New York scuzz-rock by way of the Sunset Strip,
Billy Boy on Poison feel as if they were concocted in a laboratory, assembled from elements of every rock trend since 1994. Take a bit of
the Strokes' tight, efficient new wave art-punk and downtown hipster sensibility; add a bit of hooks borrowed from
Oasis, a little disco-rock from
Franz Ferdinand, enough ironic hair metal thievery to get them on the radio à la
Hinder, and a bit of
Jet's three-chord bounce; and season with
Jack White guitar solos and stairstep classic rock riffs reworked from
Hendrix and
the Beatles -- and you'll have
Drama Junkie Queen, an exercise in trash-rock. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide