Virus thoughts

Track Listing. King Heroin. Mankind, Where Do You Go? Old Time Movie. Take Your Thoughts. Going On. Deeds of the Past. My Strand-Eyed Girl. After all is said and done, VIRUS may not have been the most glaringly original band on the block during the early Kraut days but they certainly had the chops to craft a satisfying mix of heavier blues fueled rock with nice Floydian head trips.

While the few vocal performances can be a bit harsh they are few and far between and often innocuous. While it's doubtful many caught this VIRUS that resonated for the decades to follow, this period piece perfectly exemplifies the mood of the era and done quite well.

On THOUGHTS the band's sound was shifted completely in a hard direction while retaining the meditative organ fueled workouts as heard on "Revelation," however by jettisoning all the trippy meandering jams and lysergic fueled head trips into space, VIRUS acquired a much more focused sound that was much more in the camp of early Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Qatermass.

There were many differences in the musicians' duties as well. The bass and guitar were played in tandem creating heavier riff based hooks while the two percussionists created a much more diverse and energetic display of drum drama.

With ten tracks that average around the five minute mark, THOUGHTS crafted more accessible rock tunes that fit in with the organ fueled hard rock sounds of the early 70s and while the band was quite competent at this style of harder edged rock didn't succeed in standing out amongst the competition.

Despite the move away from psychedelic rock, there are still shorter moments where the band chose more contemplative trippy segments that contrasted with the heavier standard sound that THOUGHTS offered. While the hard rock aspects appeared on the debut album, they were a bit too steeped in Jimi Hendrix worship but on THOUGHTS that is avoided altogether and the band offers a hard hitting series of guitar driven gusto with organ roars and a nice fuzzy heavy psych effect.

While all the tracks are of equal caliber none really jump out and grab you either. Birth Control and Frumpy were Germany's answer to this style of organ driven hard rock with progressive touches and unfortunately VIRUS didn't quite have the originality to stand out from the pack but there is no question that the music presented on THOUGHTS was of the same caliber as even the vocals on this one are perfectly suited and the stylistic approach is appealing as well.

This was the end of the road for this VIRUS as the contagion was extinguished soon and with the exception of a contribution to a various artists released called "Heavy Christmas," nothing was heard from this band again until the archival live release "Remember" in Review by Mellotron Storm Prog Reviewer. My least favourite track is "Rock 'N' Roll", a very bluesy tune with vocals and lots of organ and drums. My favourites are the last two songs.

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