Doctor Hell - Stir Up The Fire

French rockers Doctor Hell return with their second album on Bad Reputation with 'Stir Up The Fire', a band described as akin to such luminaries as Rose Tattoo and AC/DC and in the same breath as The Hellacopters and Turbonegro, playing some strange attempt at mixing punk with classic rock.For starters, let's not go comparing ourselves to legendary bands ok guys? Musically or not, walk the walk first before you start saying anything about yourselves is like AC/DC. I know that might sound a little testy, but come on?

Onwards then, and as previously mentioned Doctor Hell seem to want to create some kind of classic rock and punk hybrid, and after all it's worked for bands like Hardcore Superstar and Crashdiet as they master the new style of sleazy punk rock. So it's a nice idea, but to be honest it just doesn't work. Throughout the album, Doctor Hell just sound... wrong.

Musically they sound like quite a talented bunch, but the music and the vocals of frontman Dens just instantly turn me off and make the whole album seem completely unmemorable at best.

Maybe next time...