While self-consciously arty arrangements and dreadful excursions into jazz tended to recall
John Tesh playing with an acid rock outfit in a marijuana-stocked garage,
Experiments in Terror was one of the more wonderful pieces of obscure early-'90s entertainment. "Live From the Nasserdome" was
Herbie Hancock crossed with just-say-no quasi-rap and "Baby" was a strung-out, near-psychedelic epic in mutant style, crammed with serious attitude, electronic sitars, and progressively worrisome
Spinal Tap phrasing. But ultimately
the Royal Macadamians were, in their own specific way, a considerably more creditable experience than most in the long line of reliant rock conservatives. ~ Dean Carlson