Rock & Roll has never really been pop. The genre's defiant image relies too heavily on its uncompromising persona and temperamental sound. Heavy vocals and herculean percussion. It's the archetype, and, quite frankly, it works. But what happens when pop and rock mesh--like really get it on? Roger Joseph Manning Jr.'s Catnip Dynamite happens. The 14-track album is everything you wished it would be--raucous, infectious, and tough. And, honestly, maybe we should have seen Manning's sonic onslaught coming given the music virtuoso's work as a keyboardist, vocalist, arranger ...