IF you pine for the day when you could decorate your mom's basement with black-light posters over your waterbed and still be considered hip, then prepare to rejoice: '70s riff rock is back!

Crazy-man drums, uber-distorted guitar solos, frenzied bass riffs, howling vocals, raw production and even Frank Frazetta's mystical album covers are flying out of the dustbin and onto your iPod.