Towards the end, Guns n' Roses got better at making headlines than music. But I'm guessing their rhythm guitarist was more interested in the latter; in 1992, he went off on his own and recorded Izzy Stradlin' & the Juju Hounds, a collection of shuffling Stones-inspired rockers that were non-metallic, unpornographic and in all other respects, very little like Gn'R. On this new album, 117', it becomes apparent that Izzy had been just hanging out with bad company after all. Venturing even farther afield, he's come up with an album that's solid, ecclectic, and thoroughly enjoyable. Read the rest of the review.


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