FUNNY MONEY "Skin To Skin"
by Dana Brittingham

Cover: 5 Forged Signatures of 10
The cover is a picture of a chick's stomach pressed against somebody else's tattooed body part. The title reminds me of Warrant's "Belly To Belly." Well, that's what I think of! Fuck off and read a different review if you don't like what I've got to say about it.

Booklet: 5 Rubber Checks out of 10
The 4-page booklet is full color but still kinda basic. One page of thanks, one page of credits, no lyrics, but one big color photo of Steve Whiteman and lots of small live photos of the rest of the band, including a collage on the inside of the traycard, underneath where the CD goes.

Songs: 8 NSF Fees out of 10
What can I say? All the songs sound like Kix. D'uh! Steve Whiteman, Funny Money's singer, was the frontman for Kix for all those years, so that's pretty much expected. All these tunes are catchy blues metal boogie-rock, just like Kix, Great White, Dogs D'Amour, etc. The kind of stuff you'd expect to hear at a bar where the bands have to play in a cage to protect them from flying beer bottles and shit. Some songs I dig include "You Rub Me The Right Way," "Bad Luck," and what earns my vote for the best title on the entire disc, "I'm Your Whore." It should be noted that there's not a single ballad on the whole album, which earns Skin To Skin major bonus points. There's nothing modern or trendy about any of the songs here, so I guess you could say it's "timeless." And when attributed to Funny Money, "timeless" is probably a good thing.

Comments: Major props are in order because not only did Steve Whiteman do 20 Questions with us back in December 2002, but Funny Money's song "Good Boy Gone Bad" also appears on our Hey, That's What I Call Sludge Vol. 1 CD. In fact, what better way to sample the intentionally unrefined sounds of Funny Money than by checking out our CD, which you can buy right here. If you like Funny Money's tune and have a few bucks left after purchasing Hey, That's What I Call Sludge Vol. 1, you may want to pick up a copy of Skin To Skin and check out the rest of their opus.