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Now, as a rule, i dislike hip hop and rap, but when fused so seamlessly with some excellent punk guitar stylings, it just works. There's no attitude, no negative aggression, just a pure fun, energetic band. If you want music to make you think, look elsewhere. If you want music to dance to, sing along to and generally enjoy, this is for you.

The only disappointment on the whole album is the next to last track, Be Good To Me, which is a little slow and plodding for my personal tastes. Having said that, it isn't that bad that i would ever bother skipping it, so it is only a minor critiscism.

The only problem for me is that, over here in Britain we don't even have a release date set for the album yet. I am desperate to see this band live now, and if the live performance lives up to the hype and the quality of this album, they'll be unmissable.


Now now.   November 15, 2004
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

OK, to the person below me who is named Good Taste: stop bashing bands that don't deserve to be bashed. Especially if you have only heard one song off the CD. Walkie Talkie Man is original and great, UNLIKE 3 Doors Down that you have also reviewed, who is secretly the guys of Nickelback and Creed with a different name. It is one thing to say a CD is bad, if it's something that you would actually listen to in the first place. Since you like soft alternative pop-rock, please stop bashing pop-punk-rap bands like Steriogram. I would never rate some Britney Spears CD just because I don't like her or other people like her. Enough said.


Very Rarely Do I Give A CD A Perfect Score...   May 25, 2004
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

...And yet this CD highly deserves this honor. It is one of the most catchy, fun summer albums of all time. It is such a hybrid of styles that its a genre of its own. This is one of the true tests of a band. If they played a different style... would they still be good? The answer with Steriogram is: yes, a thousand times yes. With crunching guitars and incredible vocals this album is just shy of brilliant.

With each new track a new style is explored from the pop of "Walkie Talkie Man" to the heavy guitars of "Fat and Proud" to the AltRock ballad "Be Good To Me." This band really covers its ground and covers it well. With some songs such as "In The City" the opening sounds like it could have been taken straight from a Metallica cover. In the case of "Schmack!" the chorus sounds strangely akin to Better Than Ezra. I dare any band to perform two contrasts greater than that and do it as well.

Another mark of this bands coherency and musicianship is the fact that if you took off the gloss and removed the smooth emcee style rapping and made an album of just the bands backbone music, itd still be a 5 star album. Everything this band does is solid, quality material on this CD. The sung vocals sound anywhere from John Mayer ("Be Good To Me") to Chris Cornell of Audioslave (chorus of "Fat and Proud"). The dynamics within this alone allows for greatness, but the smooth rapping of the emcee must also be factored in.

If anyone has ever heard MC Chris then they've heard the rapping from this CD: Incredibly smooth, clever rhymes, that sound like they're coming from an 8 year old boy. The contrast this achieves with the powerful voice of the sung lyrics could not be better done with anyone else. And the best part is that Steriogram knows how to use this effectively. They have well-written songs where they can sing two different parts simultaneously and the overlapping harmonies are pop/rock/hip hop nirvana (ala "Be Good To Me" and "Roadtrip").

This is a CD that should not be missed by fans of hip hop, rock, pop or good music in general. With an interesting fusion of styles and incredible musicianship Steriogram is a band that everyone should be hearing a lot more from soon. Recommended for fans of Quarashi or Better Than Ezra.


That song drives me insane   January 18, 2005
 4 out of 44 found this review helpful

I am very good at video games, there's no avoiding that fact. I'm really good at the Baseball game EA Sports puts out. What annoys me is that they put this "Walkie Talkie Man" song on the game and I swear it plays everytime I turn on my PS2. The song annoys me and my cat, Captain Butterpaws. When that stupid song comes on, the Captain runs in circles really fast before doing a sprint into the screen door. It's sad to watch, unlike my incredible ability. Yeah, I just swept the Yankees. I created myself and I play shortstop for the bluejays. I'm batting .380 and I'm on pace to break Bonds' single season home run race. The pressure of that record doesn't effect me like it probably would effect you, I'm much cooler under pressure. I just kind of wait for my pitch and I'm not afraid to go the other way with the ball. I've hit quite a few opposite field jacks, some are total tape measure shots. I've heard the ball from the record breaking shot could fetch $2 mil at auction. It wouldn't surprise me because I'm very marketable. I have commercial shoots coming up for Ben Gay(I never have been), gold bond, Booberry Cereal and Runza. So yes, this song is terrible, but my baseball skills come to save the day.


Awesome!!!!!!!   May 20, 2004
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

These guys f***king rock!! I can't get enough of it. Buy this cd now you won't be disapointed. I saw them live in NZ and if thats anything to go by, these guys are going to be the biggest thing in ages. They are huge in New Zealand, Japan, Australia... now they are finally getting the attention they deserve over here in the US.