Perhaps instead of titling this latest outing "Destroy What You Enjoy", Powerman 5000 should have titled it "Destroy What's Left Of Your Fan Base." A drearily uneventful and at times even desperate sounding reinvention of themselves, this effort continues to strip down the excess and grab deep into the late 70's/early 80's rock n' roll bag of tricks. Of course this means that the percussively powered funk of their earlier days is still gone, as is the scrappy electro-metal that charged their most popular release, "Tonight The Stars Revolt".

Instead, the band have continued on with the direction taken with their album "Transform" - adopting the electrified rock n' roll approach that winds up sounding like a cross between southern rock, 80's Alice Cooper, The Ramones and well, suck. There's numerous blatant attempts at cheesy anthems, continuous noodling and a shallow feeling present on each track. Sure this may be the group trying to pay homage to the artists that inspired them, and in that right the tracks do contain a lot of energy; but that doesn't stop them from sounding like a sloppy, diluted rehash 98% of the time.

For a band who've gone through both the highs and the lows, it's admirable that they still take chances. But the whisky soaked bluesy country jam included in the form of "Miss America" couldn't even light a candle to hold against their earlier attempts, like say "20 Miles To Texas 25 To Hell". If the group were looking for an album to get them into the bar and pub circuit, then they can now rest easy knowing they have successfully accomplished exactly that. In fact, if they keep up at this rate it probably won't be long till they're the ones cleaning up the place after the show as well.