4 posts tagged “punk”
Is there an image better known in punk rock than this one? (Ok, maybe this 
one
- man that reminds me, I have a magazine cover print of that somewhere
without the album lettering on it. Man is that awesome! Gotta find it).
Well, the two are 10 years apart (79-89), so they might as well just represent different generations of punk/ska/fuckers, which is all good. Hmm, that begs the question of what would be the '99 equivalent? Out Come the Wolves is '98, but that image isn't nearly as used. I'm not sure what to say here, thoughts from the peanut gallery? What was the *THE* punk cover image of the late 90s? So there has to be some level of popularity involved here, no uber obscure cd that you swear is the second coming.
Anyway, back to the message at hand. An album with a rating of 95% (or more) - Energy (even the bonus tracks added later keep up to the standard of quality). It's at least 95, maybe higher - the whole thing is surprisingly consistent. Obviously it's a given that you have to enjoy this kind of music so if you don't it will probably just sound like shite. Hey, to each its own.
Op Ivy is probably the most influential punk bank of my generation - even though I didn't get into them until years after they broke up (I think I first heard them and got the CD in '95 or '96. Possibly '94, but I'm leaning towards later), I'm still proud to have them as part of my generation's musical chunk. Sure, the Clash was still making music in '86, and the Ramones were going at least until the early 00s, but I count them as the previous chunk.
It doesn't
hurt that two of the members (Tim Armstrong & Matt Freeman) went
on to form Rancid, another of my favorite bands. Or that another
(Jesse Michaels) went on to form Big Rig (whose ep I still haven't
tracked down) and Common Rider, which I really like. Anyway, here's
three tracks to check out, if you like 'em and somehow haven't got the
cd - track it down.
I told a friend of mine I'd post some stuff from 2 splits I have, so here we are.
First two tracks are from vol. 2: Swinging Utters & Youth Brigade (respectively), second are from vol. 3: Rancid/NoFX (reverse order...except that they are covers, so the artists' tracks are in that order ;) ).
Both of these are very good, just as good as the Alkaline Trio/OMA split I posted some tracks from previously.
Of course, this is all providing that you like punk rock. I'm not a big NoFX fan. Ok, I'm not a fan at all, so their stuff is the weakest for me - it does help a lot that they are covering songs that are already very good though. It also doesn't hurt their material (which I think is the weakest..) that it is being performed by Rancid.
OK, it was closer to $4.00 after shipping, but that's still pretty damn cheap, especially for Amazon. Click on used+new, you'll see at least one left (at time of posting) for $.98 NEW - mine was $.91 NEW, sealed, etc.
I picked two tracks at random - Alkaline Trio: Wait for the Blackout & One Man Army: Let's Call it an Evening
The best $4 I've spent on music in a long time.
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