"If anybody can do it, The Shazam can!"-Uncut. And on this newly reissued, long-out-of-print 1997 debut, it's powerfully obvious. Adding on top-notch and dutifully killer 4 bonus trax, The Shazam arrive on the scene powerfully embracing their influences filtered through the experience of listening to all the great music of 70's in' Transistor Radio Obsession'. Providing jaw-dropping glee at every corner, inside every recorded moment, The Shazam celebrate the joy of a band getting together and writing forceful, strong songs that are unadulterated rock alchemy at this finest Produced by visionary Brad Jones, the bar was set high for themselves 5 years back. Their subsequent Not Lame releases have born out they are, without question, one of the most successful and influential bands on the scene today. Think pop greats...big and small: Cheap Trick, Jellyfish with crunching guitars, Badfinger, CVS, Erik Voeks. It began here. It's time experience the hope of the present with a bit of a backward glance and give ourselves hope for a new century. Bonus trax are: Everything, I Hate This Song, Outta The Blew, Generation ZZZ.