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- ...presents... cDc core #4
- original album reviews
- by The Pusher
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- >>> a cDc publication.......1989 <<<
- -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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- ALL: Allroys' Revenge (Cruz)
-
- Another album from the "punk rock Beach Boys". Same stuff, songs about
- girls, and sleeping. And they've also got a new singer. Dave Smalley left for
- school, so Scott Reynolds (ex-Three Car Pileup) took over. He's quite the pop
- singer, but not as much as Dave. ALL continues moving their sound away from
- the DESCENDENTS (though "Check One" could easily be a DESCENDENTS song), thanks
- to incredible musicianship (Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson were voted best
- rhythm section in the last FLIPSIDE poll). It's good, but not great. Why the
- cover of "Hot Rod Lincoln"?
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- CHEMICAL PEOPLE: Ten Fold Hate (Cruz)
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- Like their labelmates, ALL, Chemical People write a lot of songs about
- girls. But these girl songs are of a slightly different nature. "Cherry On A
- Sunday", "Nudist Camp", "Cop A Feel" ...see what I'm talking about? They're
- almost on GG ALLIN level. Don't get me wrong here though, this is a great
- pop-core album. For all of you who wish ALL would play a little harder in
- places, buy this. Includes two instrumentals, a rap song "Black Throat", with
- porn star Jack Baker doing the vocals, and two intros. And by the way, try not
- to cum on the cover.
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- FREE FOR ALL compilation (Hawker)
-
- A live compilation album featuring the four bands in Hawker Records'
- current line-up (NO FOR AN ANSWER, REST IN PIECES, TOKEN ENTRY - who sound like
- Aerosmith at times, and WRECKING CREW), taped in April at CBGB's. Each band
- gets about 8 minutes and 3 songs on the tape. Clear production, not really
- necessary for fans, more of a sampler for people wishing to check out one of
- the major up-and-coming hardcore labels.
-
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- NAKED RAYGUN: Understand? (Caroline)
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- The 4th album from one of the greatest punk bands in the whole country.
- Buzzsaw guitar, songs you can sing along and dance to, plenty of "Whoah Whoah
- Ho Ho" choruses, definitely in contention for album of the year. The lyrics
- (written by all the band members) somehow manage to include seriousness and
- satirical humor in every song. It may be less rock than "Jettison", but still
- a must.
-
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- OLD SKULL: Get Outta School (Restless)
-
- I'm sure some of you have heard something about this Wisconsin band by
- now. "The Youngest Punk Band In The World." Some guy got his two 9-year old
- kids, and one of their friends, and recorded this "album" of "songs". They do
- play songs, but it's what you would expect from 9-year olds, spazzing out on
- the instruments and such. The lyrics are so simple they're good, but obviously
- written by an adult trying to make them seem like they were written by a kid.
- Maybe they'll be a good band a decade from now, but now it's just a novelty
- act. If you pay money for this, you're getting ripped off. Is this what will
- succeed straight-edge? Pre-teen-core?
-
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- RAMONES: Brain Drain (Sire)
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- A little better than some of their previous albums, as they don't try as
- much to play that complicated stuff (guitar solos and such), sticking to their
- trademark 4-chord-hyper-Rock 'N' Roll. There are some songs that show The
- Ramones still have some "punk" in them like "Learn To Listen," and "Ignorance
- Is Bliss." There are also some truly awful songs like the theme to the movie
- "Pet Sematary," and "Merry Christmas." Great cover of the 1959 Freddy Cannon
- hit "Palisades Park." Over-produced as usual.
-
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- STATE OF THE UNION compilation (Dischord)
-
- This is THE compilation of the year. 16 Dischord/Sammich bands on a
- benefit album for the A.C.L.U. and the Community for Creative Non-Violence.
- Rock, Punk, Hardcore, Folk, and some great articles on apartheid and the
- homeless inside. Very popular bands like IGNITION and FUGAZI, and some other
- bands who have never been on a record before like 3 and ONE LAST WISH. EVERY
- song is excellent, this is an excellent album, for an excellent cause. Buy or
- Die!
-
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- 24-7 SPYZ: Harder Than You (In Effect)
-
- The latest "black rock" (Like blacks just discovered rock...Jeez) group to
- get a lot of attention, the South Bronx's 24-7 Spyz. This has got: Hardcore
- ("Grandma Dynamite"), Metal ("I Must Go On"), Rock ("Social Plague"), Rap
- ("Spyz Dope"), Reggae ("Ballots Not Bullets"), Funk ("Jungle Boogie"), and even
- a polka song about skinheads! ("Tango Skin Polka"). They can definitely play
- as well as any of those MTV metal bands. I'm not so sure it needs to be this
- diverse, 1 too many styles, but a great album. Why can't the white bands make
- a good rock album anymore?
-
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- THE UNDEAD: Act Your Rage! (Post-Mortem)
-
- Finally, 9 years after quitting the MISFITS, Bobby Steele got a full-
- length Undead album together. And it is one kick ass PUNK FUCKING ROCK album!
- The best elements of the MISFITS and the RAMONES together. And Steele himself
- is an extraordinary guitarist, even throwing in some Hendrix riffs on "We Don't
- Want The Poor In New York City." There are many people who like the old "'77"
- punk a lot more than hardcore, and this is what they should be getting. Way
- above-average cover of "Eve Of Destruction."
-
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- UNDERDOG: The Vanishing Point (Caroline)
-
- NYC band that ended up on Caroline despite being nowhere near as popular
- as label-mates (and perhaps rock stars?), YOUTH OF TODAY and WARZONE. This is
- good East Coast slow metal-core music, with some reggae thrown in. Powerful
- lyrics, but I can't ignore the fact that I don't like this type of music!
-
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