
Everything is easy to read with the musicians listed for each song and a few pictures of Gilby, but nothing exciting. It's all basically white with minimal recording credits and thanks. The layout is good and looks professional for what it is.

Songs: 7 Tijuana Jails out of 10.
This is your typical Gilby Clarke CD with more songs about Mexico and drinking. It's a straight ahead rock album ala Aerosmith in the 70s. Tracii Guns plays guitar on the first two tracks, "Alien," and "Under The Gun" which are good, solid rock songs. There really isn't a song on this CD that sucks, well "Heart Of Chrome" is kind of lame and dated, but the production is good throughout. It's just a solid, old school rock CD. Stefan Adika plays the bass on a few songs and Pussy List victims Eric Singer and Brent Fitz do drum duty on some of the tracks.

Comments: If this album wasn't on Spitfire and radio played normal rock songs, this CD probably wouldn't do bad.