Style: hard rock, glam
Label: Ricker Hill
Year: 2008
Home: New York City
Members: Evan R. Saffer ~ vocals
Tommy Zamp ~ guitar
Adam James ~ bass
Rev Swank ~ drums
You won’t find this band on Wikipedia … not yet anyways … but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jim Morrison-reminiscent lead singer Evan Saffer, with his nearly perfect imitation Ozzy stare, on the cover of some teen girlie magazine in the near future. It’s not often that a hard rock reviews mentions good looks but after I saw Fixer open for Lordi & Lizzy Borden the obvious sex appeal is an important part of the Fixer deal. Luckily, you don’t have to like boys to like these boys. They've got the chops, too. This is an up & coming band I'm happy to endorse & review. If Pearl Jam met Hinder & threw in some Skid Row power ballads this could potentially be the resulting onslaught … a good hard-rockin’ album by a band that lets the fun they have on stage carry into their arrangements. A few tracks verge a bit too much on commercialism & dip into the trend of group vocals that created the power ballad so long ago, keeping Fixer firmly in the alternative & hard rock scene with some grunge influence thrown in, but when they rock they do so with abandon that makes up for a desire to present a commercial edge, which no band should be faulted for wanting. Ricker Hill is an independent label but don't be surprised if the next review they get here is a via a major label. Their bound for success. If you like Dysfunctional By Choice or a band you can sing with then check out Fixer & check out a a live show too!
(originally written for the Roman Midnight Music newsletter Issue 1, Summer 2009, expanded for blog)
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