Review by Peter Hogfeldt (Stonerrock.com)

GENEROUS MARIA
Live @ Pusterviksbaren
Gothenburg, Sweden
May 2, 2001

This gig took place at Pusterviksbaren during a small culture festival (with everything from poetry to all sorts of music)... The name of the festival was, if I remember it right, �The Sky�s Gone Out To Lunch� (or something similar)... I didn�t pay that much attention since I just went there to check out Generous Maria.

Generous Maria got a great stoner groove going as soon as they hit the stage... first song out was �A Bed At The End Of The Universe�, which is one of the tunes that�ll end up on their upcoming first fullenght album... whenever it�s ready for release... Whatever, it�ll be worth the wait... if you like the tunes outta the split CD-EP with Skua that Alone Records (Spain) released a while back, then you�ll love the new ones... Anyways, great tune to start the set with...

The next tune was �Strict Nurse� from the split CD-EP... and that tune really rocks... even better live...

Generous Maria played a lot of new tunes, and judging from this live performance we will be in for quite a ride when the fullength hits the stores. You can�t improve much on the stoner groove of tunes like �Anchorage & Quito� and �Big Shiny Limo�... good tunes, that turns even better with that energy you can only get outta a live performance...

After this came the best song ever penned by the boys in Generous Maria... �All Units Are Out�... kinda laidback, but still plenty heavy, with all the right psychedelic touches... the kinda tune where you just wanna take a toke and float away... Man, what a great tune...

�Dumdum Bullet� almost have to much energy... talk about a fuzz overdose... It�s immediately followed by �All Good Things� which is a tune that almost have mainstream hit potential, but then again I won�t hold my breath waiting for a �stoner� tune hittin� the lists...

I waited to long before I wrote this review (haven�t had time `til now, been workin� on a big feature from the �Rock I Dalen� festival), but this meant I had no recollection on how the last two songs sounded... and I didn�t have any way to remind myself either since non of these tunes have made their way into my collection...

Now I�m just waitin� in anticipation on the fullength album... should be a great one judging from the tunes I�ve heard so far...

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