This proves not all power trios have 'Made in Canada' stamped on their backs. Take Dust ..the somewhat legendary, more so underground power trio from Brooklyn. Why legendary you say? Well maybe bassist Kenny Aaronson and future Voidiod/ Ramones drummer Mark Bell (aka Marky Ramone) ring your collective hells bells. Legacy Records re-issued two of their proto - metal Tull meets Zeppelin-meets everything in between is a nice time capsule of future stars cutting their collective teeth on some blues - folk tinged 70's rock mayhem, albeit with some uneven but likeable results. Formed in 1969, “Dust” and “Hard Attack” are their two albums released in 1971-1972. Their second album “Hard Attack” has a classic Frank Frazetta rendering of Conan vs the Frost Giants...pretty fucking metal for 1971.

In the height of the glam rock 70's these NY boys decided to make some noise like in the title cut ‘Full Away/So Many Times’ which owes way more to Sabbathy - Tull prog rock and less to the Marc Bolan's that were all the rage in 71-72.. A dash of Tull here and a slab of Zep there with Richie Wise' s fuzztone sonics filling the bill with a satisfying slaggy edge. His vocals ain’t bad either, he’s no Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) but he keeps the pace admirably. ‘Thusly Spoken’ is a page taken right out of the Pink Floyd songbook, chock full of trippy lyrics and vocals of the post psychedelic kind. Kenny's flawless bass lines on ‘Learning To Die’ and ‘All in All’ are a testimony to his future in session work with bands like Joan Jett and The Blackhearts and Billy Idol. The same cut ‘Learning To Die’ would feel comfortable on Alice Cooper’s “Pretties for You” or “Easy Action” in terms of time signatures and just plain weirdness.

The thing that most impressed me about this album was Mark's drumming. I'm a huge Ramones fan and while I know Marky’s got the chops to fill a 1,2,3,4 time signatures at a Blitzkriegs pace, Marky was capable of laying down some poundings that would make John Bohnam take notice. While the hits do out- weigh the misses on these albums, and there are some misses like ‘I Been Thinkin’, I’d recommend this for the Marky Ramone completest or any one into some good old 70's metal - rock antics of a band who’s members were destined for superstardom.