AMG Review of Scream, Dracula, Scream!

All Music Guide

Rocket from the Crypt keep the rock & roll torch burning with their fourth full-length, Scream, Dracula, Scream! (named after the infamous '70s black horror flick #Scream, Blacula, Scream!). The presence of RFTC's innovation and energy is still right in your face, and with an added trumpet player in the band's lineup, the horn section is more apparent than ever; also, there's a loud party atmosphere that fails to cross the line of obnoxious. Tracks like "Born in '69" and "On a Rope" provide headbanging fun, but Rocket from the Crypt play anything but long-haired butt rock; this has enough of a cool edge to scare Henry "The Fonz" Winkler, Rovi