It’s a testament to the simple clarity and integral weight of Love and Rockets that this tribute album is as good as it is. Most people couldn’t be bothered to bring more than their side project, and the bands that did show up either phoned it in or are Better Than Ezra. There are plenty of tracks that just try to mimic the electro-drone, T-Rex-meets-Joy-Division glam Goth with which Love and Rockets moped through the ‘80s and early ‘90s, and those tracks—like the ones by Puscifer (a side project of Tool front man Maynard James Keenan) and Blaqk Audio (a side project of a couple of members of AFI)—are good, but... More >>>