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- ...presents... cDc core #5
- original album reviews
- by The Pusher
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- >>> a cDc publication.......1990 <<<
- -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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- BAD BRAINS: The Youth Are Getting Restless (Caroline)
-
- To be honest, while all the metal people are now getting into these guys,
- a lot of hardcore people and I are getting tired of their shit. The Jah crap,
- the 18 dollar shows, the bogus rationalization for homophobia, I don't think
- the music makes up for it anymore. This is a 16 song live album (half of which
- were on the last live album two years ago!) recorded in Amsterdam, 1987. A
- pure money-maker, simple as that.
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- BLACK FLAG: I Can See You (SST)
-
- A reunion album? No. A live tape found in the basement? No. An easy
- way to make lots of money off Flag fans? Yes. One song, "Kickin' & Stickin",
- I've never heard before. The other three songs (yes, this is only FOUR songs)
- are from the last studio album "In My Head", the slow and acidy stuff. I can't
- hear any difference between the versions on that and on this new thing.
-
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- DEAD MILKMEN: Metaphysical Graffiti (Enigma)
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- Their album title may come from LED ZEPPELIN, but the Milkmen are still
- doing that same wimpy, jazzy, punk rock. And I don't mean that as a negative
- comment, this is much better than their last LP, the disappointing
- "Beelzebubba". Arguably, this is up there with their first LP, the immortal
- "Big Lizard In My Backyard". Stand out tracks here are the hilarious "Do The
- Brown Nose", and "The Big Sleazy". Not to mention the last song, the
- appropriately titled "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!", a BUTTHOLE
- SURFERS type jam with warped vocals telling us some kind of story.
-
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- FUGAZI: Repeater (Dischord)
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- I thought, and I thought, and I thought, but I can't really come up with
- anything else to say about FUGAZI. "Too good for words", I guess. What I can
- say is that if you don't like this, you probably are very close-minded about
- music. By the way, Ian MacKaye is THE rhythm guitarist.
-
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- HOLY ROLLERS: As Is (Dischord)
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- The only reason I bought this album was because it was on Dischord.
- Whatever the hell your reason, get this. This album is one of the best I've
- heard this year, and without a doubt better than all the other Dischord acts
- like SOULSIDE, FIRE PARTY, and IGNITION. Only the mighty FUGAZI can top this
- three-piece. It's DC post-hardcore meets Sub Pop with sporadic thrash parts
- and hypnotic vocals. I really got into "Ode to Sabine County", a tragic
- re-working of an old Christmas classic.
-
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- JUDGE: Bringin' It Down (Revelation)
-
- Straight-edge hardcore (with two ex-YOUTH OF TODAY people), of course, wit
- h metal tinges. Nothing too creative, but I have to say that I like it. They
- are really good are at doing this stuff... the tight rhythm section, the mosh
- parts in all the right places. Aside from the song "Like You", there's nothing
- else that goes against the grain. Oh yeah, Revelation also released a
- different version of this LP called "Chung King Can Suck It". Only 100 were
- pressed. How they were distributed, I have no idea, but for what it's going
- for, you'd probably have enough to buy the first 4-5 DISCHORD releases at their
- present prices.
-
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- NEUROSIS: The Word As Law (Lookout)
-
- People tell me these guys sound like METALLICA, so maybe I should go out
- and buy "And Justice For All..." because NEUROSIS is incredible. 8 songs
- (ranging from 43 seconds to 7 minutes) talking about oppression and conformity
- and stuff like that. Good production; it's slow, it's fast, more variety than
- your average thrash album. Thrash is really too much of a limiting word for
- something this good.
-
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- SCATTERBRAIN: Here Comes Trouble (In-Effect)
-
- Not a new band, but LUDICHRIST, who did two albums on Combat, with a new
- rhythm section. So why did they change their name? Well, you can't very well
- conquer MTV and get the opening spot on the next POISON tour with a name like
- LUDICHRIST can you? Anyway, these guys aren't playing in hardcore venues, more
- like the kind of places BRITNY FOX would hang out. But surprisingly enough,
- they don't sound that different. A little slower, a little less harsh, but I
- still think HC/Thrash people can enjoy them, even though I didn't go for their
- goofy hard rock thing. Have to give credit to any band, however, that covers
- CHEECH & CHONG and MOZART on the same album.
-
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- SOCIAL DISTORTION: self-titled (Epic)
-
- I was a little hesitant about buying this album. After all, the last big
- hardcore album to be released on EPIC by SUICIDAL TENDENCIES didn't exactly
- turn out so hot, if you know what I mean. But I went for this anyway. Well,
- it most certainly is the least of the three SOCIAL DISTORTION albums, but it's
- still very respectable. They slowed down, made it blusey, did even more "I'm
- an outlaw in jail" type songs, but the fact is, it's still the same band, and
- Mike Ness still is an awesome singer and guitar player. I will listen to this
- in the future, and I hope they become as big as BON JOVI.
-
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- WARZONE: Warzone (Caroline)
-
- If you liked their last two albums, (which even with some screwy politics
- were still great NYHC) I guarantee you will NOT like this. SLOW hard rock,
- solid guitar playing, but it's just one long ZZZZZZ. They even thank one of
- the guys from SKID ROW inside. It's interesting how they changed their entire
- sound... now get it the fuck out of my face.
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