Music To Get Shit-Faced To!
by Steve Newton
...You know that cool rock noise that occurs when a skilled guitarist with a loud amp runs a pick sideways along the neck of his instrument?. Well, Royal Grand Prix guitarist Rocky Romoli creates that lovely racket most effectively on "Well Oiled Machine", the first tune on the band's 'High Performance'. That choice snippet of raunch-rock dynamics is inserted directly after an Ace Frehley-type solo, and sets the stage for 15 tracks that blend the vocal banter of the Beastie Boys, the machine-gun rhythms of the Ramones, and the catchy melodies of Urge Overkill. Lyrically, the group makes rowdy fun of everyone from Doukhobors to cover bands to foulmouthed girlfriends to squeegee people...
The Georgia Straight
One the best live acts on the West Coast
by Denise Sheppard
...There's no denying it, this band is obsessed. The RGP are four boys made up of two things - gasoline and testosterone. Pierce them and are they not flammable? Oh yeah, baby. Chords coming from their amps that sound like engine revs, song tiles like "Well Oiled Machines", "Full Service" and their live classic "Squeegee Boy" make their intentions crystal clear. But enough about their hot rod fixation: the bigger question is does the music hold up? Hell, yeah! High Performance is track after track of stomp-along punk rock fun...
Exclaim! Magazine
There's no posing here, just heavy, riff-oriented rock
by William Peyton
...These B.C. boys like their punk thick, crunchy and a little bit silly (see "Scabies," "Damned Cover Band" and "Squeegee Boy" for starters). There's no posing here, just heavy, riff-oriented rock that manages to combine punk's nasty edge with a sort of metallic rockabilly and enough hooks to catch a carp. A perfect party disc....
Canada Campus Magazine
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| 2004-01-22 17:34:10 |
| DRIVING TIPS: The Merge Idiot |
 One thing that I can never understand, but I always see happening, is the clueless "merge idiot". He tries to enter a highway by slowing down sometimes even coming to a full stop before edging timidly into the traffic, like a mindless infant wading into a rushing river. WAKE UP PEA BRAIN!!! If you're not going the speed of the rest of the traffic when you merge you are nothing but a slow moving death trap to everyone on the road.
It's so damn simple to learn I have to wonder why some of you losers have a problem with it. Let me explain the basic theory of merging... The idea is to be entering the highway at the same speed as everyone on the highway. If you do this, you will either be in front of a car in the lane you are merging into or behind one while entering. If you find yourself right next to a car while merging, (this rarely happens as the people on the highway see you merging and usually move to the other lane) you can always speed up to get in front of him. It's very easy! If you can't merge stay off the highways...maybe you should think about getting a sidewalk cart...like a Lark or one of those stupid two wheeled things that are supposed to revolutionize our "futuristic" world....or do like most of the pinheads out there and buy yourself an SUV so you can run others off the road....get anything you like.... just stay the hell off my highways and away from the front of my car! by Rosie Romoli |
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