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   From: beauh@mb.sympatico.ca   
      
   Here are three reviews of Robin Black's new Instant Classic album from   
   Winnipeg, MB newspapers for ALL THE WORLD to read!!! Winnipeg being   
   basically Robin's home town, of course. (Well, actually, Snow Lake, MB and   
   Pinawa, MB could qualify, too, but I digress.....) Why? Because, as Robin   
   says, Winnipeg is "better than you!!!" These reviews will help get the word   
   out and make Robin the star he both is and deserves to be. Here goes:   
      
   By Darryl Sterdan, The Winnipeg Sun, February 18, 2005:   
      
   STYLE: Glam-slam, thank you ma'am. SOUNDS LIKE: A molotov cocktail of   
   whiskey, Spanish fly, snot, leather pants, Marlboros, leopard skin, feather   
   boas and neon eyeshadow - pumped through a distortion pedal and fed to a   
   Marshall stack. POINTED COMMENTS: Black has come a long way since his days   
   fronting Ballroom Zombies. Now based in Toronto with his new band of   
   Intergalactic Rock Stars, the former local hairdresser teams up with   
   legendary rock producer Bob Ezrin and Canadian rock mainstay GGGarth   
   Richardson for his second album. Not surprisingly, with that kind of talent   
   behind the board, Instant Classic is a slick-sounding set of punky power-pop   
   ditties and glittering glam-rock anthems. It isn't consistently strong   
   enough to earn its' title, mind you, but tracks like the chugging opener Why   
   Don't You Love Me? and the power ballad Seventeen are pretty close to   
   instantly addictive. STANDOUT: Black's over-the-top, crotch-pumping cover of   
   Sweet's campy classic Hellraiser is a wild party all by itself - in fact, it   
   might be a little too good for his own good, since it only makes his own   
   material seem blander by comparison. 3 out of 5 stars.   
      
   By Bartley Kives, The Winnipeg Free Press, February 19, 2005:   
      
   Making up for a lack of natural talent with Napoleonic ambition, former   
   Winnipegger Robin Black convinced Bob Ezrin, last year's inductee into the   
   Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, to co-produce his latest collection of glammy   
   guitar-rock singles. Along with Vancouver producer GGGarth Richardson, Ezrin   
   coaxed the best possible vocal performance from the Snow Lake native and   
   kicked enough Intergalactic Rock Star butt to raise the overall quality of   
   the songs. In places, Black still sounds like a Rocky Horror-era Tim Curry   
   vamping along to Faster Pussycat. But big-league production and a more   
   pop-oriented approach work well for the ex-Ballroom Zombie, who's toned down   
   his once-infamous swagger in favor of a more ironic view of his role in the   
   Canadian music scene.   
      
   By John Kendle, Uptown Magazine, week of March 10-16, 2005:   
      
   Here it is. A Bob Ezrin/GGGarth Richardson-produced Robin Black album. And   
   it's very, very, good. These ace producers have gotten the best from Black's   
   voice and he and the IRS have gotten the best from themselves - so much so   
   that the first seven tracks of this disc will simply scorch your glam-loving   
   earlobes. It's all here, baby - killer choruses, bitchy squeals and   
   gimme-your-money-honey lyrics. Just as it should be.   
      
   And that's not all. In the coming weeks, Robin Black feature articles from   
   Winnipeg papers. ROBIN BLACK FUCKING RULES! Buy Instant Classic immediately.   
   Get more on Robin Black at http://www.robinblackrocks.com. That's all for   
   now.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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