What it takes to make a good record is a debate for the ages. In the case of this reviewer, perhaps I’ve lowered some standards, but all I ask for is three solid tracks. Anyone can get lucky with one hit and given an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite recording budget, they can come up with a second hit and, before you know it, you’ve got Fush Yu Mang on your hands. Lucky for us, the infinite number of monkeys live in L.A. and often take stage names like McGrath, Jenkins and Collective Soul. (In an interesting aside, ladies on Metal-Sludge.com report that McGrath likes to be peed on. — Careful, don’t bang on the cage bars or he may hurl feces at you.) (more…)