Woo-ahh-ahh, woo-ahh-ahh-ohh-ohh etc

You know, I've got to admit I still like Crush 40. I'm sorry, but I do. Naturally, having a lineup whose stability doesn't exactly need to be measured on a seismometer (changing literally between just about every different song) means that they can be a bit hit or miss, but they always have the general core of guitarist Jun Senoue and vocalist Johnny Gioeli, who's in Axel Rudi Pell with Mike Terrana of Masterplan, Savage Circus, and billions of other things.

Formed about fifteen years ago under the significantly better name "Sons of Angels", their style - as much as they've ever been able to pin one down, and it could perhaps be best described as "80s cartoon theme" here - is a bit 'younger' than my actual age, but in a world where a band made up entirely of dinosaurs can produce a really good homage to The Trooper, it's easy to stop caring about any imagined rules. I found this yesterday and found it in my head all day - helped more than slightly by the chorus's slight resemblance to the UK theme of Gladiators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWnknYp-5N0

If nothing else, you've got to admire the sheer cheek of producing a best-of album despite having to date released exactly one album.