The Outlaws: Outlaws
Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, July 1974
GOOD NEW rock & roll bands, without frills, excesses, or hyphenated stylistic cross-pollenizations are getting scarcer all the time. That's why discovering the Outlaws is a cause for excitement. Not that they completely qualify – material concerns still persist – but their overall hard-rock impact is undeniable.
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