{"id":28548,"date":"2026-05-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28548"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:28:32","slug":"roger-clyne-and-the-peacemakers-hell-to-breakfast-emmajava-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28548","title":{"rendered":"Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers – \u2018Hell to Breakfast\u2019 (EmmaJava Recordings)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roger Clyne\u2019s music and I go way back to the days in the 90\u2019s when the Refreshments were playing at the Yucca Tap Room in Tempe, Arizona. Their independently and locally released \u2018Wheelie\u2019 CD was played by me constantly when it was released. The band made the leap to Mercury Records, where they released two albums but somehow never found the wide commercial success they deserved. Nationally, the Gin Blossoms had broken through, and it seemed like the diversity of awesome bands in Arizona at the time was never really acknowledged by others outside of Arizona. Bands that got lumped into the Gin Blossoms box, if you will, included Dead Hot Workshop, the Pistoleros, and the Refreshments. None of these bands struggled to find their own identity, though. After the Refreshments went their separate ways, Roger Clyne and P.H. Naffah formed Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (RCPM), where they embraced some honky tonk and country into their Refreshments DNA for their first album. Ensuing albums would find the band continuing to expand their sound to build an awesome musical catalogue of rock songs with all types of musical accents from the U.S. Southwest. \u2018Hell to Breakfast\u2019 is the band\u2019s 9th<\/sup> studio album as RCPM and first since \u2018Native Heart\u2019 back in 2017. I have seen interviews with Clyne where he talked about the process of finding inspiration to write this album and discovering what he now has to say as a writer. He and the band have assembled an album that hits the sweet spot and connects with me the most since their \u2018Americano\u2019 album from 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking off with the rock n roll flavoured \u2018Fireflies\u2019 serves as a great start to the album with Clyne\u2019s witty lyrics on full display before the huge chorus explodes. This song would have sounded just as at home on a Refreshments\u2019 record as it does here. The transition to \u2018American Drugs\u2019 works great, as this one contains hints of the \u2018Americano\u2019 album and tells an awesome story from down near the Arizona\/ Mexico border. The tempo is slowed, and I can see this one being very popular in the live set. \u2018You Got Lightning\u2019 is another instant hook into the brain and one of the up-tempo songs from the album. My favourite line from the song is \u2018while you feel like a b-side, always spinning face down.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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