As Good As Dead (1996)
Although Scott Lucas can perform an eerily similar vocal to Kurt Cobain, here’s the difference between the two…Kurt Cobain had a brilliant sense of timing, could write killer riffs for more than two or three songs per album, and he understood subtlety. Cobain expressed more anger on the unplugged “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” than Lucas does on “High-Fiving MF”, by the simple act of SINGING the song and letting the nuances of his voice express his feelings. Lucas, instead, swears profusely and screams. Nearly ruins a perfectly good song, too. Light and Shade, Scott…Light and Shade.
(“Bound For The Floor”, “Eddie Vedder”)
Grade: B-
10/22/12: Lucas UNDERSTANDS it…he just doesn’t always USE it. And I said “nearly”.
Grade: B
Pack Up The Cats (1998)
Nothing they didn’t do better on ‘As Good As Dead’. Scott Lucas chilled out a little bit and nearly forgot how to construct a song.
(“All The Kids Are Right”)
Grade: D+