It occurred to me as I was sitting down to review this CD that previous listens provided absolutely no impression whatsoever about this band. Okay, we know the basic facts: their name is Poverty's No Crime (a rather cumbersome name, if you ask me) and the CD is called The Chemical Chaos. There are ten songs and the cover features a skeletal structure (with a little nervous system action) over a cellular structure. But ask me about the music and I draw a blank. I listened to this, I swear! I had it on in my car where I tend to pay closer attention to music than, say, at home where I get distracted by many things. Yet I can't recall one single memorable moment during the entire listen of The Chemical Chaos. Listening to the CD now doesn't help either. This is like the musical equivalent of Memento, where I can't form short term memories about this particular album. I can quickly say they play melodic AOR hard rock with relatively heavy guitars and obtrusive keyboards, but that's all the detail that sticks. Every second I hear fades away instantly.

...what was I writing about just now?

Review by John Chedsey

Review date: 03/2004

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