Review
Shere Kahn
Get Fucked

Rock Vegas (2005) PJ

Shere Kahn – Get Fucked cover artwork
Shere Kahn – Get Fucked — Rock Vegas, 2005

I was really excited when I put this CD on. For years there have been rumors of a Goonies sequel popping up here and there in the media. It always made me wonder what happened to the cast. Whichever Cory it was had been in and out of rehab and the tabloids, before discovering his true calling as a (failed) rock star. He seemed to be the only Goonies alum to take the mic and kick out the jams. But when I pushed play and heard the singer from Shere Kahn, I knew it was none other than Sloth. Evidently living with Chunk had exposed him to one too many shirt-lifting man-boob-jiggling shuffle dances and Sloth decided he needed to start a hardcore band to get out the frustration.

Shere Kahn impressed me from the get-go. I like the name a lot. Shere Kahn was the menacing tiger villain in Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book. His goal is to kill the human boy Mowgli, retaining his power as the most feared creature in the jungle.

The songs are tuff hardcore. They have graffiti letters on the cover. They have hooky fast parts and angry in-your-face breakdowns. The music reminds me of a cross between The Cro Mags and Blood for Blood. It's nothing revolutionary or anything like that, but if you like music like that then you'll probably dig these guys. The lyrical content is pretty shallow and typical. I am sure you've heard a band like this sing about friendships, betrayal, edge breakers, and turning your back on the outside world. Kipling's influence evidently didn't carry over into the literary genius of these words. I am sure that these guys' personal experiences that lead to these songs are meaningful to them, but I couldn't really care less who sold out or whatever.

Of the five tracks on Get Fucked, none of them blew me away, but I listened to the whole thing twice without skipping anything, so it wasn't absolutely horrible either. It's about par for the course

4.0 / 10PJ • June 24, 2005

Shere Kahn – Get Fucked cover artwork
Shere Kahn – Get Fucked — Rock Vegas, 2005

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