This is the platonic ideal of any dollar bin purchase. There were zero expectations going into this one. Hell, I didn't recognize a single name amongst the 16 bands appearing herein. This seems more like an unsigned band comp than it does a "Bowie-inspired" collection. And viewed through that prism (listened to through those headphones?), this is pretty good. I wouldn't be bummed out at all to encounter any of these folks as the second of four bands on a Thursday night.
Not that I'm out on Thursday nights, listening to garage rock or punk glam along with 30-50 other locals.
Anyway, this is a much better comp than I would have expected from the likes of Classic Rock Magazine, the Mojo for boomers who nod sagely when they hear a band from their youth sold their catalog to Hipgnosis.
(I'm just mad that Maximum Rock 'n' Roll hasn't been in print in years.)
