THE NOISE - BOSTON, #244, September, 2004

COCKED AND LOADED    Cocked and Loaded    3 songs

" Formed in 2003, Cocked and Loaded have wowed clubs with their catchy sweaty brand of bar rock, reminiscent of the Stones, The Romantics, Iggy Pop, and AC/DC. Don't look for any deep meaning here. Just knock back some Jagermeister and rock the fuck out, otherwise, you'll get a pool cue up the back of your head and a knee to the groin. This ain't music for chardonnay sipping, politically correct, ponytailed pussyboys. This is real rock for real men -- men who eat meat, spit, wear mechanics' overalls, and baseball caps, and have tattoos. I might just have to trade my chardonnay in for a quart of PBR! Yow!" (Joel Simches)

Thank you Joel. 

TANGERINE MAGAZINE

COCKED N' LOADED

SELF-RELEASED

"This sweaty rock outfit plays the kind of three-chord power rock that sounds like a less informed Henry Rollins fronting an AC/DC cover band. Wielding this kind of firepower, the Massachusetts-based quintet Cocked N' Loaded throw abandon out the window and stick to its hard rock artillery, playing three tracks of dirty blues and smarmy rawk with the imminence of a bad boy band playing the Sunset Strip circuit. Infectious choruses and no nonsense riffs with the attitude to match, Cocked N' Loaded have come to play music, cause chaos, and drink heavily, and not in that order."

-Mike SOS

OUR VERY FIRST REVIEW!!!!!!!:

August, 2004 Demo Review by Sleazegrinder:

Cocked N’ Loaded
3 song demo From: Allston Rock City, MA. USA Best song: Hard to say. The label is gummy mess now. www.cockednloaded.com If you’re doing your demos DIY, and you use one of those CD label punchers, or stompers, or whatever the fuck they’re called, chances are they’re gonna get stuck in somebody’s CD player. Especially their car’s CD player, cuz their air conditioner doesn’t work, and it’s 90 degrees out. What I mean to say is, I was a captive audience for CNL’s trio of indie-aggro garage rawk tunes while driving around last Friday, until the sun went down. Like, three hours. Stacey was pissed, she thought I broke the fucking thing.
But anyway. Cocked n’ Loaded are local boys, bred on thunder and booze, who temper their chugging leather-ass riffs with post-Nirvana indie-rock sensibilities. Which means they sound kinda like the Model Sons. Who just broke up. Perhaps Cocked N’ Loaded MADE them break up, so they could have their gigs, and their chicks. It’s a good plan, cuz the Sons had plenty of both. At any rate, if ya like drinking music that sounds like it’s had a couple years of college, CNL is yer band, man.

http://www.sleazegrinder.com/reviews_demosaug2004.htm