BLINDED JUSTICE

After seeing Lone Justice four times, I have come up with a few observations of my own.

1--Maria McKee can tear your heart out with a ballad but she seems to prefer screeching like a cat in a fight.

2--The brilliant idea to change musical direction has resulted in turning a potentially interesting band into something quite a bit weaker.

3--The bulk of their set sounds like one continuous song in the grand tradition of most thrash bands.

Had I not been familiar with the band already, I would have thought by reading Hilburn’s full-blown feature that we were getting ready for the second coming of the Beatles.

If they bomb, I hope Hilburn plans to shoulder part of the blame. I personally am through shelling out $9 a shot to hear bands like Lone Justice, Husker Du, the Replacements, and the Del whatevers bash one idea to death.

Ernest Tubb meets the Rolling Stones. C’mon.

WYMAN REESE

San Dimas