Review #15: Pandora - Breed My Dye (EP) (2009)

BREED MY DYE (EP)

Year: 2009

Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Post-Punk, Grunge
Label: Xochipilli Records
Tracks: 4
Length: 11 Minutes (Short)
Style: Emotional/Bleak
My Rating: 6/8

Pandora is a new lil' band from Belgium, over thar in U-Rope. Two sisters, Annika and Michelle, decided to pursue rock n' roll as their future against the wishes of their parents, n' they have a drummer named Roman. Anyways, they've been around since 2007 or 2006, I believe. Last year, they got signed to Xochipilli Records and released their debut EP record, "Shoot Me I'll Pay You". A few months ago, they released a new record to precede their first LP, "Melancholic Freedom", which will come out in less than a month in January of 2010!

Pandora's style of music is reminiscent of early '90s alternative rock, and there are elements of '80s post-punk as well, but the sound is pretty original-sounding. Also, on this album, Lucia Rehab from Betty Poison appears on the final (and best track) on this record. AFDSGSDFGDFGDF

1. Breed My Dye
The title-sake of the album. It's a mid-tempo rock song that alternates between calm and not-that-calm sections. My favorite part is the ending section, but the chorus of the song is pretty legit, as well. They made a music video for this one, and it has a lot of puking up of stuff that reminds me of that "Gak" stuff that I used to play with as a little kid. Hell, maybe that's what it was.

2. Breakfast Saturday Night
Similar tempo to "Breed My Dye". The song begins with cool, asian-sounding guitar noises, but then the song turns into something more normal-sounding. The guitar actually sounds pretty nice here, 'cause in the verses it sounds kind of airy and neat, and then it retains the eastern twang of the intro in the choruses. By the way, what IS it to have breakfast on Saturday night? Would it be like not eating on Saturday until night? Or would it be to eat eggs and bacon and stuff on Saturday Night? Who knows...

3. Rad Masturbation
A FAST song!! Well, as the title suggests, masturbation is actually pretty rad. Hell, I've done it up to 5 times a day (that's how lonely I am). Annie's mellow groan in the first half of the album transforms into a powerful and angry yell here, and the song ends pretty nicely. She reminds whoever the hell she's directed this song at that "It's okay if you masturbate, I will fuck you anyway." That's nice to know.

4. Fall (ft. Lucia Rehab)
This could almost be mistaken for an acoustic track, but you can tell that it's electric, just with very little distortion. There is no percussion, here. In the verse, Lucia can be heard with her more aggressive backing vocals, with Annie's softer front vocals. My favorite part is the chorus, mainly for the riff during that part. It's a pretty depressing song, but it sounds great, and is an accurate musical depiction of that mood.

"Breed My Dye" is a bleak, emotional piece that seems to revolve around depression and isolation, but I'm just getting that from how the MUSIC sounds. I don't know the lyrics, so for all I know, they could be singing about how they're the fucking happiest people in the history of the Planet. If you like this, on January 15th of this upcoming year, they are going to be releasing their first full-length LP, "Melancholic Freedom". YAY!!! And on that same day, over in U-Rope, they will be throwing an ALBUM RELEASE PARTY. And I won't be able to go. So go for me. At least one of you. Whatever. Enjoy this album. Bye.

"BREED MY DYE" MUSIC VIDEO

Review #13: The Shocker - Up Your Ass Tray (EP) (2003)

UP YOUR ASS TRAY (EP)

Year: 2003

Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Pop-Punk, Hardcore
Label: Oglio
Tracks: 7
Length: 20 Minutes (Medium-Length)
Style: Fun/Rebellious
My Rating: 6/8

The Shocker is a band from L.A. formed by Jennifer Precious Finch, the former bassist from L7 who left the band in 1996 to go on to other things. But anyways, "Up Your Ass Tray" was and has been pretty much the sole recording focus of the band. You don't hear much about 'em these days, so I've been wondering what the current status of the band iz.

In 2006, they DID release an extended LP version of this record, but since this one already has all of the songs that I like by them as well as a cover song NOT available on that album, I'm just gonna review this one. It takes longer than you'd think to write a review. Or maybe I'm actually doing these really fast. Who... knows?

1. Smoke Rings (Up Your Ass Tray)
Y'know, I'll bet that SOMEWHERE there are ashtrays that are shaped like asses. Imagine how funny that would be? Well, this iz a song potentially based around such a concept. It's fast, and has a lot of lead as well as extensive group effort in the vocals department. There's actually a part where the beat gets kinda weird, and even teeny bit of noise. Not the best track on the album, but it iz good.

2. My Life as a Plumber
I love this one. Starts with a deep bass that turns into an up-beat song with a little bit of synth-keyboard. It has some nice sassy backing vocals and great guitar leads. Nice mid-section, too. It's a song about, well, the life of a plumber.

3. Break in Two
A Ramones-tempo'd song. I'm guessing it's some sorta criticism on the government, lyrics-wise, but it has a happy-sounding chorus. Lovin' the beats, here.

4. Your Problem Now
Not a huge fan of this one, it's a little too poppy for my tastes, but it has good rhythm guitar, at least. Some "wowowowowowow"s just before the chorus.

5. Bad Brain Good Head
I DO really like this one, now! My favorite song on the album. Perhaps it's about a chick with a bad brain who gives good head. Or maybe based around a remark that the band, Bad Brains, has some pretty "good heads" on their shoulders? Well, I do like this song. Pretty party-ish mood, I must say. Got some cool "hey" yells in the background at the end of the song. Or maybe they're saying "head"? Who-Nose. Listen to this in the car with your friends.
6. Angel of the Morning
A pretty nice Juice Newton cover, and it's got good energy to it. Good song. :-)

7. Good Head (Again)
A short acoustic version of "Bad Brain Good Head" with deep-voiced male vocals. Not a bad ending.

Well, this album isn't perfect, I'm not huge on its 2000's-era production values or overt pop-punk lean, but beneath all of that, the songs are all good, and that's what matters. If you like this and wanna hear more, they have a full-length version of this album, but this one has all of the songs I like the most by them. Recommended for fans of L7.

P.S. -- Does anyone know what happened to this band? I can't find any post 2007-info on them. Did they break up? If you have info, lemme know.

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Review #10: AIDS Wolf - Cities of Glass (2008)

CITIES OF GLASS

Year: 2008
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Noise
Label: Skin Graft Records
Tracks: 10
Length: 23 Minutes (Medium-Length)
Style: Weird/Rebellious
My Rating: 6/8

In this day and age, traditional punk rock has become "normal". Like the music that the punk rock heroes of long ago fought against, it too has become formulaic and mainstream-friendly. Yesterday, I had to walk through a Hollister store while doing Christmas shopping with my brother, and I happened to notice that they were selling STUDDED JACKETS. Can you believe that? This was the kind of stuff that kids 30 years ago were nearly getting arrested for, and it's been co-opted to be marketed to the most mainstream, goody-two-shoes, non-rebellious segment of the market there is. There it goes for those idiots who cared more about the fashion aspect than the music aspect.

But anyways, I definitely think it is time for a change in punk rock. We need more bands that actually challenge the status quo like they did until the mid-'90s, when the music slowly started getting more generic sounding and split up into sets of cliches. AIDS Wolf is one of these bands. Abrasive, insane, un-melodic, noisy. Ze music of ze freakz. The band has been together since 2003, and have released about four records, the newest of which was released in this year. Now, I wouldn't really guess this from listening to the music, but the singer, Chloe Lum, has a goofy Canadian accent which I find attractive for some reason. Ahem. Anyways, as many have said before, including the band itself, that they are a very polarizing group. You can either love them or hate them. It is hardly possible to have a different opinion. This band is like the antidote we need to the horrible mainstream garbage that's out there, right now.

On the first listen of the album, I was up very late at night, and it felt like rolling around in broken glass in the garage while having somebody run a drill through the side of your skull. I was literally cackling like a maniac while listening to this. Here iz why:

1. M.T.I.
Starts out with a strange buzz, followed by rolling drums and weird noises out of the vocal chords of Chloe Lum that suddenly make higher pitches. Sort of like you are running and being chased by insane-o bumble-bees of punk rock noize. The beat shifts from one to another throughout the song. Chloe continues to make awesome noises. The song gets more hectic towards the end, the beat speeds up, and the voices get higher and higher pitched. $4 to anybody who can MAKE UP lyrics for these songs!

2. Tied Up in Paper
Aggressive beats, guitar leads that resemble a 5-year-old trying to play a piano, and weird cries from the singer. Try listening to this during sex, 'cause it's actually pretty sexy, I think. I dare ya!

3. Cities of Glass
You can actually hear a few intelligible words here, which are: "Cities of Glass". Buzz-saw guitar noise and screams ensue. This music seriously makes me want to have sex. I dunno why. It's just legit, especially in the middle onwards. Gotta love the occasional fast tempo that they inject into the song.

4. Ch-Ch-Ch-Chatter
Chloe sounds like a chipmunk or somethin', here. This song feels like somebody is grabbing you by the ears and shaking you around while screaming at you, telling you to do a bunch of stuff in a strange language that you do not quite understand. The song gets slow, in the middle, and then at the end, it gets all fast again.

5. Down Holy Ground
Immediate crazy noise. Total chaos. Am I really supposed to even be ABLE to explain these songs in words? It's sort of hard to.

6. Gnarly Tooth
This one is fast. Chloe moans and groans in a high-pitched voice. The bass is very throbbing, and the guitar makes weird awesome noises. The song ends with just Chloe singing with the shaky rhythm guitar. Maybe the rhythm guitarist was nervous because he was afraid that he would mess up and have to re-do the song again! Heh-heh!

7. General
General Chaos? General Foods? General Weiners? Something like that. The song starts with guitar-noise that resembles a motor-engine or something, and then there comes the crashing percussion. I could have sworn I heard the singer say something about "throwing the cows". If she did, then that is fucking awesome!!

8. A Sacrificial Drone
Another fast song. It's like a motorcycle is doing continuous burn-outs on your face and there's nothing you can do but listen to the insane voices in yer head that you usually ignore.

9. Relevant Issues
The song begins like it's almost going to be a NORMAL-sounding song... NOT!! Right when you hear the beat roll in, it turns into a psycho, unstructured, anarchic scream-fest, and then Chloe starts saying "ow". I'd say it's the best song on the album. It's got the energy of a family of rednecks fighting eachother amidst a very loud earthquake in a rusty old trailor with barking dogs with rabies to make matters noisier. The song ends with a nice bass beat.

10. So Many Plastic Pearls
Another song that begins sounding like a guitar engine. I agree with Chloe on this one, though. There are SO MANY PLASTIC PEARLS! I personally don't know if they should be called pearls if they're actually not pearls. Well, who knows? A particularly deep line I've personally felt like I can relate to in this song was the lines, "Soooowaaaachhh cowwww, blllaghadgsdgsd tiiiinyyyyy steeeeeoooo waaaayyyyyzzzz, wwwwyyyy zzzz muuuuheeen, wwwwyyy zzzz cowwwwtzzzzzz".
(that's the end)

Y'know, I don't have much luck finding the type of woman I am looking for. But I think I seriously could at an AIDS Wolf concert. I think they would appeal to a certain type of freak-savage that attracts me. But even if not, I simply MUST see this band LIVE before they break up!! Can you imagine how awesome the experience must be? The lamers quickly get scared and leave, and the fans just go crazy there, for just a few moments of chaos? I hear that the band doesn't even play on a stage! If you love noise, you should get this album. 'Cause, like, it makes noises. And it's pretty damn noizy.

A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF "CITIES OF GLASS"

Review #9: Beastie Boys - Pollywog Stew (EP) (1982)

POLLYWOG STEW (EP)

Year: 1982
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: Rat Cage Records
Tracks: 8
Length: 9 Minutes (Short)
Style: Rebellious/Fun
My Rating: 6/8

The Beastie Boys are a famous hip-hop group. And they are very good at that. They are also good at doing punk rock, as witnessed by their new single, "Lee Majors Come Again", that was released this year. Well, long ago, back in the early '80s, punk rock was their main eggs n' gravy. Does that make any sense to you? Probably not. But my point is that the Beastie Boys used to make some very top-notch, bratty punk rock. They were only about as old as I am when they created this album, and it's very good. Fast, loud, and full of REAL teenage attitude.

Anyways, they released this Rat Cage Records in 1982, and it's only 9 minutes long, but it has eight tracks, and each one has somethin' to offer. So, here we go:

1. Beastie Boys
I heard somewhere that the "BEASTIE" in Beastie Boys stands for "Boys Entering Anarchic States Towards Internal Excellence". I like it. If that's the case, this song has a good point, in encouraging us to be more BEASTIE. I think we should all be more BEASTIE! Even girls should be BEASTIE. And that wouldn't be too off, since while they were even called the Beastie Boys at this point, they had a girl has a drummer, Kate Schellenbach, who later joined the Lunachicks briefly and then formed a band called "Luscious Jackson." Anyways, about the song. It's fast, and it's hardcore.

2. Transit Cop
This one's probably about a cop that gave them crap or many cops that gave them crap. Cops didn't like punks back then, and they're even bigger douchebags now, most of 'em. You even hear the Beasties yellin' "YO YO YO!" in this song. Perhaps an illusion to their future as rappers? Who knows. Who knows...

3. Jimi
The first Beastie Boys track to ever experiment with studio effects like echos and sampling. It's slower than all of the other songs, and it seems to be about getting stoned. There is a part in the middle of the song where it briefly gets faster and there's some singing. That part rules.

4. Holy Snappers!
Holy Snappers! This song is cool! And it has a cool riff. It does sound a lot like the first track, except they're just saying "holy snappers" a bunch. They actually made a music video for this one.

5. Riot Fight
This song, along with "Beastie Boys" was featured on the compilation "New York Thrash", which had a bunch of early New York hardcore bands. It's the shortest song on the album. I'm just guessing now, but I'm almost positive it's about having a "riot fight." Probably where you fight in the middle of a riot. Or vice-versa.

6. Ode To...
Sounds a little like early Black Flag. This track isn't extremely interesting, but I noticed that they said "RIOT FIGHT" in this track as well. They just had to get those last few "riot fights" outta their system, I guess. Maybe I should, as well. Nah, I'd probably just get beaten up.

7. Michelle's Farm
Starts out with some hillbillyish sounding music and chatter in the background, but then the song suddenly starts in its fast-n-loud fury. I can sorta relate to this one. I was never a farm-kid myself, but I have for most of my life lived in that atmosphere, and when all there is is farms, cows, old people, rednecks, mainstream radio, and cornfields everywhere you look, you adapt to their ways pretty early on, and it gets pretty fucking boring, and the song seems to speak of teenage life getting really routine and boring. Maybe the Beastie Boys felt the same way, but I have to wonder if they actually ever lived like this, since they were from New York City.

8. Egg Raid on Mojo
This is the last song, and I guess they still play it live a lot. It's about the time that the Beastie Boys were not allowed into a show because they were under 18, so they came back dressed in black and pelted the douche with eggs!

After this EP, they released another EP called "Cooky Puss", which is often considered to be their first hip-hop record, but they also parody reggae and stuff. After 1983, they didn't do much stuff of this style for awhile until the '90s, when they would always throw in the occasional punk track in their albums, and in 1995, they recorded ANOTHER punk EP called "Aglio e Olio", which is also pretty good. This is a fun album, though.

THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR "HOLY SNAPPERS":

Review #8: The Distillers - The Distillers (2000)

THE DISTILLERS

Year: 2000
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: Epitaph Records
Tracks: 14
Length: 40 Minutes (Long)
Style: Angry/Rebellious/Happy
My Rating: 7/8

In the beginning half of this decade, there was this band called the Distillers which are my favorite band of this era of music, even though they broke up a few years ago. Now Brody and Tony (who isn't on this album) are in a new band called "Spinnerrette", which isn't nearly as good as the Distillers, but they make some great songs, too. Brody Dalle had also been in a band called Sourpuss in the '90s, which I will review later on.

The year before, the band had released a 7" EP which had early versions of four of the songs from this album, which is also a pretty good listen, and has a more lo-fi production quality. I'd say that the Distillers was one of the last bands for a very long time to record some really solid albums. You can listen to this not feel like there's anything missing from it. It just has that classical quality to it. It's a shame they're not as celebrated now as they probably should be. The album has a large Hole influence, which led some people to see them as another rip-off, but Brody's voice is actually a lot stronger than Courtney's, and the Distillers' music is generally a lot faster than Hole. I think it's okay to sound a little bit like another band as long as you actually add on something or change some things about the formula. And now, here is Brody Dalle, the most beautiful woman that has ever existed:


Gorgeous, isn't she? This was the last Distillers album to feature the original line-up, which had Matt Young as the drummer, Kim Fuelman doing the bass guitar and the backup vocals, and Casper Rose, who does the... other guitar. Well, here iz the part where I talk about the aktual songs:

1. Oh Serena
This is the first song. It has a kind of Rancid-like sound to it, but I'm not really sure what it's about. The main chorus done throughout the song is "Oh, Serena!". It's a nice opener, but there are much better songs in the album. Oh, and it's kinda fast.

2. Idoless
This song is slightly faster than the last one. Brody sure uses a lot of big words in this song. The song seems to be about finding your own identity or place in life, or somethin' like that.

3. The World Comes Tumblin'
I really like this one, now! Starts out with an upbeat riff and a fast drum-beat. Then the tempo goes down a little, and there's this awesome chorus that goes "Come on, come on, come on, come on, I beggg you... When my world comes tumblin' down!" It just rocks a lot. I listen to this in the car a lot. The lyrics aren't that happy, and I think they might be about Brody's childhood. But this is a great song!

4. L.A. Woman
This is a song that was on the debut EP. Brody's voice sounds like Courtney Love's a little in this one. I think it is about the struggles of living in Los Angeles, that leads her to believe that "God almighty" is "NOT red, white, and blue." I like the vocal harmonies in the chorus to this one.

5. Distilla Truant
Asks questions of why the United States government likes to use and abuse its citizens like pawns to accomplish its goals. It's an under-rated song, and it has good harmonies. Halfway through, they sing a slower version of chorus, and then the song speeds up again.

6. Ask the Angels
This is a cover of a song by Patti Smith, but this version is pretty good. You even hear a PIANO in this song, which adds a certain level of coolness to this one. It's a real great song, and it's even got a solo in it. The old-school punk original rules, too. This cover does it justice.

7. Old Scratch
This one is a criticism of churches and organized religion that suck individuality out of their followers and fill them with fear for their lives. This iz the shortest song on the album, being just over 40 seconds long.

8. Girl-Fixer
Another favorite of mine. It's a girl fight anthem that kicks in with Kim on the vocals to a hyper-fast beat in the verses, and then a less-fast, badass chorus from Brody! Awesome song on a lot of levels.

9. Open Sky
You can feel the urgent aura of what sounds like frustration in this one. Starts calm with Brody singing along with some soft bass, but then the rest sets in, and it turns into a frantic slam-fest, dealing with the issue of stress.

10. Red Carpet and Rebellion
A song about social revolution. Makes references to the Russian Revolution, and basically encourages a similar uprising in the United States, as "they aren't out to get ya 'cause you're so far away".

11. Colossus U.S.A.
This song is about poverty and the difficulty of finding employment as a poor person in the United States. My favorite part of the song is the "What ya live for, when you're no-one, what you do and where ya come from?" part... just hooks you in, ya know? It alternates between mid-tempo sections, and fast, hectic ones. Brody's voice sounds awesome, here.

12. Blackheart
My favorite song on the album. A lot of people probably see it as filler, but I just really like this one. It's chock-full of rage, energy, and excellent vocal harmonies. I don't really know what the lyrics mean here, but the main line throughout the later part of the song is "Don't I Need This?". The chorus takes up most of the song, and it starts with Brody and Kim simply harmonizing the lyrics, until Kim just keeps going, and Brody is screaming her lungs out in punk-rock fury. I listen to this one while driving a lot.

13. Gypsy Rose Lee
This is some sort of love song, I think. I think Gypsy Rose Lee herself was some sort of burlesque entertainer from the 1950s. Not my favorite song on the whole album, but it is still a good song, and I lot of people seem to like this one.

14. The Blackest Years
This song has some competition with Blackheart for which one is my favorite track on the album. And what do you know? They both have the word "Black" in the title! Anyways, this is the last song on the album, and it's a fucking great ending for it. There's hardly anything wrong with this song, it's just a somewhat touching song about how Brody feels that she is living the blackest (worst?) years of her life. It's a really good song. I love how the beat suddenly changes to a different one at the "I'm goin' home" part, and then the song goes back to normal. The song fades out, and the album is over... or is it?

Hidden Track: Young Girls
This song later appeared on "Sing Sing Death House". This song just has Brody singing and playing the guitar, which actually sounds really nice. It sounds like it's about Brody Dalle's friend who was apparently hurt by a man in some way, and I think Brody is supposed to be encouraging her friend not to kill herself, when you hear the line "Don't go up and burn in the fire". The song ends kinda abruptly.

This is a really good album! The main lyrical theme here seems to be mostly poverty and Brody's bad childhood, but it's definitely not a depressing whine-fest. In my opinion, this was one of the last truly great rock albums, and the Distillers were one of the last truly great bands. I wish I had known about them before they broke up. So, check it out. It is legit.

Review #7: Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP) (1978)

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (EP)

Year: 1978
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: SST Records
Tracks: 4
Length: 5 Minutes (Very Short)
Style: Angry
My Rating: 6/8

Ah, Black Flag. One of the first and one of the greatest hardcore-punk bands ever. Black Flag was a band that, in its later years, was socially feared, oppressed by the police, and later on, looked down upon by its own former fans for continuing to break the mold. They released albums that were more angry-sounding than anything else anyone had ever heard at the time, they helped lay down the blueprint for grunge music, implemented elements of free jazz into their own music, and even GREW THEIR HAIR LONG!! (which was considered un-punk back in the early '80s)

Speaking of SST again, this was their first release. SST used to have a TON of amazing bands on their catalog, butThis was Black Flag's first record. It is considered to be the first hardcore record, but I'd say it's second, as the Germs released a single a year before this came out. At this point, Greg Ginn's company, SST, sold old World War II-era equipment, and they were just a couple of L.A. beach punks who wanted to start a band that sounded like the Sex Pistols. Another notable member at this point was Keith Morris, the original vocalist, who later went on to start another notable band called the Circle Jerks, and covered one of the songs off of this album for THEIR first album! in this decade, it seems more like a label that Greg Ginn releases all of his solo projects on. But they still keep almost every Black Flag record, no matter how unimportant, in print, so at least they care about their past. I'd really like to hear some of the NEW bands that SST would sign if they became a big name in punk/alternative rock again...

It sounds hardly anything like Henry Rollins-era Black Flag, so if you're looking for something for when you're in the mood to punch mirrors until your knuckles bleed or shoot up your own car's windshield just for the hell of it, this is not quite at that level. But, it's still a good, short album. Now, for ze review...

1. Nervous Breakdown
The first song. Yes. The first song. The riff kinda reminds me of "Lexicon Devil" by the Germs (which came out in the same year). But this is about Keith going insane, because his head is on his shoulder is going berzerk. He's heard the same shit over and over again. He's going insane. He needs you guys to stop pissing him off. Or else he's probably going to do something really awesome that you're gonna head. His voice sorta starts to go off the deep end later on in this song. It sounds pretty legit. This song has a general badass sound to it.

2. Fix Me
Y'know, in the first track, the man said he didn't want to be helped and that he just wanted to die. But here, he's saying "Fix me, fix my head, fix me please, I don't wanna be dead!". Confusing, eh? But like the other songs here, this is a pretty linear punk-thrasher that's sure to piss off your parents if they're total squares. That's ze end of side 1.

3. I've Had It
This one is a little slower in the verse, and like the other songs, it's about Keith being pissed off about his life and not being able to deal with it normally anymore. Then the chorus goes faster, and it has a riff like the pressure is slowly building up in his head. He plays guitar from his car! Have you?

4. Wasted
This is my favorite one. Sounds the most like the Sex Pistols out of all of these. The lyrical content here is basically that Keith has been a lot of things in life, but most importantly, being wasted and being out of his head. But, that iz the end of the record. Pretty short, eh? Well, it was a good listen.

So, if you're looking for 5 minutes to spend dancing like a maniac around the room or wanting to stir up whatever type of punk-rocker party you're having, you should play this. Also, if you're new to the band, it would actually be pretty neat to start here and slowly work your way up to the really crazy stuff. Black Flag.

Review #6: Grrrl Friend - Grrrl Friend (2008)

GRRRL FRIEND

Year: 2008
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Noise, Hardcore
Label: Wrong Island Records
Tracks: 10
Length: 32 Minutes (Medium-Length)
Style: Angry/Happy/Fun
My Rating: 7/8

If there's one band in this era of music that I am really thankful that I have found, it would have to be Grrrl Friend. What most popular musicians of today lack, Grrrl Friend has. I'm not quite sure where they're from, 'cause one source said they were from Portland, Oregon, and another said they were from New York City. Perhaps they moved. Well, Grrrl Friend has been together since about 2003, I believe, and has gone through a lot of changes in their line-up, but the band is fronted by Duffy Wrong Island, who sings and plays guitar on most of their songs.

The band's style of music is self-described as "noise punk", and the band is fond of using weird effects on their guitars to add a little spice to their sound. Also, I admire their Nirvana-like ability to alternate between angry, abrasive music and happy, more linear-sounding stuff. The band's philosophy is not to sell their albums, but allow people to have them for free, and they make their money from the live shows that they play (I wanna see them bad!). This is wish I was listening to this summer, and I had not yet discovered them. But, here iz the review...

1. Hanging the Executioner
The album opens with the lines "teenage police, I've got a social zombie helmet, I'm a drone on the streets...". It's a pretty slow, downbeat-sounding song. Halfway through the song, there is a part where the riff changes to an even cooler-sounding riff! It's a very good song.

2. Borscht
Another angry one. Duffy and their old female vocalist (I do not know her name) take turns singing on this one, which adds some variety. The guitar sound reminds me of early SoundGarden, here. All in all, it's a really badass tune!

3. Ibsen
This song just rocks. There's not a ton I can think of to say about it, but it's very good.

4. Fleet Would Mock
I'm guessing that this one's title is supposed to be a play on the name of the band, Fleetwood Mac. But this song starts out pretty calm, with just Duffy singin' and an acoustic guitar. Then the drums start drumming, and then somehow, the acoustic guitar somehow transforms into a noise-spewin' electric one, and Duffy is now yelling instead of softly singing. Seriously, the guitar sounds weirdly awesome, here. Almost sounds like a DJ scratching a record or something, but I'm pretty sure that the DJ (who happens to be Duffy Wrong Island) is just scratching his guitar (that should be a euphemism for masturbation).

5. The Flow
This is another duet between Duffy and the other vocalist. The guitar sounds like some sort of brass instrument (or maybe that is just an actual brass instrument in the background), and it's a pretty cool song. There's even a synth-organ solo in the song!

6. Tsantsa
Alright, this band has a lot of weird song titles. Tsantsa? Maybe it's supposed to be pronounced "Santa" with a lisp, or something stupid like that. Nevermind... I just looked it up. A tsantsa is actually some sort of shrunken head, I guess. Now I feel stupid. Oh, the song?? Yeah... it's... it's a song... it's slow... it iz pleasantly trippy... until it brings in the SLUDGE!!!!!!! Pretty much everything in the song is real distorted and such. Cool sludge, dudes. That's what this song and your brains are made of. I wonder if "Cool Sludge" could be used as another term for... slush?

7. Probably
I believe that the EP version of the album actually ends at track 6, which is a shame, 'cause the last four tracks of the extended version are the best ones! This song is faster than the other songs on the album that we have listened to, so far. It's got a real cool riff and I love Duffy's vocals, here. The song sounds pretty urgent and nice to listen to. The band also has released an acoustic demo version that's even better than this version, so I suggest that ya check it out.

8. The Rag
This song is also great. I like listening to it in the car! It starts more casual-paced, but the chorus is faster has these boingy guitar sounds. One of the happier songs on the album.

9. Cast a Shadow
This is a cover of a song by the band, Beat Happening. I really like this. Apparently this song was dedicated to all of the guy's friends who love heavy metal. I sure hope they liked this song! Well, if they didn't, I still do. It's a fun song. However, the song sounds better played live (it's a little edgier that way). "Cast a shadow on my ERECTION" -- HAH!!

10. Mine
This is my favorite song on the album. I just really like it. It has a great riff, and a fun mood to it. I recommend that you also listen to it. Because it is legit. Which means that it is good. It has a cool phaser effect in the chorus, also.

This whole album is fucking GREAT! I strongly suggest that you get a copy of this, which is as easy as urinating in the woods, because they released their album for FREE! One of my favorite records from this whole decade (and that's pretty hard for a band to do). If they made you buy this album and it costed $50... I would still buy it.

Here's the link to the album:
http://www.last.fm/music/Grrrl+Friend/Grrrl+Friend

Review #5: Reprobates - Stress (EP) (2009)

STRESS (EP)

Year: 2009
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: No Way Records
Tracks: 5
Length: 8 Minutes (Short)
Style: Angry
My Rating: 5/8

One thing that has sort of annoyed me about "modern hardcore" is the fact that it all seems very same-y to me. I miss the sound that hardcore punk had in the '80s. And that's what the Reprobates give you. Just fast, angry, fuzzed-out goodness. The band is from Canada (which has a better punk rock scene than a lot of the United States), and have a reputation for violent performances on stage. There are five songs on this album, and only one of them is average-sounding. If you liked bands like Deep Wound or early Black Flag, you'll probably like this!

1. Rat Maze
The lyrics on all of these songs are hard to understand because of the lo-fi quality of the record, so that won't be talked about much in this review. But the song starts with this sort of feeling that you're on some sort of adventure... the beat is great, too.

2. Failure
This song starts slow with spoken (as opposed to the raspy yell in most of the album) vocals. However, throughout the song, the speed does pick up and deliver furious spasms of condensed punk rock energy.

3. Stress
The only song on the album I'm not that big on. However, it iz the song that the album is named after. Well, it's fast. It's pissed-off. Not a lot else I can say.

4. Abandoned City
My favorite song on the album. It starts immediately with breakneck speed, but then it slows down a teeny bit, and then it goes back to the faster part, and so on. It's like riding on the blade of a helicopter and then getting off of it when the helicopter lands to get on to the next one as it spins faster than the next! The riff is really cool, too!

5. Gone to Shit
The closer to the album, and it's (guess) very fast. I can hear the singer in this part singing about having no motivation or self-control. Halfway through the song, it gets less fast for a moment, until the finale where it repeats the verse again.

If you're looking for a good, short, fast, intense hardcore album, then this iz for you. Hopefully the band will be releasing another record soon (maybe even a full-length!), so we could hear what else these guys are capable of!

Review #4: Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans (2009)

KING OF JEANS

Year: 2009
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Noise, Hardcore
Label: Sub-Pop Records
Tracks: 12
Length: 39 Minutes (Long)
Style: Angry/Weird/Bleak
My Rating: 5/8

In the age where edgy, weird rock music has been largely supplanted by the nonthreatening, the pretentious, and the plastic. However, Pissed Jeans is one of the few new bands that has what all of these other new groups are lacking, and one of the most well-known of these superior bands. Pissed Jeans is a noise-rock band from Pennsylvania that formed in the earlier part of this decade, has released two singles and three albums (the other two will be reviewed in not too long). The band plays aggressive, sludgy (but sometimes fast) noise-punk that sings about the woes of mundane activies such as scrap-booking, as well as things a lot of us can relate to, like being unable to get laid. However, the seemingly stupid lyrics are less important than the awesome music that accompanies it.

"King of Jeans" is the newest Pissed Jeans album, and its music has elements of hardcore, noise, and grunge, but it is not just another rip-off, which is a very good thing. Well, I should probably get on with the review, so I'm not holding you off too much. Here goes...

1. False Jesii, Part 2
In case you're wondering where the hell "False Jesii Part 1" is, it was actually a song by the 1980s band, Teenage Depression. But now, Pissed Jeans has made its own "sequel" to the song, which is a mid-tempo, relatively linear punk song. The chorus, however, seems to simply just be Bradley Fry making the sound "aaauauagajauauajgauauagjhhh", which actually sounds pretty cool, to be honest. He also says "hello", a lot. Maybe he keeps forgetting that we're already aware that he is singing the song!

2. Half Idiot
This is a song with a less conventional beat, and it has a sort of ominous-sounding bassline, as well as little squigglets of guitar noise in the verses. I guess Bradley thinks that his I.Q. is 60, because that would be halfway to "idiot" on the old-fashioned mental deficiency scale.

3. Dream Smotherer
In this song, Bradley sings about not needing a dream smotherer, and generally not caring about miniscule issues. You ever hear him attempt to SING! There is also a pretty neat bridge, with a solo in this song.

4. Pleasure Race
Begins with a legit yelled part (without any percussion or bass), and it's generally a slow song. I get the impression that it is about the male obsession with sex, and how it is one of our main drives, even when only SOMETIMES it ends really great.

5. She is Science Ficition
This one has a sweet riff that reminds me of some sort punk-rock dinosaur with sharp teeth that eats pterodactyls or something. There's even weird little "weo-weo-weo-weo" effects in it. There are parts of the song that remind me of an Melvins song from the late '80s. I think this song is about the singer wanting a chick to hold his hand and do a bunch of science-fictiony stuff with him.

6. Request for Masseuese
SLUDGE!! The song starts with a very slow bassline that makes you feel like you're slowly drowning in that one poisonous lake that's in Africa that actually emits deadly fumes, it's so poisonous. It's just like drowning in sludge. The song is actually just about what Bradley wants to a masseuese to do to him, 'cause, like, he probably has a really achy, tense back and stuff like that. The song gets louder about 2/3 through. You can hear him moan in pleasure from the massage. Hell, he was probably actually getting massaged when they recorded this song.

7. Human Upskirt
This is another fast one! I dunno what this one's about, but it's probably about the fact that a lot of humans (a.k.a. homo-sapiens) wear skirts, and that it is actually possible to look up them. But yeah, this song is pretty badass, and recommended for fast-dancing.

8. Lip-Ring
I can relate to this one. This is because I too find it very attractive when a girl is wearing a lip ring. I have a thing for a lip ring. I think he said that the chick also had a spiked bracelet. But this song is a little slower, but not too slow. You could probably still slam to it if ya really wanted to. The verses are more bass-driven, but the chorus is driven by a really cool riff.

9. Spent
This one sorta reminds me of Black Flag or the Melvins. Just something about it, I suppose. Starts sorta mellow, with just a fuzzed-out guitar, but after over a minute of just that, the drums and bass kick in, and then it's all good... until the guitarist shoots out a sonic blast of guitar-noise-rays, and then Bradley Fry starts singing about the fact that he just doesn't feel motivated to do anything, anymore. It's extremely slow, but then towards the end of the song, it gets a tiny bit faster. Then he starts saying "spent" a lot. Longest song on the album.

10. R-Rated Movie
After that really slow one, this is a faster one. It's about going to an R-rated movie out of boredom and enjoying it for the violence and sex.

11. Dominate Yourself
Now HERE is a concept that I have never tried before... dominating YOURSELF!! Well, here, Bradley gives instructions on how to do this to some hardcore-soundin' background music. You should try listening to this while actually dominating yourself! Get back to me on that one, and tell me how eet goes!

12. Goodbye (Hair)
A sad, slow song about sadly saying goodbye to your hair when you start getting bald and stuff. Actually pretty depressing to think about. This whole album has a lot of depressing stuff in it. But, it's true. The typical person's life just isn't that exciting.

It's a solid effort from Pissed Jeans. Not as great as their first album, but it's still worth listening to; it's got its equal share of fast, angry stuff, and slow stuff that both reflect the somewhat hopeless nature of life for people who aren't exactly living high on the hog and such. It's just too bad they didn't make a music video for a song off of this one. The one they did for their last album was pretty funny!
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Review #3: Lunachicks - Babysitters on Acid (1990)

BABYSITTERS ON ACID

Year: 1990
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: Blast First Records
Tracks: 12
Length: 39 Minutes (Long)
Style: Fun/Rebellious
My Rating: 8/8

I remember being bored outta my mind, looking for new bands to listen to on the internet, one day. Then I found a music video for a song called "Babysitters on Acid", and it changed my life. At least a little. The song that really pulled me into the band was "Jan Brady", though. However, this isn't really the best way to start. Ahem. Cough. Throatclear. Burp. Cough again. Fart. Burp. Attempt to blow clogged-up nose.

Yeah... Anyways, the Lunachicks are another one o' those bands that sorta blur the line between punk rock and heavy metal. It's got the three to four-chord riffs and beats of punk rock, but there's an extensive use of guitar leads, and Theo Kogan actually tries to sing good, so it's up for dispute. In the end, I'd say they are still awesome. This was their first full length album, and it went out of print pretty quickly, apparently, until it was re-issued 11 fucking years later! They released an EP before this, and they had been signed to Blast First records by none other than... Sonic Youth! Thurston and Kim had seen one of their early shows, and they weren't so good at playing their instruments, so they had been confused for a noise rock band (which I guess they vaguely were at this point). But they were different in a few ways during this point than they were in the later albums. The sound is a lot more low-budget sounding, which I actually really like, so that's good. They weren't quite at the phase of wearing the pounds of intentionally weird makeup and looking like female drag queens, so they were all pretty attractive during this era (I think so, at least.) Seriously, they were.

There's a lot of alternating between punk rock anthems to weird and gross aspects of American culture (the Brady Bunch, bestiality, Cookie Monster, etc.), and more serious songs talking about murder, organized religion, and prostitution. The sound is friggin' golden, though. There isn't a ton I don't like about this album. Definitely my favorite Lunachicks record. Now, for the meat of the review...

1. Jan Brady
This is a song about Jan Brady from the Brady Bunch, who believes herself to be God, and it has a catchy chorus that goes "I am Jan, Jan I am, I like to eat green eggs and ham!". Hahaha. But this iz the song that got me hooked on the Lunachicks. It just rocks real hard, y'know?

2. Glad I'm Not Yew
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what this song is about. One thing that really kills me (in a good way) about it is whatever strumming technique they're using in this song. If you really listen to the guitar, something about it sounds real good. Maybe it's the fact that they used two guitarists, I dunno. Anyways, the song is kinda fast in the verses, and then it has a slow chorus (typical in a lot of hardcore punk). It's a fun song, though. Nice to blast in the car stereo, if your friends are willing to put up with it.

3. Babysitters on Acid
The namesake song of the album (and also the first Lunachicks song I ever heard.) Supposedly in the album liner notes, there is a comic book version of this track. I haven't ever read it, though. This is a sassy-sounding tune about a crazy babysitter who, not being allowed to throw a party while on the job, does some acid and tries to cook the baby in the oven, and the parents get all shocked and they probably fainted (but it was probably inaudible 'cause the parents both weighed a total of 2 pounds or something.) To make matters worse, the babysitter refuses to leave without getting paid!

4. Makin It (With Other Species)
Ah yes, a bestiality song. This is the fastest song on the record, and I think the title speaks for itself. It's pretty funny and offensive.

5. Mabel Rock
I absolutely love this one! It's about the actress, Mabel King, or something. But I like it for a lot of the same reasons I like "Glad I'm Not Yew", 'cept I actually heard this one first. I imagine listening to this if I was lost in some sort of wasteland on the way to the world's coolest punk rock concert during a sunny day at about 5:00 PM.

6. Theme Song
I really under-estimated this one. I first heard snippets of the first half of the song, and while it sounded humorous, I expected it to be no more than filler. I was wrong, though. I finally heard the full song on internet radio one night, and my mind was changed! Anyways, it's a song about Theo killing her old high school teacher. It starts out mid-tempo, but 1/3 through the song, it turns into a slow masterpiece, singing of feelings of no guilt for the killing. Probably the best and most emotional piece on the record. Also the end of Side 1.

7. Born 2 B Mild
This song starts Side 2! It's basically a song that denounces organized religion, with the band also singing about the joys of bein' in a rock n' roll band instead of a more confining lifestyle.

8. Pin Eye Woman 665
This is one of the less happy songs on the album, and revolves around the life of a prostitute who is also addicted to heroin, and even makes reference to a possible death from AIDS. But nonetheless, like the other songs on the album, it still totally rocks! The drum-solo in the middle is a nice touch, also.

9. Cookie-Core
This song is also known as "Cookie Moshter" on the single that it was released on in the same year as this album. But anyways, as you might have guessed, it's basically some sort of demented counting song featuring none other than COOKIE MONSTER! However, Theo gets the last laugh, when it turns out that despite offering some of the cookies, she got to eat them all, and thus, is great.

10. Octopussy
A bizzare love-song about a woman with eight arms (or maybe tentacles), and her love for her partner. I should listen to this when I finally get a girlfriend.

11. Sugar Luv
Starts out real slow, but then the speed picks up. This also released on their debut EP from 1989. I believe it might actually be another love song, too. But I think it's supposed to be about some dude who's made of candy or sugar or something like that.

12. Compilcation
This sawng is about something that must be really complicated, because they don't really have much else to say, here. But it's great for slam-dancing, I suspect. Theo's vocals are really strong, here. The song fades out, but then fades back in for a brief noisy finale. And that iz the end of Side 2 which means that it iz the end of the album.

If you like punk or hard rock in general, don't pass up this one! It's a great listen, as are all of the Lunachicks albums, but especially this one. I've also included some of the music videos that came out for songs on this album. Bye!

MUSIC VIDEOS





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Review #2: Meat Puppets - In a Car (EP) (1981)

IN A CAR (EP)

Year: 1981
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore
Label: Word Imitation Records
Tracks: 5
Length: 5 Minutes (Very Short)
Style: Angry/Weird
My Rating: 6/8

Long before the Meat Puppets performed with Nirvana on MTV, or became known for their more mellow, folksy-type music, they were one of the most intensely weird and crazy bands around. Hailing from Arizona, these guys even then were not your average bread & butter punk band. "In a Car" is the first record they released, and it's only about 5 minutes long. It features violent, thrashing drums, ear-slicing guitars, and hyper, unintelligible screams and vocals fuelled by LSD and being a punk rocker in a boring part of the desert, which I admire very much. The album sounds more psycho than a Germs live concert in the '70s. This album is very short, so I think it's appropriate that this review should also be short. That, and I just wrote a long Butthole Surfers review. Anyway, here we go:

1. In a Car
Starting with bass, then kicking into full throttle, this is a fast song that reminds me of aimlessly running through the hot sun (or driving "in a car"). Something fast. Kurt Kirkwood's vocals sound really high-pitched and raspy, which for some reason makes me feel like the creature on the cover of the album is actually singing instead of a person. The vocals get progressively more uneasy towards the end, and you gotta love the constant crashing of the drums.

2. Big House
This one sounds happy for some reason. The singing almost sounds like some sort of prototype for Kurt Cobain's style of singing (which wasn't supposed to be that clear either). The only intelligible lyric in the whole song is, well, in the title. I also noticed that the speed seems to go a few notches down later on in the song.

3. Dolphin Field
LOTS of screaming. Still, I could imagine a lot of screamo-listening bastards hating this anyways for its unpolished sound and lack of pussyish sounds. More interestingly, I'd like to see one of them "dolphin fields". Maybe it's a thing in Arizona that is kept secret from the rest of the worrrrllllddddddddd..sd;las;dlsad

4. Out in the Gardener
NOT "Out in the Garden"... it's "Out in the Gardener". Maybe Kurt Kirkwood was banging a gardener when he thought of the title for this song. But anyways, this is an intrumental track, and it's mostly got some interesting trippy guitar-work and a bouncy beat.

5. Foreign Lawns
Like, lawns in Mexico or Japan or Germany, I suppose. This is my favorite track on the album, and it's also the shortest. It's almost funny listening to how ridiculous those screams sound. Almost sounds like Darby Crash for a brief moment or two. The song ends with an out-of-place clean-sounding strum of the guitar. But anyways, that's the end!

The Meat Puppets did another album of this style in the next year, but maybe never anything this aggressive ever again. In that album, they would begin experimenting with elements of country music, and after that, they invented "cowpunk" in their famous 1984 work, "Meat Puppets II."

Review #1: Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfers (1983)

BUTTHOLE SURFERS

Year: 1983
Genre: Punk Rock
Sub-Genres: Hardcore, Noise
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Tracks: 7
Length: 18 Minutes (Medium-Length)
Style: Funny
My Rating: 7/8

*feedback* "THERE'S A TIME TO FUCK, AND A TIME TO CRAVE, BUT THE SHAH SLEEPS IN LEE HARVEY'S GRAVE!!!!!"

If you were to actually hear this on the actual album, you would likely either go "what the fuck is this crap?" OR just laugh your ass off. Hopefully the latter. There are some people who avoid this band even because of the CONCEPT of listening to a band with the word "Butthole" in its name. As a result, it is a lot harder to find this band's records in stores than it should be (or at least they act like "Electriclarryland" was the only album they ever released). Well, it's their loss.

By 1983, mainstream music was beginning to get worse than ever before, and this album was probably one of the biggest slaps to the face of that in its time. Offensive, weird, and un-structured. This was also one of the first "slow-core" albums, as the Butthole Surfers were one of the first bands (alongside Flipper, Black Flag, and the Melvins) to take hardcore punk and slow it down to unconventional speeds (this eventually resulted in the "grunge" genre). I think that if I had heard this in 1983, I would have considered the Butthole Surfers kings. This was long before they got to the pinnacle of their weirdness, but it'll still definitely confuse a lot of mainstream music-lovers.

But there is a lot more to the album than that. Part of its appeal is its diversity of style. Tracks 1 & 6 are hardcore thrashers, tracks 2 & 4 are sort of trippy-sounding pieces, and tracks 3 & 7 are examples of slow hardcore proto-grunge stuff. Side 1 is good, but I think that the best part of the album is the entirety of Side 2. The album is only 18 minutes long, so it's easy to listen to the whole thing in one sitting, and there's very little filler. Anyways, here's the damn review...

1. The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
This one is hilarious. It's basically a bunch of offensive weird rhymes about various culture figures from the 1960s, interspliced with thrashy sections that make nearly every so-called "rock" band today look like pussies. You can also hear some guy screaming "NO!" in the background. The songs slows down with the narrator (Paul Leary) talking about how God is 2nd to him, and after that, it's just some guy curled up in the corner screaming "SHUT UP!" in agony, as the screams turn to wimpers...

2. Hey
This is probably one of the songs I like less off of the album. It almost sounds like garage-rock or something, and this is the first song on the album where Gibby Haynes does the vocals. From the lyrics, I think it is supposed to be some sort of weird love-song. Halfway through the song, the speed picks up in the song and it gets slightly more edgy.

3. Something
This is a slow song. Paul Leary sings, and Gibby plays the saxophone in this song. There doesn't appear to really be any sort of theme to the song, just some random lyrics. There's a pretty repetitive-but-heavy bassline, and a lot of sax and guitar-noise in the foreground. Side 1 ends with this track, and we go on to the even better Side 2.

4. Bar-B-Q Pope
This is the song that got me hooked on the Butthole Surfers. It's a slower, psychedelic song about a guy who has killed the barbecue man, and is hiding. Also, the Pope has been shot. It opens with a mellow, mature-sounding bass and guitar line, but it suddenly interrupted by Paul Leary's maniac shrieks, as he sings the song in a way that makes it hard to tell wether he's feeling angry, guilty, or happy. It's a pretty funny song.

5. Wichita Cathedral
This is a song that you can dance to. It kinda reminds me of "cowpunk" a bit, as it has a country-ish bassline and beat coupled with punk rock fury. Gibby sings in this song, and it's about how he got wasted at the Wichita Cathedral and was chased by a dog. It has a nice mood to it. Maybe you should get wasted to this song as well.

6. Suicide
Probably one of the few serious-sounding songs that this band has ever done. It's basically a deep, poetic-sounding song sung by Gibby Haynes about, well, feelings of suicide and being trapped in a room of problems. It's pretty fast if that's what kind of stuff you dig, and you've gotta love the two great screams from Gibby that the song ends with. Shortest song on the album.

7. The Revenge of Anus Presley
Ya know "Pee Pee the Sailor" (a parody of Popeye the Sailor Man with an ass for a face) from the album's disc art? I'd like to think that these two are friends, or at least brothers of some sort. And while Pee Pee the Sailor comes off as being some sort of jolly fellow, Anus Presley is one of the angriest, meanest motherfuckers you'll ever hear of. He's got the nerve to rip off your toenails as if they were just Twinkies, or peel off your skin as easily as he'd peel a potato. I personally like to go with Wikipedia's explanation of this track, as it being a Black Flag/Henry Rollins parody, because if that was the intent of this track, this is a very good parody. It may not be musically great or anything (who cares?), but I think that it is very funny.

Well, that is the end of the album. It's not too short, but not too long, it's a solid listen, there isn't really a boring track on it, and don't mess with Anus Presley.