[B]Billy Bragg- Waiting For The Great Leap Fowards[/B]

I've never listened to Billy Bragg, even though I've heard a lot of good things.

How could I have missed out on such awesome music?

OK, so it starts with a very nice acoustic guitar progression, followed by a classic piano sound. The piano stops shortly and Bragg starts singing. The piano comes in between verses. Afer a while, a drum is heard; hitting the high-hat and rim. Then a bass and heavier guitar. After another chorus backround vocals sing-a-long "waiting for the great leap foward." I think the backround vocals could be better though, but I really shouldn't complain. The song fades out with these backround vocals but along with some woahs and billy singing, maybe even yelling.

These are incredible lyrics, and I expected no less. It's of singing politics and playing music while waiting for "The Great Leap Foward." Here's a sample of my favorite part as of the moment:

Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
While looking down the corridor
Out to where the van is waiting
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards

However, at the beginning, he sings of sad stories across the world. Some of which I don't understand because I'm an uneducated idiot. But from what I [I]do[/I] understand, they're very good. Here's another favorite line: "Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment."

8.5/10, but I'm sure I'll like it more and more as the time goes by.

My recommendations:
The Zambonis- Hockey Monkey (Canadian)
Defiance, Ohio- Response To Griot (Folk-punk)
Deltron 3030- Things You Can Do (Hip-hop)
Coquettish- My Favorite Tune (skacore/skapunk)
Raised Fist- Illustration Of Desperation (Hardcore)
Dillinger Four- NOBLE STABBINGS!!! (Pop-punk/punk)

Defiance, Ohio- Response To Griot

Sounds pretty good, though it's not really my style. It's the first time I've heard of this band.

Well it starts with bam-bababa-bam bam-bababa-bam bam-bababababa-bam (very clear) on the snare drum and on the violin and on the acoustic guitar. This sounds good because of the two singers who yell something on the same rhytm --> (to the drifters! in hopes that our paths cross again. to the homesick! home is when we do meet again.)
After they've done this twice there's a acoustic guitar playing very cheery music with a few crashes of the drums and then there's a heavy bass-sound. And then the two singers sing again (our histories, our futures, our foundations, are hope. it's a way to never forget. I'll say goodbye. and hope to never mean it. our love and our hope. no nation or state can contain it.) And the violin also plays again, still with the guitar, drums and the bass.
After this the singing and after a while also the music stops. Then on a few dead notes of the guitar, and short violin notes the singers sing/speak: "if you call me up drunk, at four in the morning, no matter the timezones or state lines away. i'll be on buslines or burning up phone cards. just like i lived eight blocks away."
Then again the second part of the song.

I like the song, but I think if I hear it more often I'll get very bored of it, so I give it a 7/10.

My recommendations:
Daddy Jankee - La Gasolina (reggaeton)
The Mars Volta - Drunkship of Lanterns (alternative)
BGK - Vivisection (punk)
MDC - John Wayne Was A Nazi (punk)

MDC - John Wayne was a nazi

this song was pretty good i think.

the lyrics are generally about john wayne killing indians and how he was a nazi and stuff. the lyrics were pretty good and the singer was easy to understand.

the music was the best part of this song. the beging starts off with this short intro on the guitar that is pretty cool. the beging isnt very fast but after the first verse it starts to speed up and eventually ends up pretty fast. it was hard to listen to this song with out moving to the beat.

overall i would give this song a 7/10

Recomendations:
Donkey Punch! - Oops My Bad (ska)

only one caz i really want someone to do that song

Link = [url]http://www.blogupload.com/11125/Oops_My_Bad.mp3[/url]

Donkey Punch!- Oops My Bad
 

Nice drums for the intro. Trumpet very demanding as well. Very catchy. Along with the guitar. Oh s'hit gay vocals. Thats not very good but I can tell this a joke song. Oops my bad huh? Well it goes on to have s'hitty vocals about some guy being a dumbass to his girlfriend saying oops my bad. I wouldnt suggest checking it out unless you like blink 182 and say lol. I give this song a 5/10 only because of the good trumpet. It would have a way higher rating if the guy singing wasnt such a huge dousche. Also because it talks about STD's and thats the only funny part. The rest is just lol business. Sorry about the crappy review but theres not much to be said about this song.

I'm forcing you to listen to:
A Flock of Seagulls- I ran (so far) [80's]
Against Me!- Cavalier Eternal [Folk Punk]
Santana- Dance Sister Dance [Latin Rock]
Hepcat- The Secret [Trad. Ska]
The Toasters- Properly [Trad. Ska]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight [Swing]
Pennywise- You'll Never Make It [Punk]

Pennywise- You'll Never Make It

This is a great song coming from pennywise definently one of there better songs. It starts with just the bass and drums the bass is playing a cool line and the drums are playing a really fast beat. Then the guitar starts and the song begins. as being a bass player this song has some cool bass. Overal This was a pretty good song i rate it a 9/10

Recomended

clit 45-long beach kids(street punk)
Blitz-Razors in the night(oi)
operation ivy-the crowd(ska/punk)
gbh-alcahol(punk)
oi scouts-anarchy people(punk)

[B]Operation Ivy-The Crowd[/B]


This is by far the greatest and best Op Ivy song ever recorded. As soon as you here that lone energetic drumbeat build up, you know you’re in for a treat. Soon the guitar and bass line come in with the driving drums. The bass has the nice turned up and sloppy operation ivy trademark sound. The vocals are sung very well with fitting moderately angry lyrics. The chorus is composed of “oooooh, just another crowd”, repeated. It ends with a subtle solo and a refrain of the chorus. We need a gathering instead. Freaking awesome song, listen to it. [B]9/10[/B]

Recommended:


Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: God Called in Sick Today or Fire and Ice (Punk/Rockabilly)
Mad Caddies: Mary Melody (Ska)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[B]The Independents - God Called in Sick Today[/B]

This cover really does AFI no justice, but I won't be a douche about it.

The music is pretty good, it doesn't stick entirely to the original but if they sounded exactly like it, it would make the cover pointless, right? I also noticed they added a synthesizer, which is a cool and original touch. My main problem with this was the singing. It sounds like it would be great for other music, but it doesn't fit this particular song, because he doesn't have a vocal range even comparable to Davey Havok's. In the chorus they used the background singing from the original version, which I think helped the song. Great job with the music, but the singing really takes away from it. Still, if they're that influenced by AFI then their own music has to be worth a try, so I plan to hear more. They're even playing here soon, so I'll probably go to that.

5.5/10

[B]My Recommendations:[/B]
[URL=http://www.fueledbyramen.com/media/streamer/wdasg/songs/GenerationV_80.mp3]The AKAs - Generation Vexed[/URL] (Pop-punk)
[URL=http://www.alternativetentacles.com/octopodes/473/6o9D8VJGaLtUNg3gpGa/Jello_Biafra_Nom-The_Sky_Is_Falli.mp3]Jello Biafra & Nomeansno - The Sky is Falling And I Want My Mommy[/URL] (Punk)
[URL=http://media.epitaph.com/_lib/stream.php?f=True+Romance.mp3]Tiger Army (w/ Davey Havok) - True Romance[/URL] (Psychobilly)
[URL=http://home.comcast.net/~mccullough113/Everybody_Sux.mp3]The Decrepits - Everybody Sucks[/URL] (Punk)

Jello and Nomeansno
 

Starts out with a good riff and te cymbals crashing. Then the vox start. The actual lyrics have a similar style to DK in which there's some kind of conspiracy type of thing. Then a little less than half way a good lick starts and Jello sings. Then it ends the same way it began, only with Jello singing. I thought it was pretty good. Ill definately check out some more stuff.

7/10

My Reccomendations:
Pressure Point-Cut Throat (ska fusion type thing, undescribable, just listen)
Virus-Bomb Drop (street punk)
Oppressed-Urban Soldiers (oi)
Blood for Blood-Wasted Youth Crew (hxc)
Combat 84-Trouble (oi)
Last Resort-Violence in our minds (oi)
Resilience-Pride within (punk/oi)

Pressure Point - Cut Throat

Starts with a little guitar work over a ska bassline and standard guitar background (upstroke, rake, upstroke, rake). Lots of reverb (some delay maybe?) on the guitar. Vocals start. Guitar solo type thing stops. Cool vocals, not very skaish though. Gets to the chorus, and some Jamacin sounding guy says some stuff. Then it goes back to the guitar solo type thing with lots of reverb. Vocals start as guitar stops again. Jamacin guy again. Guitar, etc. It basically repeats a lot.

7/10

Dinkas When I Close my Eyes - Against All Authority (skacore)
O Fortuna - Botch (metalcore I guess)
You Better Run - Mad Sin (psychobilly)
Things We Say - Gorilla Biscuits (hardcore)
I Am the Hunted - GBH (Oi!)
Corporate Trash - Team Spider (skacore)

Gbh-Iam the hunted

This song has the typical gbh sound but is not the best from gbh. The song starts out with just the guitar playing then the bass kicks in then the drums kick in then the song begins. Not much To say the song starts to get anoying because he keeps reeating I am the hunted. THis was not one of gbh's better songs overall i rate it a 4/10

I force you to listen to

Oi scouts-bleeding hearts(street punk)
Conflict-a piss in the ocean(anarcho)
Reagan youth-usa(punk)
Aus rotten-the world bank(crust)

Reagan Youth - USA

Starts out with standard power chords and a basic tom beat on the drums. Drummer hits the snare a few times and goes onto a little standard punk beat while the guitar continues with the simple stuff. Repeats, and then the vocals start. It continues under the vocals. Then chorus. Second verse has different guitar. Sounds pretty cool. Chorus again. Another verse, returns to the first verse guitar. Ends with the chorus.

8/10

Face: Face - Norma Jean (metalcore)
Here Today - Nausea (crust)
All 41 - InDK (punk)
Speak Your Mind - Immortal Technique (rap)
Shut Down (Annihilation Man) - The Germs (punk)

InDK- All 41
 

Starts off with some ok guitar nothing I've never heard before. Sounds like just another generic punk band. Some "woah's" here and there and "One Two's." Its a pretty heavy punk song with one guitar doing all the heavy palm mutted power chords im guessing and then the second guitar is playing the higher stuff. The chorus is very refreshing. Ahh here we go. Somewhat of a solo. Sounds like an Anti-Flag solo. It stunk itself up once it started repeating itself (I'm reffering to the solo.) Well i guess its not a solo cuz its doing it again as the outro. Very ****ty outtro the song could have done with out. Well i guess overall i give this one a: 5.75/10

I'm forcing you to listen to:
The Pietasters- Without you -or- Fat sack (Skacore/Skapunk)
Rancid- Dope sick girl (Punk)
Johnny Winter- Rock me baby (Blues)
Wynton Marsalis- April in Paris (Jazz)
The Heptones- Wah go home (Trad.Ska)

Johnny Winter - Rock Me Baby

I must say, ALL versions of this song are good, it's a classic. Johnny's guitar work is especially incredible all throughout, he might be the whitest ****er ever to play the blues. The vocals are decently orginal the way he sings it, which few people who do this song pull off.

10/10

Neil Young - Comes A Time (Folk-Rock)
The Who - The Punk and the Godfather (Classic Rock)
Pearl Jam - Elederly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Hard Rock)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (Rock and Roll)
The Doors - The CHangeling (Blues-Rock)
The Rolling Stones - Miss You (Funk-Rock)

Neil Young-Comes a time

I chose this song because some of neil youngs songs are ok in my opinion. There is not much to this song instrument wise just the haromonica and acoustic guitar. There just realy isnt much to this song i rate it a 2/10

I force you to listen to:

Nausea-self destruct(crust)
Damage case-Red Alert(street Punk)
Discharge-hear nothing see nothing say nothing
Funeral dress-army life(oi/punk)

[U]Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing[/U]

Starts off with some fast drumming then the guitar kicks in. This is a shorter song (1:31) the vocals are just a punk screaming singing voice haha. Then their is a breif yet good guitar solo. The quality of the recording kinda sounds like it was recorded in the bands basement (and may very well be I dont know). I liked the song and give it a [B]6/10[/B]


I'm forcing you to listen to:
Deftones: Minus Blindfold
System of a Down: Soil
Poison The Well: Artist's Rendering Of Me
Team Sleep: Liquid
Taproot: Smile

[QUOTE=My Own Summer (Shove It)]
System of a Down: Soil[/QUOTE]

I'm not a fan of System of a down, but for a song with a new-metal feel this is alright. The lyrics aren't incredible, yet aren't necessarily bad. I think the singing is sort of obnoxious and the guitar line is repetitve. The bass is decent, and the drums aren't technically good yet succeed in keeping the beat.

I'd say it's a 5/10, not that great yet not unbearable, though I wouldn't sit down and listen to it on any regular basis.

My suggestions:

The Rolling Stones - Hand of Fate (Rock n Roll [if you're into stuff like the Clash, you'll love it)
Television - Prove It (Guitar Punk)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band (Rock)
The Doors - Five To One (Political Rock)
MC5 - Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa) (Proto-Punk, watch out for the guitar solo!)

[B]MC5-Rocket Reducer No.26[/B]

Starts off with crowd clapping and cheering, which is pretty much how all MC5 songs I’ve heard begin. Then the singer says something like “right now, right now, rama lama fa fa fa in the (I have no idea). Then the guitar starts building up and there’s some heys, and yeahs. The guitar fades into feedback with smashing drums, and then fades back in with random riffs. At about 1:45 the song actually begins with crunchy spontaneous guitar and really energetic vocals. The whole song is raw energy and sounds best recorded in the live environment. It brings one back to a time before music studio magic and touch ups. I couldn’t really recognize a solid verse/chorus structure, however, the solo at the end makes up for it. The entire first part of the song is kind of one long intro leading up to the solo, which concludes it. This is a stripped down punk rock song, with emphasis on the rock.

Recommended:

Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: Fire and Ice (Rockabilly)
Mad Caddies: Mary Melody (Ska)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[U]Mad Caddies: Mary Melody[/U]

This song starts off with the horns blowing quickly for a second. 19 seconds into the song the singer comes in. 1:22 their is a whissling solo haha its pretty sweet then the instruments come back in. at 2:44 their is a horns solo its really good and then faids. This song is one of great examples of ska music, and shows how much *** ska music kicks. id give this song a [B]8.5/10[/B] i really liked it but a guitar solo would of bin nice. :thumb:

I force you to listen to:
:evil:
Rage Against the Machine: Freedom (Rock)
NOFX: Stickin' In My Eye (Punk)
Bad Religion: Los Angeles is Burning (Punk)
Rage Against the Machine: Know Your Enemy (Rock)
Poison The Well: Botchla (Hardcore)
Deftones: My Own Summer (Shove It) (Metal)

Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy

Starts off with some crazy guitar noises. A decent guitar riff, and then everything else kicks in. I really like the riff for the verses. That shiz is off tha hook. The song progresses like any other RATM song. The breakdown is pretty gay and slow with some soul singer doing the vocals. gh3y. Some weird RATM-esque guitar solo. ect.. ect... end.
(7:10)

IT'S UP TO YOU!:
Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Minutemen-core)
NWA - Dope Man (Original Gangsta Rap)
TSOL - Terrible People (Punk)
Left Rights - Hardonz (WTF)
Dave Brockie Experience - Hard for a 'Tard (Cheese Metal)
Circle Jerks - Casualty Vampires

Minutemen-Bob Dylan wrote propaganda songs


This is the first song I’ve heard by the minutemen. It’s quite short(1:29). It starts off with a bassline, then the palm muted guitar comes in. The vocals are half screamed and half sung. During the chorus the guitar plays a few un-muted a power chords. After the first chorus there’s a small guitar solo and after the second there’s another one, the song ends after the second solo. The lyrics arent really anything special. They kind of remind me for some reason of crass(musically), but I hope they can do better than this 5/10

my recommendations:

skrewdriver-anti-social(oi)
nasum-dissapointed(grind)
the vandals-my girlfriends dead(pop punk)
sick on the bus-law and order(street punk)
subhumans-cancer(anarcho)
anal cunt-i noticed your gay(grind)
4skins-all cops are bastards

[SIZE=3][B]sick on the bus-law and order[/B][/SIZE]

I chose this because I've never listened to any Sick on the Bus songs before. (and because I'm not a big fan of Anal Cunt or The Vandals and I've heard the other ones. :p ) I've got to say after listening to this song, I'd like to hear more of them. It's nothing really different, but it's still a great song. Lots of energy which I love. It's really short (1:25), but that cool because it's solid all the way through, I give it an 8/10.

my suggestions:

The Pist - Anti-Human (street)
MDC - Let's Kill all the cops (Crust/Anarcho)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Speakers push the air (pop punk)
Antishism - Failsafe (Crust/Anarcho)
Nekromantix - Nice Day for a Resurrection (Psychobilly)
Anti-Product - War on Nature (Crust/Anarcho)

anti product-war on nature

This is a good song it kina sounds like nausea so its a good song. it starts out with the sound of data coming into an office and then a bomb drops. It starts out with guitar then the bass kicks in and they play a litlle diddy then the song gets started. overall the song has some cool bass stuff . it also has fast female vocals withe the dudes vocals so it sounds cool this song reminds me alot of nausea-self destruct overral great song 9/10

nausea-self destruct
cro-mags-hard times
blitz-fight to live
chaos uk-hypocrite
conflict-a message to who

[B]Nausea-Self Destruct[/B]

This song has a Leftover Crack meets F Minus sound to it. It begins slowly, with a continuous rolling drum beat and leisurely strummed guitar. It keeps the same pace, and both male and female vocals come in, being sung simultaneously. The guys got a deep gritty metal voice and the girl sounds pretty constipated, like the stereotypical female punk voice. In the middle there’s an echoed, laid back solo. I thought it might speed up towards the end, but the tempo remained constant. This would have made it a whole lot better, because the slowness gets boring and makes it harder to take the song seriously. However, it’s not a bad song. The solo, which sounds like a secret agent theme, saves it. [B] 6/10[/B]

listen to:

Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: Fire and Ice (Rockabilly)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[U]CKY: Disengage the Simulator [/U]

CKY was one of those bands "Bam Margera" makes it what it is. CKY was a band ive heard of but never listened to so this gives me the opportunity, so here it goes.

This song starts off getting right into things the guitar work is nice and the vocals were unexpected, i was expecting more agressive vocals but these are nice and mellow. The bass line is nice and the drums are well done, Although the song seems to repeat its self with a repetive guitar riff and it would of bin very nice to have a nice guitar solo, i was waiting for one but to my surprise the song just repeats and then faids off. I was Surprisingly dissapointed with this song but maybe another CKY song wont hurt to check out. Id give this song a [B]6/10[/B]

Now you listen to one of these:

Smashing Pumpkins: Hello Kitty Kat (Rock)
Rage Against the Machine: Freedom (Rock)
The Distillers: The Hunger (Punk)
Weezer: Surf Wax America (Rock)
Whirlwind Heat: Feeble (Very weird band that uses a "Moog" their kinda grunge sounding)
Deftones: Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (Metal)

[color=red][size=100][u]WARNING[/u][/size][/color][list][*]Further bad FL'ings will be met with a ban. [*]Keep the next set of bands within the punk genre. What's with all these metal and classic rock bands? Take it to R&M[*]Delete or edit your Dibs. We like to keep this thread nice and clean.[*]Report bad reviews and/or bad suggestions in the Questions/Problems/ETC thread.
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rage against the machine-freedom

this song starts outwith a catchy little guitar line with the drums while the singer is raping. Then The guitar changes the bass joins and the song starts. Personally i didnt like this song because it was kinda boring and the singers raping starts to get anoying.
i rate this song a 2/10

i force you to listen to
sham 69-cockney kids are innocent
aus rotten-denied
blitz - razors in the night
code 13-put the banner down
nausea-the agony scene
the buisness- the spirit of the streets

MODEDIT: Learn to do better reviews. And you didn't delete your dibs.

[i][B][CENTER]Aus Rotten - Denied[/CENTER][/B][/i]
It starts of with a nice slow riff that's quite heavy with some intermittent blast of fast drumming that sound almost likea drum-machine that you'd use in Grindcore. When the music kicks in the riff is fairly standard and repetitive. One guy sings, then two guys exchanging lines on the chorus, then the second guy, then they exchange lines again. The lyrics are good, from what I can make out and the vocals are okay. I preferred the second guy's voice. After this the music fades out and guy #2 says something about 'the f[u]u[/u]cking system.' I assume he's talking about the government and using the expletive for emphasis rather than referring to some kinky system of sex practices. It goes into another riff when some really cool and chaotic drumming with more vocals before fading out and going back into the preivous riff. There's some more vocals before an extended chorus and the song finishes with both dudes saying 'WE ARE DENIEDDD!" This song was okay. It did get a bit repetitive but it was short so that wasn't so bad. 6/10

Or if you're oi_bass77:

There some guitars and then drums. Then more guitars. Then singing. Then another guy singing. Then it carries on til the end. I didn't like this song because there was no raping. And I love raping! I'll rape anything! 3/10 wow 3 lines. longwinded or what!

Choose from:
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Black Market Baby - America's Youth (80s Hardcore)
Groovie Ghoulies - (She's got a) Brain Scrambling Device (Pop-Punk)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era (2-Tone)
Co[u]c[/u]k Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Tom Waits - Singapore (Blues)

Gmail: sketchyjoe
Soulseek: sketchyjoe

[b][center]Tom Waits - Singapore[/b][/center]

Starts off with a jungly kind of beat. Really upbeat. Waits starts singing in his trademark drunk hobo voice. The beat keeps its upbeatness throughout. Waits lyrics are kind of hard to make out because of his voice, but they go along well with the music, raising and falling with the symplisitic beat of the song. You can't help move along to the song, it is reallt catchy. The lyrics I can make out from Waits are kind of nonsensical, like a lot of songs, but they are still really good. 1:40 in the beat changes a bit, still the up-down, with an added horn. After a bit of that it goes back to the same beat. There is various different instruments playing little riffs along side the basic riff. A bass line comes in next, and then the sounds of a rain storm starting. This ends the song. A very good Waits song, very up beat.
Rating: 9/10

[right]My picks
[i]Wicked Tinkers - Belly Dance (Celtic folk)
The Residents - Boots (Avant Garde Rock)
Chumbawamba - Give the Anarchist a Cigarette (Anarcho)
Real McKenzies - Will Ye Be Proud (Scottish Folk Punk)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Mascot Mania (Cow-Punk)[/i][/right]

Soulseek: NICKJOE
Email: [email]piratejoe666@gmail.com[/email]

[B]Jello Biafra-Mascot Mania[/B]

Begins with fast rockabilly classic sounding country guitar and fast saloon piano. It has a punkish Johnny Cash vibe in the instrumentals. It’s basically a facetious little tune about sports. I couldn’t really detect any underlying metaphors; nothing too inventive in the lyrics. There are some scattered short cow-punk guitar solos dividing the song. Towards the end, the instruments break down and there’s some “real” sports team names stated, followed by some fancy guitar action. Overall, I found it a little generic and boring. The blend of musical styles comes off somewhat awkward. It does have a very bad as[B]s[/B] quality to it though. [B]6/10[/B]

Recommended:

Bad Brains-Reignition (Punk)
Misfits-Dead Kings Rise (Rock/Punk)
Nekromantix-Demons Are a Girls Best Friend (Psychobilly)
Youth Brigade-Sink With California (Punk)
Danzig-The Coldest Sun (Alt.Metal)
The Independents-Left for Dead (Rockabilly/Ska)

[SIZE=3][B]Misfits- Dead Kings Rise[/B][/SIZE] (this is from the demo version on Cuts From The Crypt)

Begins with a simple repeating drum rhythm before some melodic humming comes in after around 7 seconds. This intro goes on until about 30 seconds when a guitar cuts in before the songs pauses. A simple repeating rhythm launches the song off again before, and the singing begins after around 50 seconds. The singing is typically "ghoulish", playing upto the Misfits image. It's a very melodic song, and Graves' vocals are backed up by melodies by the rest of the band throughout the song, until it breaks down to an outro that matches the intro.

It's not a bad song, one of the best i've heard from this era of the misfits. There is nothing flashy about the song, with little in the way of solos other than the simple one by the drum on the intro.

[B]5.5/10[/B]

[U]
Songs To Review:[/U]

Dead Pets- King Alfred (punk)
Deadline- TV Dreams (punk)
Lightyear- Shatners Bassoon (ska-punk)
Osker- Stop The Bus (pop-punk)
Propagandhi- Showdown (punk)
consumed- King Kong Song (pop-punk)