Rising above the generic brew of late 1980's rock, Law & Order came out of NY to deliver a sonic history of all rock's glories. Their debut "Guilty of Innocence" runs through the exercises that rock's forefathers first delivered, yet each well crafted song is completely of L & O.

We get a Maidenlike stomper "We Don't See God" -their first single, some CSNY harmony driven folk "In the Shelter", 1969 Zeppelin boogie blues "Whiskey", southern rock leanings "Delta Prison Blues" and flower power dreaming "Soul Inside". There's even a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Needle and the Spoon", rocking harder than the original. Vocalist Shane writes hard workin', soul searchin', down to earth lyrics and delivers them with a voice rooted in the blues and delivered by a more than competent band.

Unfortunately for L & O, they signed to Musicians Cemetery of America, a label that destroyed so many bands around this time. L & O were ahead and behind their time, out of place with the industry but spoken of in revered tongues by those who also knew about Raging Slab and Badlands.

In 1991 they released "Rites of Passage". Shortly after they were dropped by MCA, before their 3rd album "The Glass House" (which was recently released by Z-Records).

Seek hard and ye may find this buried treasure

UD 6-6-06