Music Review

Organ Fan (1993)

EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: Silverfish; Genre: Rock

This London group's lead singer, Lesley Rankine, is the female Iggy Pop (at his Metallic K.O. thrashiest). To her, sex isn't something to be exploited (à la Madonna) or ridiculed (à la Hole); it's a woman's most potent weapon. And with lines like ''Hips, tits, lips, power,'' and ''I'm so pretty when I'm angry,'' shouted out over a hard-rocking orgy of guitars, drums, and horns, who would dare challenge her? Organ Fan is the most visceral rock since the Birthday Party — and check out Silverfish's cover of David Essex's classic ''Rock On.'' A

Originally posted Apr 02, 1993 Published in issue #164 Apr 02, 1993 Order article reprints

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