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FOREWORD: The Paybacks are just another solid-bodied garage band from Detroit. Jarring lead singer, Wendy Case, battling back from years of drug abuse, became the hardest rockin’ chick in the midwest. By ’02, her bands’ rough ‘n ready Knock Loud zoomed forward in overdrive. Since then, ‘04s arena rockin’ Harder And Harder and ‘06s ...
Wendy Case's voice sounds like Chrissie Hynde turned into the Hulk, retaining enough subtlety to prevent Paybacks records from being overheated shoutfests while making a case for the most powerful bellow in rock — male or female. That bellow is the centerpiece of the group's lean, ragged and b
Oct 22, 2002 · The pretty little intro soon falls prey to the raging guitars and Wendy Case’s powerful belting that truly makes you feel tough all over. It’s but one tune in a bevy of rock that doesn’t let up.
Oct 1, 2002 · Wendy Case's ex is probably contemplating suicide. The Paybacks combine loud, energetic music with lyrics that are disarmingly compassionate and profoundly desperate. But "Knock Loud" is the best ...
- Anthony York
Jul 28, 2004 · Case sings with a guttural growl most male singers would kill for and invests it with a rugged, back-alley sexiness that struts above the guitar grime the Paybacks lay down like some fiendish Hell ...
Nov 13, 2006 · With a shit-hot pop punk and hard rock hybrid driven by the sleazy stylings of the whiskey throated Wendy Case, The Paybacks emerged in 1999 as an almost supergroup of the underground Detroit garage rock community. Members previously played with acts such as The Hentchmen, Rocket 455 and The Muggs. Danny Mehtric lays down the law of riffage ...
The Paybacks. The Paybacks came swaggering out of Detroit at the turn of the century, when like-minded artists like the White Stripes and the Go were creeping into the rock mainstream with a similar sound. Consisting….
