Blue Period's "Nightlife Casualties" will simply NOT leave my CD player! Everytime I listen to it, I seem to hear something that I didn't catch the first time, whether it be one of PF's dazzling little keyboard noodles, or a really great Swirly Rat Jr. bass line, or a double-entendre lyric that Adrian sings. 

While this CD might, at first, sound like a bit of a throwback to the party-hearty rock 'n' roll days of yore, it's actually WAY more complex than that. First of all, the music is considerably more interesting than most '80s pop metal or new wave bands, to which BP always seems to be compared to. It fuses together elements of rock, pop, glam, metal, punk, goth, even lounge! In the end, BP sound like a mix of their influences, but without sounding like ANY of them -- they just sound like Blue Period!

Tommy Vaux's guitar crunch and Matt Chaikin's huge-sounding drums keep it all in the "rawk" realm though, but what's wrong with loud rock 'n' roll? I've found that this is the perfect album to play while putting your make-up on to get ready to go out to tear up the town! After all, isn't that the whole theme of the record anyway?
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~ Written November, 1999 ~  Jam packed with killer guitar riffs and attitude, "Nightlife Casualties" brings its own unique flair
to the theme of sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll.  More importantly, this album is FUN with enough pop
sense to be catchy, yet heavy enough to be an all out, kick-ass glitz RAWK album.  Even still,
there's more to "Nightlife Casualties" than meets the eye, for beneath the fun & glamour of it all
lies a sense of depth & complexity.  As a whole, this album is strikingly different from Blue Period's first full-length effort, "Product". 
Not only have they progressed musically, they are tighter as a band & have found their sound,
while continuing to blend various influences - glam, punk, hard rock, pop, techno & electronica
(just to name a few!) - into their own unique style.  To add icing to the cake, the dynamics of
Adrian Roberts' vocals stand out even more so this time around, both in style and range.  On top
of all this, unlike many, the album works well BOTH live and on CD.  Definitely well worth the
wait!  Racing in on track one is the infectious "Go Go Happy Girl".  Opening with the Blue Period
cheer-leading squad, it quickly transforms into one hell of a bass-heavy, fist-pumping, hip-swaying
anthem fit for any cool rocker chick with spunk.  Although penned in just 10 minutes, it's 
definitely one of the album's stars.  And if an immediate urge to dance, sing, jump up &
down and be silly doesn't strike you upon hearing this song, you're either dead, comatosed or too
damn drunk!  Its opening spot on the album is far from coincidence.  "She's Hello
Kitty with a razor blade" indeed...  *** To read full review, click on over to http://www.blue-period.net. ***
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