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...presents... cDc core #7
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original music reviews by The Pusher
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>>> a cDc publication.......1991 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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JELLO BIAFRA WITH NO MEANS NO: The Sky Is Falling And I Want My Mommy
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(Alternative Tentacles)
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It took a while, but Jello Biafra's post-DEAD KENNEDYS career is really
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moving. There's LARD, a collaboration with MINISTRY, an album with D.O.A., the
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TUMOR CIRCUS 7" with KING SNAKE ROOST, the spoken word DIE FOR OIL 7", and now
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an album with Canada's NO MEANS NO. There're 8 songs here, half are straight
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forward thrashers in the old DK style, and the other half are in the warped
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jazz-punk No Means No style. As usual, Jello's lyrics are both witty and
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informative. The one fault with this is that the songs either sound like Jello
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Biafra songs or No Means No songs, they don't sound like Jello Biafra WITH No
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Means No songs. Whatever. You can't go wrong with this.
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BURN 7" (Revelation)
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Debut 7" from one of the best new NYHC bands. These guys obviously like
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the first CRO-MAGS album a lot, but by no means is Burn generic hardcore. Most
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hardcore bands have mosh parts, but Burn has JAZZ parts! Still, these jazz
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breaks are very danceable. There are no ripping guitar solos, but guitarist
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Gavin Van Vlack throws in a bunch of guitar subtleties to keep things
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interesting. The bass playing is exceptional, almost like a lead instrument at
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times. The emotional vocals are more singing than screaming. I hate the way
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the drums sound, very artificial sounding. Once again, another Revelation band
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surprises everyone with some originality.
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CARCASS: Symphonies of Sickness (Combat/Earache)
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It looks like that the next sub-genre of hardcore to get big is
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"grindcore". (See SPIN June '91 for more information). The big grindcore
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record label is Earache Records, based in England. Combat Records is
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re-releasing a bunch of Earache stuff here in the States. Personally, I don't
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like any sort of speed/death/thrash metal, so I don't see why grindcore should
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be any different. I saw this Carcass album, however, and with song titles like
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"Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites," "Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment,"
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and "Excoriating Abdominal Emanation," how could I not check this out? It's
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H-E-A-V-Y, hyper-fast in some parts, and the vocals sound like inhuman monsters
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with constipation. The lyrics are pretty explicit. "Renal ulcerations, faecal
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gurgitations. Costive crepitations, complete anal disgorgement." These guys
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must be medical students or something. Ok, if taken in small doses.
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FISHBONE: The Reality of My Surroundings (Columbia)
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The 'Bone return with their 4th LP. If they don't make it big with this
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one, then they never will. This is probably their best album, even if you have
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to do a lot of skipping around with the CD player. The songs number 18 on this
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album, but almost half are filler. Four songs (all called "If I Were A... I'd)
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are live and about 30 seconds each. Then, you've got 3 spoken word/tape loop
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songs which are worth one listen at the most. The last song, "Sunless
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Saturday", sounds like NELSON and should be avoided. After slogging through
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the junk, you're left with some great songs touching on a wide variety of
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styles. Hard rock ("Fight The Youth"), ska ("Housework"), rhythm and
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blues/punk ("Pressure"), and reggae ("Pray To The Junkiemaker"). Unlike 24-7
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SPYZ who sound like a novelty, all these different styles don't sound forced
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with Fishbone. There's also very little of the boring soft-rock I was afraid I
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might get. Still, I'll take MURPHY'S LAW or RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS over this
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anytime.
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GODFLESH: Streetcleaner (Earache)
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Typical grindcore band, right? Pounding guitars, guttural vocals, and
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a... drum machine? That's right, a drum machine. Godflesh are actually closer
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to MINISTRY than NAPALM DEATH, but combine the best elements of both bands. A
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really interesting album that should appeal to everyone from your average
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dressed-in-black-death rocker, to your average dressed-in-black-metal head.
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Undoubtedly blows away any Wax Trax shit. I predict that this type of
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"industrial metal" will get a lot more popular in the near future.
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INSIDE OUT 7" (Revelation)
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I have to admit that my favorite hardcore bands right now are the
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"progressive" ones, the innovative bands who stretch the definition of
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hardcore. Inside Out (from CA.), however, strike hard with an older style that
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brings to mind Out of Step-era MINOR THREAT. These guys have a lot of power,
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thanks to guitarist Vic Damone (now in SHELTER). He throws in plenty of hot
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riffs in the six songs. The vocals are just total screaming, but it blends
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well with the highly energetic music. The bass and drums sometimes get lost
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beneath the guitar, but I don't really think it matters. Hardcore is about the
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intensity of LIVE music, and this record definitely captures that intensity.
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MIND FUNK (Epic)
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What you've got here are a bunch of HC/Metal people who got tired of such
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music and decided they wanted to rock out. The lineup contains two ex-M.O.D.
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guys, the lead singer for the now defunct SE/HC band Uniform Choice, and the
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old drummer from the speed metal/glam Swiss band Celtic Frost. To their
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credit, Mind Funk's style of rock is closer to JANE'S ADDICTION than WINGER. I
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can't really think of any band whose sound is similar to Mind Funk's. Yet,
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like most modern rock, half the songs have me playing air guitar, and the other
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half put me to sleep. The whole thing is a minor disappointment when you look
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at all the hype.
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OPERATION IVY [CD] (Lookout)
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This CD-only release is exactly like the MINOR THREAT CD-only release.
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Everything the band has ever done along with a booklet containing lyrics and
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pictures. On the Op Ivy disk you get the "Energy" LP, the "Hectic" EP and two
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songs from a MaximumRockNRoll compilation. Operation Ivy were a punk band who
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realized that ska was just as easy to play as punk and a lot more fun. I deem
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it impossible to listen to this and not start dancing. A must-have that will
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brighten anyone's day. Operation Ivy are right up there with BLACK FLAG,
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CIRCLE JERKS, DEAD KENNEDYS, and any other legendary California punk band. If
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you like this, check out Boston's THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, who've taken the
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punk/ska thing even further.
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SICK OF IT ALL: We Stand Alone 7" (In-Effect)
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This is pretty much something to keep the fans satisfied until a new album
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comes out. ALL the big NYHC bands "progress" eventually, but with this 7", SOIA
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shows that for now, they plan to continue with their one-dimensional thrash
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attack. They are a limited band, but they play with so much aggression that it
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works. The opening track, "What's Goin' On" has one of the best mosh parts
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I've ever heard in my entire life. The sum total is 3 studio tracks (including
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a cover of MINOR THREAT's "Betray), and 2-4 live songs, depending on whether
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you bought the tape or record. It should be noted that this is a lot less
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polished, and a lot more raw than the "Blood, Sweat, and No Tears" LP.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: Only The Strong 7" (Victory)
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A straight-edge compilation featuring 4 bands from Cleveland, one from
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Utah, and one from Chicago. This record blows dick. Ridiculous lyrics ("You
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should have known. I wouldn't give in. Must punish you. For me to win."),
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and really pathetic musicianship. The astoundingly awful drummer of FACE VALUE
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gave me a few laughs. The only listenable songs are the ones by INSIGHT and
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INTEGRITY. The INSIGHT song has some great bass playing and kind of an S.O.D.
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feel. The INTEGRITY (kings of "hard-edge") cut is super heavy and has a decent
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guitar solo. This crap might have been hot back in 1986, but now it's 1991,
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and midwestern SE/HC has fallen way behind New York.
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.ooM |Copr. 1991 cDc communications by The Pusher 07/20/91-#176|
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\_______/|All Rights Pissed Away. FIVE YEARS of cDc|
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