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"American Exhaust" -- The Glasspack

In the late '90s, The Glasspack would not have been atop a list of Louisville bands that would last 10 years. Here we are, staring down a decade of Dirty Dave Johnson and his peculiar brand of boozy Southern rock. When Glasspack began, Louisville was in the grips of hardcore punk, indie rock and emo. The Glasspack's aggressive sound seemed out-of-place. Now it's a trendy flavor around town, accepted by hipsters and dedicated musicians looking for something fun and different. Dirty Dave is no poseur — he's a real-deal South End stoner who believes to his core every gnarled scream and fuzzy guitar riff. Poison Tree Records' digital re-release of 2001's “American Exhaust” shows a wilder Glasspack, less structured and more bombastic than the present incarnation. Johnson doesn't sing as much on songs that are basically strung-together collections of wild fuzzy jams. The songs were re-engineered by Jack Endino, made famous for producing Nirvana's super-fuzzy debut “Nevermind.” The Glasspack manages to be fuzzier than that important record, and wilder.