"Three guys in a tiny room without a stage - Jerry Giddens
and Michael Packard on acoustic guitars and vocals, Tom Lillestol
on electric bass - played a woefully short 20 minute set to a
small gathering, who packed a single doorway in an attempt to
view the goings on. Not the ideal setting to celebrate the release
of a record or get a sense of what the group was all about, right?
Dead, dead wrong. Like hearing the Blasters for the first time
at Club 88, this was pure diamond-in-the-rough. Giddens howled
out the melodious morality play of "It All Depends On Love"
like a desperate man, while Packard's tight harmonies held things
down . . . if they can match this evening's intensity level in
an electric setting, then they're potential restoratives for an
often stagnant local scene."
L.A. Weekly
"Insightful lyrics and . . . intense committed vocals
are ably backed by driving, chiming guitars, pistol-crack drums
and fluid bass lines."
Cashbox
"Walking Wounded captures anger and determination in the
same breath."
San Antonio Express-News
"Lead singer Jerry Giddens sounds like he would be very
happy entertaining unemployed workers in the '30s or riding with
Jack Kerouac in the '50s . . ."
Bam Magazine
"It doesn't happen all that often, but at least once a
year I wander into a club, run across a new band, and leave wondering
why people aren't talking about it . . . recently I ran across
one of those relatively unheralded bands that surprises me on
an irregular basis - a band with a powerful lead singer with miles
of presence, a unique instrumental style, and something to say.
The band is called Walking Wounded . . . Surprises in rock 'n'
roll are as delightful as they are few, and I recommend Walking
Wounded to the unjaded among you. They're a band who play by their
own heartfelt rules, and they combine a multitude of musical forms
into something distinctly their own."
Los Angeles Reader
"Mixing acoustic and electric, they represent some of
the more intelligent rock coming out of the smog belt."
Tucson Weekly
". . . Giddens seems to be something of
a folkie in another element. His words reflect the human condition
and plights so many people face in the streets today. His vehicle
of expression is a voice that takes up every corner of the room."
Dallas Observer
"What do you get when you cross white boys with reggae?
Country. That's just a theory. Walking Wounded are a band with
a conscience and a political stance (as in reggae), but often
with a country or folk approach. Oh, who cares: They write good
songs, and lyrics like 'driving home with Jesus is better than
driving home alone'."
L.A. Weekly
"Walking Wounded plays tunes that linger on, that hum
around in your head with a rock 'n' roll kick . . ."
Pulse Magazine