Burnt Out Wreck, fronted by and featuring Gary Moat, are as musically unpretentious and
outstanding a band as they are an old-school, classic guitar-rock outfit.
Front man and songwriter Gary Moat, now more than three decades removed from the original
Heavy Pettin, is still proving Rock Ain’t Dead, but on very much his own terms – uncompromising riffled rock that takes the essence of AC/DC and adds sonic swagger and raucous roll in equal measure.
That Burnt Out Wreck sound was heard to fine effect on debut album Swallow and sophomore
release This is Hell, a slightly darker affair that carried both lyrical wit and weighty, guitar-led grit.
Those albums and the band’s first five years led to well-received festival appearances (including a
WinterStorm set that elicited an audience response of “one more song!” at set’s end), supporting
the likes of Anvil, a clutch of headline shows and a return invite to BonFest, all of which have started
to pay dividends for Gary Moat, Alex Carmichael (bass), Paul Gray (drums) and new guitarist Richard
Upson (guitarist Andy McLaughlin is also part of the band for live work).
In 2022 Burnt Out Wreck released their big, bold and lyrically defiant third album Stand And Fight,
which Gary Moat noted contained “eleven of the best songs I’ve written.”
He’s not wrong, with brooding, thick-riffed opener ‘Big Up Yourself’ acting as a musical portent for
what follows – an album that musically bites as much as it lyrically stands, and fights, its hard rock
ground.
Ross Muir
www.FabricationsHQ.com