STRADLIN STILL SNARLING

BY PAUL L. HODGES

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL; JUN. 1, 1998

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

IZZY STRADLIN: 117 Degrees (Geffen).

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The former rhythm guitar slinger for Guns N' Roses swaps monster metal for stripped-down boogie on 117 Degrees. Track Ain't That  a Bitch is a rollicking shuffle. Surf Roach's twangy reverb invokes guitar virtuoso Dick Dale and images of his theme from Hawaii Five-O. Stradlin also faithfully covers Chuck Berry's Memphis. 

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But mindful of what brought him this far, he tosses in Parasite and Methanol, pedal-to-the-metal thrashers that would shudder and shake sympathetically alongside Guns N' Roses' snarling debut, Appetite for Destruction, 117 Degrees officially ends the Gunners' streak of atrocious solo discs.

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