Georgia Satellites

The Georgia Satellites' eponymous debut plays up the band's Southern rock roots, creating a gritty, twanging sound that's heavy on catchy guitar riffs, booming drums and anthemic choruses. "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" was the big hit, but "Battleship Chains" and "Red Light" are infectiously, gloriously redneck.

If you love "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" for its own raunchy self rather than appreciating the alternative it afford to Bon Jovi and Cyndi Lauper, you want this album. Opening the B is a bottleneck rocker that slides as hard as "Happy," and while nothing else matches the inspiration of hit and follow-up, these guys do know how to put out those two-guitar basics. They just don't know why--except to provide an alternative to Bon Jovi and Cyndi Lauper. "Happy," after all, never pretends to be anything more than a change of pace, and because Keith Richards understands its limits, he's lining up a new front man right now. (Grade - B)