Worthless
Written: Mar 12 '07
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Pros: Fairly rare
Cons: It's existance an insult to aspiring musicians everywhere
The Bottom Line: Wolfe has had his 15 minutes of fame, can record labels focus on putting out bands with talent now please?
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| flash-hammer's Full Review: Ice Cream Guerilla by Wolfman |
Considering the fact he’s most famous for being the supposed bad influence on Pete Doherty, Peter Wolfe aka Wolfman, has carved a decent little career for himself. While he never did release an album proper, although one was sold online by one of his mates, he’s managed 3 singles so far, and while the only one to really dent the charts was the one where Doherty took the lead vocals and limelight, neither release was a total flop, mainly due to Doherty’s army of fans who’ll buy anything even remotely connected to him.
At least, I hope that’s who was buying Wolfman’s latter 2 singles, because I would genuinely hate to believe people were actually purchasing these for the quality of the music. I seem to be the sole person who bought them for a 3rd purpose: to laugh at, and while Napoleon certainly met that criteria, Wolfe’s 2005 release, Ice Cream Guerilla leaves a lot to be desired, both in terms of genuine musical quality, as well as any appeal at all, unintentional or not.
Ice Cream Guerilla is neither beautiful like For Lovers, nor awful to the point of excellence like Napoleon…it’s just awful. The generic, unappealing , somewhat grungy, guitar riff that chugs along throughout the song is reminiscent of Napoleon, but here Wolfe is actually trying to sing, and while not totally terrible, his voice is characterless and boring, and his lyrics here are absolutely cringe-inducing. “easy motherf*cker I’m gonna kill your mother/and your brother gonna burn your house down/don’t gimme that crap/your under satanic attack from the motherf*ckin side effects and the Wolfman“ he blurts out the chorus, as my head shakes. This isn’t even funny, it’s just painful.
Vaguely more interesting, though not really much better, is the B-Side, Wolfman (Merek & Clive Mix). For those unaware, Wolfman is originally a song written for Wolfe by his friend Pete Doherty, and performed by Doherty’s band Babyshambles. This ‘Merek & Clive’ mix is a lot heavier, sound effect and sample laden and features slightly different lyrics to Doherty’s version, and interestingly Wolfe received a co-songwriting credit. Doherty himself cameos on the song, to sing backing vocals at the chorus and deliver a little verse before joining in the laughably ‘badboy’ posturing at the end of the song that see’s he and Wolfe attempt to cram in as many F-bombs as possible in. Now, Wolfman, as performed by Babyshambles, was never any good to begin with, and while slightly better, this mix still isn’t anywhere near good enough to even be considered decent. It’s an inept attempt at some form of anthem that ends with Wolfe declaring that he “will review your f*cking ring piece you c*nt“ I originally interpreted this as more hardman posturing, but thinking about it, perhaps it’s Wolfe accepting he’s going nowhere musically so is looking for a career in gynaecology.
Unless you absolutely must own everything even pseudo Pete Doherty related, it’s in your best interests to steer as clear of this single as possible, hell even if you do believe Doherty is the new messiah you can probably find something better to waste your money on like a QPR shirt or some rosary beads or something. It could well be the single worst CD I’ll ever own, and possibly, or should that be hopefully, Wolfe’s final foray into recorded music. I don’t care who his mates are, there are a million bands slogging it in pubs around the World as we speak that deserve to have a single released, and Ice Cream Guerilla is just an insult to them.
Recommended:
No
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