This stuff is pretty standard--but they did 'pretty
standard' on what is clearly a pretty low budget and
for that alone Mad Trucker Gone Mad deserves some
credit.


The vocals are average, the instrumentals are pretty
fast and intense but not all that compelling for the
most part.  The lyrics are oddly touching in parts 
because songs like "Another Job Gone" remind me of my
relatives, many of whom still owe me money.  But for
the most part, well, this is not a lyrically driven
band.


I have to say MTGM shows very real signs of promise
with one song on the album in spite of the mediocrity
of the rest of the material.  "Slab City Rocket" is
fun--reminds me of the Stray Cats though I supsect it
is patterned more after the Reverend Horton Heat. 
Either way MTGM seems very comfortable handling the
rockabilly (or punk-a-billy) genre and doing cool
things with it.  I listened to this song three or four
times straight through because it was entertaining and
interesting.


For the most part the album was inoffensive (though
"Another Job Gone" pretty much failed to connect to me
musically or in any way other than reminding me of
loans I have foolishly  made) and Slab City Rocket was
quite good--so if you really like low budget passable
rock and roll this is a pretty good album to have.  If
not, I wasn't talking to you anyway.