CHUCK MOSLEY & VUA "WILL RAP OVER HARD ROCK FOR FOOD"

03/22/10

I’m not a big fan of the iPod (my big gorilla hands are just too big to work the dial), preferring instead to pop in CD and listen to an entire album as intended. Some more exceptional albums can stay in rotation for days before I finally remove it. Those are the albums that I will bring to you with my Current Obsessions...

I have to start by admitting that Chuck Mosley is most definitely an acquired taste... a love ‘em or hate ‘em type of vocalist. You either get him... or you don’t. And to be honest it took me a few spins of Faith No More’s “Introduce Yourself” before I really got him myself.

When I first saw “Epic” on MTV, I excitedly ran out and bought up the only album of Faith No More’s I could find only to be confused by what I heard. This sounded nothing like the spastic guy with the insanely good voice I saw on the TV. In fact it sounded like quite the opposite. But, I had spent my hard earned money on it so damnit, I was going to learn to like it. And I’m glad I stuck with it, because today I find Chuck Mosely to be one of the more interesting (and under appreciated) voices in rock, routinely overshadowed by his Faith No More successor Mike Patton.

“Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food” is Chuck’s return to music after a more than 10 year hiatus. The title itself is a cheeky nod to his admitted influence on the rap rock bands that followed in the 90’s like Limp Bizkit and Korn, who’s Jonathan Davis makes a guest appearance on the album. Thankfully Chuck doesn’t try to relive the past and give us an album full of rap rock rehashes, opting instead to do what he does best... his own thing.

ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS: “Tractor”, “Nameless” & “We Care A Lot” (A brand new version with Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum)