Electric Six

Submit to the Dance Commander, who holds this dance rock album under martial law with his uncompromising edict for fun. There is a refreshingly raw, and earnest quality to this album when compared to other club fare. "Danger! High Voltage, " and "Gay Bar" are among the mostly British hits of this American album.

Detroit punk-disco pranksters Electric Six have crashed the dance floor with their
techno-stosterone hit "Danger! High Voltage," featuring vocals from their pal Jack White of
the White Stripes. Fire is the summer's most brilliantly demented party record: Dick
Valentine screams about how sexy he is ("I'm a man!/With conversation skills!/I'm a
man!/With hundred-dollar bills!"), while the other band members -- Surge Joebot,... More >

Hey, I thought our "scene" had dibs on rockin' affectation. But since Iggy invented the sh*t, it's only just that these Detroiters do it better--than Interpol, etc. Nukes and conflagrations, gay bars and MILF porn, discos and Taco Bells, their metaphors know no conscience and not much sense. They exist only to rock your world. If you don't let them, you're the stupid one. (Grade - A-)