RES NULLIUS

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I don't know much about Res Nullius. They are quite new band. They started in 1991. I was lucky to see them live in some small squat club in Utrecht. They were so good that I was under strong impressions for few days. I remember I felt the same when I heard their 1st album "No One Can Like The Drummer Man" (1993).

"Be Bop!" opens this great album. It's like Stooges on speed with walls of fuzzy wah wah guitar and really great vocal. Next song "Money's talking" is slow heavy acid number. Res Nullius are also inspired with late 60s & early 70s Detroit sound. They don't want to hide it. They just play their favorite kind of music and add something new - they give their own vision - and that's what I like about many bands from former Yugoslav countries. So Iggy part I & II are probably ode to Iggy Pop. "Paraliza" (Paralysis) is punk as well as "Mama" and "Zadnji val" (Last Wave) again with nice acid guitar solo. "Ona in mi" (She & We) is the best song from this album. It's great heavy funk with wah wah guitar and pumping bass. I don't like funky at all - maybe few songs from Parliament and here and there something - but "Ona in mi" is really crazy. You can't do anything but start to dance and jump - you just have to move your ass. "Daddy Killed My Fetish" and "Optic Deformation" are ok, maybe little bit strange, I could say a little bit experimental. Album ends with slow and bit boring "Miki" and free jazzy & experimental "Ultraslovan".

Res Nullius' 2nd album "Dead Town Dogs" (1995) starts with great punk song "Screaming on The Wild Street". "R'N'R Dog" is great high energy rock'n'roll. "Love Sea and The Boat" is again trippy & acid, but fast - Stooges on speed song. "Dead Town Dogs" is very good album and there is no oscillations between songs. Still I miss the craziness of some songs from 1st album. "Straight to The Hell" is bit slowly followed by garage punk song "Run Down Secret". "Drunk in The Dusty Town" is fast rhythm & blues - this time we have Rolling Stones on speed - ha ha ha. I don't understand why Res Nullius put "Be Bop" again on their 2nd album. There is slight difference from version we got on 1st album - but my opinion is that this was really not necessary. "Colored by The Sky" is very chaotic, but "Party Doll" is nice piece of blues with great slide guitar and wall of fuzzy wah wah guitar again. I really like this one. The last song is heavy & slowly "Dreamin' Bizzare". As I said - "Dead Town Dogs" is nice album. All songs are good, but you can't find the favorite one. Also I think everything could be better if songs were bit shorter.

Res Nullius also have 3rd album "Zdravo je biti divlji" (It's Healthy to Be Wild) (1997), produced by Miro Kusacic from Messerschmitt. I read nice critics about it, but unfortunately I still didn't hear it.