Bulletproof - HARD STUFF***

Jay Time/Sinister Minister/No Witch At All/Taken Alive/Time Gambler (Rodney)/Millionaire/Monster In Paradise/ Hobo/Mr Longevity RIP/The Provider (Part One)

Bulletproof was the debut album from the appropriately named English rock band Hard Stuff, which included former members of Atomic Rooster. It has been described as a slab of proto-metal goodness.

“Very good hard rock LP with blazing guitar riffing. Pure testosterone rock played by good musicians. If you dig the hard rock sound of the early 70s you will like this.”

“Guitar solos that are unique and crazy are what raise Bulletproof above the other hard rock albums of the time to make it literally bulletproof. My absolute hit here is Time Gambler, a murderous guitar slasher.”

“Disappointingly, all the songs have a certain compactness, even the longer ones. There's no sense of wanting to extend any number, the emphasis is in the composition, each track being a miniature example of how to write a classic rock song.”

“The band, formed from former Atomic Rooster and Quatermass members, isn't quite in the supergroup class. The style is hard rock with plenty of heavy guitar hooks, somewhat lightened in a couple of songs by humorous subject matter and party rock tendencies.”

“Fairly commercial and highly consistent heavy metal style hard rock, featuring great guitar, and some funky material here and there.”

“There's no escaping the fact that this is pretty serious stuff. While Sinister Minister only barely avoids degenerating into a blues strut, it does have some serious guitar work and some interesting arrangement choices. The slow grind of No Witch At All is pretty cool, although Taken Alive could be performed by just about any hard rock band of the era. Time Gambler is more serious, with very fuzzed out guitars and a pretty stern feel. Side two is pretty strong from start to finish, and there's a remarkable lack of mellowness here, it being hard and or heavy all the way through. Not every song convinces, but the ones that do, really do so.”

“Here we have a true slab of proto-metal goodness, proto because this doesn't quite reach metal in my opinion, even though few bands of the era rocked as hard.”