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Andrew’s Judgmental Album Reviews: Fozzy – Boombox (2022)

Okay so in trying to find out why this album missed the late April release date, I learned that it was supposed to come out in 2020, and be called 2020. But due to obvious reasons and wrestling commitments it was moved back. A few of these songs have been circulating as singles for a few years, so let’s hope there’s enough fresh material to help solidify this album.
Again, if you’re on this site…you know who Fozzy is. One does not just simply click on a mainly wrestling content website, see Fozzy and wonder “Is that the bear in the Muppets”. So I’m not going into the history for this band.
Fozzy is: Chris Jericho (vocals), Rich Ward (lead guitar, keyboards & backing vocals), Billy Grey (backing vocals & rhythm guitar), P.J. Farley (bass), Grant Brooks (drums)
- Artist: Fozzy
- Album: Boombox (2022)
- Label: Century Media
- Total Track Time: 46:17
Sane has been out in the aether for about a year. It’s a very solid rock song, driving drums, guitars that add to a larger atmosphere, but my biggest critique is you can really hear the vocal effects on Jericho here. They also seem a little thinner than previous songs like Judas or Sandpaper. Not a bad song, just feels like more vocal help than the Judas album. I Still Burn so this is probably the most reflective about wrestling he’s been in a song, but its really damn corny. The anthemic aspect of it doesn’t really feed a consistent tone in the song, the lyrics while not the worst, really hit a cringe level of cheesy with the bad musical arrangement. An attempted power ballad that makes me want to play in traffic.
Purifier starts off with a growled line or sample, before a Judas Priest kind of riff kicks in. So the rhythm maintains a Priest or even Motley Crue kind of vibe where the lead ties things together in this larger radio rock sound. Jericho’s vocals also sound better and less laden with effects. As a song, it’s a cool song with lyrics that can go many directions about being accused of things from a hypocrite. Now we’re only on the third song, but the last one really tanked my hype, but this is a damn good song. Army of One that auto-tune returns audibly with a vengeance! Seems like it’s more prevalent at Jericho’s high end, since this song starts somber and its pretty nice, but then as soon as he strains a little the auto tune is like ‘No no no – that’s not a note…’. In all seriousness though, this is a solid ballad. It’s not TOO sappy, it feels more like a Five Finger Death Punch style of ballad. Nice, melodic and somewhat catchy without being derivative. Ugly on the Inside is not a clever metaphor, it’s about a beautiful women who is ugly on the inside. “Drop dead exterior, demonic as Lucifer” – OH MY FU- he incorporates the old High School mocking cheer of “U-G-L-Y you ain’t got no alibi, you’re ugly!” into the lyrics. Okay now I was gonna say this is a really good song because you can hear the venom and chiding in his vocal delivery for this woman, but then the cheer just sets this over the top as dumber than hell, but fantastic for steering into the mocking tone.
Relax I feel like I need a piano key necktie. A Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover was not something I expected. It hit me with some unexpected laser beams. Funnily enough, the vocal effects work for this song since it was 80s Synth-Pop/New Wave. It’s a well done cover, if not a little too accurate to the original, so it doesn’t add anything, but its still good and after the last song I’m still amused. So it’s well placed on the album. Nowhere to Run I’m fairly sure was the first single released back in 2019. This definitely has that same kind of sound to Burn it Out and Painless. The chorus is catchy, it’s simple and at least the lyrics aren’t corny, just simple. Definitely makes formulaic sense on why it was the lead single. Boxes have been checked, if it’s on I probably won’t skip it…but I have no desire to listen to it alone. So I guess you can say this didn’t ‘MAKE THE PLAYLIST’, no? Fine…no fun.
My Great Wall well now, a lot of keyboard in the beginning. Like Europe levels of keyboard. I’m actually really happy with this, because the music sounds hopeful since the lyrics talk about seeing if the personal can break down their walls (yes yes, I know). “So brick by brick I built it up, To isolate, to shut them out, But cracks run deep inside this vault, Can you tear it down?, Tear down my Great Wall”, really good and relatable lyrics about keeping up walls to protect yourself, but still wanting someone to get inside. I’m very happy that so far there is only the one song that I absolutely hate.
What Hell is Like so the vocal delivery sounds weird before the bridge, and then it gets surprisingly heavy for the bridge. The chorus swings it back around to the radio rock groove, but I’m not really enjoying this a ton. There are extra effects to get across the drowning or “hell is in the mirror” line, but the bridge changing the tempo and atmosphere before going back feels very reminiscent of Dream Theater Glass Prison. But this is done…much more amateurly. The song isn’t as awful as I Still Burn, but it’s not good either. Omen so this…is clever. It’s obviously their pandemic song, but putting it toward the end with a solid driving rhythm, apocalyptical tones and metaphors sprinkled with aspects from the pandemic keeps this just vague enough to not be like “covid gave me depression” the musical.
The Worst is Yet to Come so following the pandemic song this could’ve been bad, but it’s more running himself down. “Hold on tight, the worst is yet to come”, it feels like being amazingly self aware, just unable to change who they are. The guitar takes more of a horror move tone when we get to the verse about him taking his anger out on the other person. Not a positive song, but still pretty cool and I think most people have been in a vicious cycle they never completely intended, just can’t stop. The Vulture Club, at first I thought this was going to be one last metaphorical pandemic song, and even if it’s in there; the song seems to focus more on parasitic people. “Crooked smiles, they show up at your door, To take you in under their wings, Preying faking, now you feel secure, That’s when they come in for the kill, Until they’ve had their fill”, nothing profound in the lyrics, but it does a nice job driving a fairly fast paced sound, nothing emotionally heavy and ending strong.
Well okay, so there were two songs I didn’t care for, but this does sit a little weird with me. With the exception of a couple songs, there was never really a lot of color used in the song structure. The instrumentation was normally mostly radio rock, Jericho’s vocals kept a similar tone, and that hurts things a little. As a consumable album, it’s fine, it sounds like most mass produced radio rock. But I wish there was more musicianship present in the arrangements. The few times it was utilized was interesting, but sometimes it was just in a bad song (looking at you What Hell is Like).
Either way, if you like Jericho and/or Fozzy, you’ll be fine with this album. I’m just now wondering if he’s always used a ton of auto-tune and I’m only noticing/bothered more because I have to review it and it’s not just background noise. “Le Champion” turning into “Le T-Pain of Wrestling”.
Final Judgment: 6.9/10
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Prepare for the most electrifying even of the HPW calendar!
While the stage is set for Blood & Thunder 4 and the HPW World Trios Championships, HPW must also address the return of KAGE!
Thundra Plateau is ready.
Wrestling is Life, but life has its stormy weather. The rain is going to be hot in June, but will the reign continue through the Summer? The Dark Forces may have failed to take the Undisputed Triforce World Championship from Zelda, but they still have the World Trios Championships. Harlequin, Lupay & Glutko will step inside the double ring, double cage to defend their gold. On one side, Arrow Club’s special combination of Fin Balure, Torbevito & Bad Croc Scaly. On the other, a new combination of its own in Cia, Lana & Midna.
Speaking of Cia, Lana & Midna…
The three of them are together, dressed in workout attire, in what appears to be a dance studio. This is a collaboration stream for Midna and Lana as they’re both big presences on the internet, aka “influencers.” Lana and Midna wave and say hi, and they give introductions, including Cia, who is reluctant to be standing there. Cia doesn’t know why they need to do this. Lana says they have to improve their teamwork. They may have won against Los Taros Locos, but it was really sketchy there for a second. Midna adds that doing a dance routine together is great for their timing and coordination.
Cia says she didn’t mean that, she meant having to stream it! Oh, well obviously, combining Midna’s viewing audience with Lana’s, and HPW’s overall, this makes huge numbers! So? And huge money…! Cia raises her eyebrow and says, “Oh really?” The trio sets up, and Lana says obviously they first have to learn the steps. Midna brings up, “Wait, what song are we dancing to?” Oh, good point. Lana was thinking something from Lulu. Cia asks, “Lulu? From the Indigo-Go’s?” Midna says Lulu’s got a great solo album. Lana agrees! That’s so great that they like the same music. Cia isn’t as familiar with her solo stuff, so she’ll rely on them for this.
Lana suggests they go with Energetic Me. For one, it has the most energy, duh. And it still has a dance vibe, which is the whole point. Midna says she might’ve gone with Royal Discotheque or Ten Outta Ten, but she sees Lana’s point. Lana shows them the dance moves she has in mind. Left arm up, bent at the elbow, and the hand up against the side of the chest. Then they switch so the right arm goes up to mirror that position while the left hand goes back to the hip. Maybe add a little hip pop as that happens. Do that a couple times, and then turn to the right. This puts the left hand on the back of the hip, right hand on the back of the neck for a sexy pose.
Then you turn to flip it the other way, then do a 360 with a big neck whipping, hair flipping move. Then finish with feet apart and double V’s up by the eyes, maybe with a wink. Cia says, “Yeah, okay…” while Midna says, “I like it!” Midna says she’ll set up in the middle. Cia asks why Midna is in the middle, and Midna says it’s symmetry. She’s the tallest, Cia and Lana are about the same, it makes sense. Yeah, but it also means Midna is the center of attention. Well, that’s just coincidental. Lana says it doesn’t matter, the point is them doing it all in synch. Cia sighs and says, “Fine.” Midna is in the middle, Cia is on her right, and the music plays.
Left arm, right arm, left arm, right arm, pose to the right, pose to the left, 360 spin and neck whip, then double V. Midna nailed it, but Cia was lagging. Cia defends she was not, but Lana says it’s alright, they’ll just keep trying. They run through it a couple more times, they do tighten it up, and all three feel really good about how that went.
The Dark Forces are watching.
They aren’t impressed by the “little dance party.” Harlequin says the Faces of Evil are way better anyway. Especially with the classics like the Thriller dance and Macarena. Zant says, “The Macarena? Pfft, and people think I’m a dork…” Harlequin says, “Don’t you dare mock the Macarena!” Harlequin changes tabs on the computer and starts playing the song! After the introduction, he lifts his right arm up flat, then his left. Then he turns the right hand up, the left hand up, puts his right hand on his left shoulder, left hand on right shoulder, then moves right hand up behind his head, and then his left.
Now his arms crisscross, right hand on left hip and left hand on right hip, to then switch so right hand on right hip and left hand on left hip. And of course, he swivels his hips in one big circle to go with “HEY~ Macarena! AIGHT!” Zant rolls his eyes while Harlequin keeps going, jumping 90 degrees to his left. Ganon walks in, Ghirahim following behind, and he tells Harlequin to “turn that crap off.” Harlequin pouts but he does as told. Ganon seethes as he takes a seat in his big arm chair. “Needless to say… Wrestling is Life didn’t go how I’d hoped. What was Kage even doing there?! Did either of you have any idea he was going to betray us?!”
Zant and Ghirahim are a bit flustered. Zant isn’t even sure Kage was part of The Dark Forces at the time Ganon took ownership. He’d kinda gone rogue at some point, didn’t he? Ghirahim agrees, it didn’t seem like he was even aligned with Cia and the others. All the more reason for Kage to keep his nose out of Ganon’s business! If Kage cared about the Dark Forces, then he would’ve helped them fight back at HyruleMania, or any time since. Kage clearly just wants the title, same as Ganon, so he’s a dead man walking. Speaking of that… Where’s Kevin? He came back in April, why isn’t he here?
Somewhere dark and spooky…
Heavy footsteps can be heard echoing as Kevin Gibdo moves down the hallway. He speaks with a low, airy voice, “Majora… Your madness… spread like wildfire… You thought by setting me ablaze… I would crumble into ash… You were wrong! Instead, I have been purified…! Purged of flaws and weaknesses… I now come forth… as gold!” There’s a light at the end of the hall, and Kevin enters a grand hall, with treasure gleaming in the light. At the center is the sarcophagus. Kevin walks up to it, opens it, and then his burnt and tattered bandages fall away before he steps inside. The sarcophagus closes, then the eyes on it begin to glow… Then the entire thing glows!
The glowing becomes a shining light, and that shining becomes so bright that nothing can be seen. It is clear things between Kevin and Majora are not over. Will the Masked Monster even stand a chance once the Gibdo of All Gibdos is restored to full strength?
Back to the Dark Forces…
Shabonne says, “I’m sure Kevin is just fine doing whatever Gibdos do on their time off.” Tali says, “What matters is what I’m about to do to that tiny little weasel with the Goddess Championship. If The Dark Forces is gonna have all the gold, then I need to squash her like a bug and take that title off of whatever’s left!” Ganon nods and says he likes the initiative. Tali will start on her own Triple Crown as the Dark Forces will make Hyrule Pro-Wrestling their kingdom! The group cheers while raising a toast! And then Harlequin gets Glutko and Lupay to join in on the Macarena, to which Ganon groans and facepalms.
And so, the ThunderStruck card is set!
The double ring, double cage will rattle with Blood & Thunder as the HPW World Trios Championships are on the line! The Gerudo Ace looks to settle a grudge with the Hero’s Shadow! And now, the Million Rupee Championship and HPW Goddess Championships will also be on the line! Will the Dark Forces absolutely dominate the Summer? Be ready to endure the heat on Friday, June 20th!
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