Music Review

Hero (1999)

Reviewed by Marc Weingarten | Jul 16, 1999

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Lead Performance: The Verve Pipe; Genre: Singles

Remember when alternative rock was supposed to be a good thing? The Verve Pipe do. On the first single, ''Hero,'' from their new self-titled album, the quintet concocts an old-fashioned alt-rock cocktail, combining juiced-up guitars with sweet harmonies and a lyric that strikes just the right note of bruised humility (''I'm just a jerk but a hero's what I wanna be''). This is sure to take you back to those halcyon days of 1996. B+

Originally posted Jul 16, 1999 Published in issue #494 Jul 16, 1999 Order article reprints

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