By Larry Flick, February 8, '02
"In a field of sound-alikes vying for attention with a bottomless bag of gimmicks, Dirty Power delivers a brand of no-frills music that relies exclusively on sharp musicianship and well-drawn songs."
"...Dirty Power also provides something that few young bands do -historical reverence. The bands eponymous disc is rich with loving references to such legendary hard-rockers as Judas Priest and AC/DC."
"...It is a creative move that could easily register as quaint or creakily retro in the wrong hands, but it resonates as a radical and fresh new sound"
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
By John O'Neill, August 7, '02
Get back - Dirty Power have arrived, like some lost artifact from 1978, to reclaim the hard rock crown.
"The last thing I ever expected to happen was to find myself falling head over heels for a band like Dirty Power. Passion will make an ass act like a super-ass every time, and boy, have Dirty Power really made an ass of me."
"I was caught with my pants down. The Dirty Power album. It was bursting with carefully constructed duel guitars, vocal shredding, chugging riffs, bombastic rhythms, male-posturing, and wailing everything. And while I have spent the better part of my life decrying anything and everything that was wrong with '70s and '80s rock (with metal as the culprit in most cases), I still couldn't wipe the grin off my face for reasons I can't explain."
"On a recent, mild Thursday night, Dirty Power got ready to take the stage at the Bottom of the Hill.....D.P. charged out of the gate hard with a huge and filthy guitar instrumental ramp-up, with matching guitar harmonies. Just when it was almost safe to tap your foot, the band exploded with full-fledged rock and roll menace. When they finally skidded to a stop, the crowd stood in stunned silence staring at the stage. - who couldn't decide if what they were seeing and hearing was for real - it still resonated."
What Dirty Power delivered was flat-out, simple joy, the type of which I haven't felt in a long time - maybe even since KISS Alive II was all that mattered."
