With the release of Thunder and Fire,
Jason & the Scorchers should have been set for the top. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. They broke up instead. But the record they left behind does have its moments. Hard-hitting rockers like "Now That You're Mine" and "6 Feet Underground" fit snugly alongside "Close Up the Road," a country-tinged weeper and "Bible & a Gun" which recalls the best things about the roots-rock movement of the late '80s. ~ James Chrispell