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...presents... cDc core #5
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original album reviews
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by The Pusher
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>>> a cDc publication.......1990 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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BAD BRAINS: The Youth Are Getting Restless (Caroline)
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To be honest, while all the metal people are now getting into these guys,
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a lot of hardcore people and I are getting tired of their shit. The Jah crap,
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the 18 dollar shows, the bogus rationalization for homophobia, I don't think
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the music makes up for it anymore. This is a 16 song live album (half of which
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were on the last live album two years ago!) recorded in Amsterdam, 1987. A
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pure money-maker, simple as that.
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BLACK FLAG: I Can See You (SST)
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A reunion album? No. A live tape found in the basement? No. An easy
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way to make lots of money off Flag fans? Yes. One song, "Kickin' & Stickin",
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I've never heard before. The other three songs (yes, this is only FOUR songs)
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are from the last studio album "In My Head", the slow and acidy stuff. I can't
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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
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doing that same wimpy, jazzy, punk rock. And I don't mean that as a negative
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comment, this is much better than their last LP, the disappointing
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"Beelzebubba". Arguably, this is up there with their first LP, the immortal
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"Big Lizard In My Backyard". Stand out tracks here are the hilarious "Do The
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Brown Nose", and "The Big Sleazy". Not to mention the last song, the
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appropriately titled "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!", a BUTTHOLE
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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
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anything else to say about FUGAZI. "Too good for words", I guess. What I can
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say is that if you don't like this, you probably are very close-minded about
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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.
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Whatever the hell your reason, get this. This album is one of the best I've
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heard this year, and without a doubt better than all the other Dischord acts
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like SOULSIDE, FIRE PARTY, and IGNITION. Only the mighty FUGAZI can top this
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three-piece. It's DC post-hardcore meets Sub Pop with sporadic thrash parts
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and hypnotic vocals. I really got into "Ode to Sabine County", a tragic
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re-working of an old Christmas classic.
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JUDGE: Bringin' It Down (Revelation)
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Straight-edge hardcore (with two ex-YOUTH OF TODAY people), of course, wit
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h metal tinges. Nothing too creative, but I have to say that I like it. They
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are really good are at doing this stuff... the tight rhythm section, the mosh
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parts in all the right places. Aside from the song "Like You", there's nothing
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else that goes against the grain. Oh yeah, Revelation also released a
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different version of this LP called "Chung King Can Suck It". Only 100 were
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pressed. How they were distributed, I have no idea, but for what it's going
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for, you'd probably have enough to buy the first 4-5 DISCHORD releases at their
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present prices.
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NEUROSIS: The Word As Law (Lookout)
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People tell me these guys sound like METALLICA, so maybe I should go out
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and buy "And Justice For All..." because NEUROSIS is incredible. 8 songs
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(ranging from 43 seconds to 7 minutes) talking about oppression and conformity
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and stuff like that. Good production; it's slow, it's fast, more variety than
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your average thrash album. Thrash is really too much of a limiting word for
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something this good.
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SCATTERBRAIN: Here Comes Trouble (In-Effect)
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Not a new band, but LUDICHRIST, who did two albums on Combat, with a new
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rhythm section. So why did they change their name? Well, you can't very well
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conquer MTV and get the opening spot on the next POISON tour with a name like
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LUDICHRIST can you? Anyway, these guys aren't playing in hardcore venues, more
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like the kind of places BRITNY FOX would hang out. But surprisingly enough,
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they don't sound that different. A little slower, a little less harsh, but I
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still think HC/Thrash people can enjoy them, even though I didn't go for their
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goofy hard rock thing. Have to give credit to any band, however, that covers
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CHEECH & CHONG and MOZART on the same album.
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SOCIAL DISTORTION: self-titled (Epic)
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I was a little hesitant about buying this album. After all, the last big
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hardcore album to be released on EPIC by SUICIDAL TENDENCIES didn't exactly
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turn out so hot, if you know what I mean. But I went for this anyway. Well,
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it most certainly is the least of the three SOCIAL DISTORTION albums, but it's
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still very respectable. They slowed down, made it blusey, did even more "I'm
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an outlaw in jail" type songs, but the fact is, it's still the same band, and
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Mike Ness still is an awesome singer and guitar player. I will listen to this
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in the future, and I hope they become as big as BON JOVI.
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WARZONE: Warzone (Caroline)
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If you liked their last two albums, (which even with some screwy politics
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were still great NYHC) I guarantee you will NOT like this. SLOW hard rock,
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solid guitar playing, but it's just one long ZZZZZZ. They even thank one of
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the guys from SKID ROW inside. It's interesting how they changed their entire
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sound... now get it the fuck out of my face.
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/((___))\|The Dead Zone........214/522-5321 Demon Roach Undrgrnd..806/794-4362
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.ooM |(c)1990 cDc communications by The Pusher. 05/17/90-#134
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\_______/|All Rights Pissed Away.
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