Description:"Too smart to be punks. Not smart enough to be anything else." Probably the truest thing ever said of this band--who, for a time in the early 1980s, represented to a quivering Middle America everything that was sick, seditious and unholy about punk rock. Singer Jello Biafra almost instinctively recognised the wisdom of marry"Too smart to be punks. Not smart enough to be anything else." Probably the truest thing ever said of this band--who, for a time in the early 1980s, represented to a quivering Middle America everything that was sick, seditious and unholy about punk rock. Singer Jello Biafra almost instinctively recognised the wisdom of marrying leftist radicalism with overdriven guitars--that, yes, the medium would swamp the message, but it would also empower it. Ultimately, however, the band were undone by the limitations of their format. Considered song-by-song--and there are 21 of them here, ranging from the compelling ("Buzzbomb", "Forest Fire") to the truly abysmal ("Religious Vomit")--their sound was too abrasive, and their pace too unvarying, to ever extend the limits of the form. And while certain sentiments remain valid--"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is as noble (and as necessary) a gesture today as it was back then--it fell to a later generation (Black Flag, Minor Threat, Hüsker Dü) to bring actual songcraft to hardcore. --Andrew McGuire... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Decay Release date : 26 February 2001 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0803341101029 UPC: 803341101029
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