109:. Pointing to their mutual education in old American music of all kinds, he noted how "John Bazz pumping decades-old walking bass lines like they were brand new" contributed to the band's "undeniably manic, energetic magic." A 2018 review of the band found that "he hard-hitting rhythm section of drummer Bill Bateman and bassist John Bazz is propulsive and relentless.”
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