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...presents... cDc core #4
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original album reviews
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by The Pusher
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>>> a cDc publication.......1989 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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ALL: Allroys' Revenge (Cruz)
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Another album from the "punk rock Beach Boys". Same stuff, songs about
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girls, and sleeping. And they've also got a new singer. Dave Smalley left for
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school, so Scott Reynolds (ex-Three Car Pileup) took over. He's quite the pop
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singer, but not as much as Dave. ALL continues moving their sound away from
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the DESCENDENTS (though "Check One" could easily be a DESCENDENTS song), thanks
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to incredible musicianship (Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson were voted best
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rhythm section in the last FLIPSIDE poll). It's good, but not great. Why the
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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
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girls. But these girl songs are of a slightly different nature. "Cherry On A
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Sunday", "Nudist Camp", "Cop A Feel" ...see what I'm talking about? They're
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almost on GG ALLIN level. Don't get me wrong here though, this is a great
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pop-core album. For all of you who wish ALL would play a little harder in
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places, buy this. Includes two instrumentals, a rap song "Black Throat", with
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porn star Jack Baker doing the vocals, and two intros. And by the way, try not
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to cum on the cover.
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FREE FOR ALL compilation (Hawker)
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A live compilation album featuring the four bands in Hawker Records'
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current line-up (NO FOR AN ANSWER, REST IN PIECES, TOKEN ENTRY - who sound like
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Aerosmith at times, and WRECKING CREW), taped in April at CBGB's. Each band
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gets about 8 minutes and 3 songs on the tape. Clear production, not really
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necessary for fans, more of a sampler for people wishing to check out one of
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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.
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Buzzsaw guitar, songs you can sing along and dance to, plenty of "Whoah Whoah
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Ho Ho" choruses, definitely in contention for album of the year. The lyrics
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(written by all the band members) somehow manage to include seriousness and
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satirical humor in every song. It may be less rock than "Jettison", but still
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a must.
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OLD SKULL: Get Outta School (Restless)
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I'm sure some of you have heard something about this Wisconsin band by
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now. "The Youngest Punk Band In The World." Some guy got his two 9-year old
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kids, and one of their friends, and recorded this "album" of "songs". They do
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play songs, but it's what you would expect from 9-year olds, spazzing out on
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the instruments and such. The lyrics are so simple they're good, but obviously
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written by an adult trying to make them seem like they were written by a kid.
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Maybe they'll be a good band a decade from now, but now it's just a novelty
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act. If you pay money for this, you're getting ripped off. Is this what will
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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
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much to play that complicated stuff (guitar solos and such), sticking to their
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trademark 4-chord-hyper-Rock 'N' Roll. There are some songs that show The
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Ramones still have some "punk" in them like "Learn To Listen," and "Ignorance
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Is Bliss." There are also some truly awful songs like the theme to the movie
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"Pet Sematary," and "Merry Christmas." Great cover of the 1959 Freddy Cannon
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hit "Palisades Park." Over-produced as usual.
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STATE OF THE UNION compilation (Dischord)
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This is THE compilation of the year. 16 Dischord/Sammich bands on a
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benefit album for the A.C.L.U. and the Community for Creative Non-Violence.
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Rock, Punk, Hardcore, Folk, and some great articles on apartheid and the
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homeless inside. Very popular bands like IGNITION and FUGAZI, and some other
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bands who have never been on a record before like 3 and ONE LAST WISH. EVERY
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song is excellent, this is an excellent album, for an excellent cause. Buy or
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Die!
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24-7 SPYZ: Harder Than You (In Effect)
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The latest "black rock" (Like blacks just discovered rock...Jeez) group to
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get a lot of attention, the South Bronx's 24-7 Spyz. This has got: Hardcore
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("Grandma Dynamite"), Metal ("I Must Go On"), Rock ("Social Plague"), Rap
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("Spyz Dope"), Reggae ("Ballots Not Bullets"), Funk ("Jungle Boogie"), and even
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a polka song about skinheads! ("Tango Skin Polka"). They can definitely play
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as well as any of those MTV metal bands. I'm not so sure it needs to be this
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diverse, 1 too many styles, but a great album. Why can't the white bands make
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a good rock album anymore?
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THE UNDEAD: Act Your Rage! (Post-Mortem)
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Finally, 9 years after quitting the MISFITS, Bobby Steele got a full-
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length Undead album together. And it is one kick ass PUNK FUCKING ROCK album!
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The best elements of the MISFITS and the RAMONES together. And Steele himself
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is an extraordinary guitarist, even throwing in some Hendrix riffs on "We Don't
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Want The Poor In New York City." There are many people who like the old "'77"
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punk a lot more than hardcore, and this is what they should be getting. Way
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above-average cover of "Eve Of Destruction."
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UNDERDOG: The Vanishing Point (Caroline)
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NYC band that ended up on Caroline despite being nowhere near as popular
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as label-mates (and perhaps rock stars?), YOUTH OF TODAY and WARZONE. This is
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good East Coast slow metal-core music, with some reggae thrown in. Powerful
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lyrics, but I can't ignore the fact that I don't like this type of music!
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.ooM |(c)1989 cDc communications by The Pusher. 09/30/89-#114
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\_______/|All Rights Pissed Away.
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