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If The Darkness are a millennium-style update of Guns 'n Roses, then Pink Grease tread similar waters but with far better forebears. Looking back at the New York Dolls instead of Poison, This Is For Real isn't exactly the type of record to stay on the top of your playlist for long, but at least you can dance for a little while before their of-the-moment hipness makes you feel self-conscious. (You know the feeling. "Oh wait. These songs are kind of crap, aren't they? Fooled again!")
Occasionally annoying (but never quite so cloying as The Darkness), Pink Grease even dare to toss in a full-bridge of handclaps on "Fever," disappear into their own feather boas on "Serial Heartbreaker" (anyone else remember Spacehog?), and even find time to list "Bottom slapping on 'Superfool' courtesy of Denny," in the credits. Who is this mysterious Denny, I wonder. How did he land that job? Does he make a career of it?
Left with these questions I realize it doesn't much matter and toss Pink Grease back into the hype pile from which they came. Sure, they've got a beat and you can dance to it, but who says we need another New York Dolls or Roxy Music when the old ones still sound just as cool? Pbbbt. Beat it, Pink Grease.
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