ACCESS MAGAZINE
CANADA
MAY, 1998

"With a cautious ear bent towards the current 'stoner-rock' dope-fest
and the other placed eloquently in the direction of early psychadelia,
The Elephant Riders is a mishmash of daze and confusion. That's what
makes Clutch such an easy entity to warm up to: groove galore, cool as
hell, bass lines that swell and shimmy through the air, a healthy
Sabbathy outlook wrapped around the spirit of, say, War, and the musical
'presence' of Zepplin. The Elephant Riders is a trippy, yet mad-as-hell
breath of smoke. The bass-led meanderings of 'The soapmakers', 'Muchas
Veces', 'Green buckets' and the swarming title track place Clutch in a
sincerely wacky category of funked-up rock and soul, allowing the band
to emerge as the Cheech & Chong of heaviness; living for the moment of
the vibe, preferring to be less than sober in its delivery, and most
certainly hoping that it devourers join it on a similar cloud. 8/11"

 - Tim Henderson