Plastic Surgery Disasters by Dead Kennedys

The Dead Kennedy's second full-length shows that they do not fall into the trap of 'punks barely competent enough to play their own instruments'. In fact, East Bay Ray's guitar and Klaus Fluoride's bass intertwine into a beautiful effect, with Ray being all about psychedelic textures. The riff in "Moon Over Marin" is a fantastic example of this style, and Jello actually plays it down (vocally).

Then, you have the psychosis of "Well Paid Scientist", "Government Flu", "Halloween", and the classic "Riot". Fantastic, even with everything being too trebly for its own damn good.

But it's so damn good!

I thought of a funny at work last night, since I've been listening to the DK's more often lately...

Guy 1: "Hey, I can tell you've been listening to the Dead Kennedy's all day!"
Guy 2: "How? Is it because of my mohawk and spiked leather jacket with my Dead Kennedy's patch and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" t-shirt?"
Guy 1: "No, I can smell the Jello on you!"

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Lovelyville by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Definitely one of their more challenging albums, this is as rewarding, if not more so, than their other albums. The melody will practically stop at some points, only for a small resolve. Plus, their cover of "Green Eyed Lady" is a damn hoot.

I can't recommend this band more, give all their albums a chance. Also included is 'The Crowded Diaper', bonus tracks to the CD release that amount to TFUL282's 'noise album'.

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The Stolen Singles by Arab on Radar

Arab on Radar were a noise band from Providence. This is a collection of various singles, splits, and their three-song demo or something like that. The bottom line is that you get to hear Ahab the Arab go from a PiL-type band (groovy-dub-bass lines) to their raison-d'etre or whatever:

Making music that sounds absolutely retarded.

This is actually probably their easiest release to get into, since their bassist performs on the majority of tracks. After she left the band, no one decided to replace her, so the scrankly-dank guitars were turned even further past '11' into high-pitched tinny goodness.

Y'know, I don't need to apologize for a lack of posts. This shit is free, and I don't even know how many people visit. Not to be a comment whore, but it'd be appreciated :'(.

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Youth of America by the Wipers

First off, congratulations to Barack Obama. Now all we can hope for is Wu-Tang Clan to be at the inauguration. Now, onto the R-O-C-K in the USA...



Greg Sage is truly one of the great unsung heroes of independent music. The first three Wipers albums (this being the second) are classics of punk rock, and, this album in particular, show how one band with a single-minded goal can achieve so much by seemingly doing so little. Take the 10-minute title track; by stretching what could have been standard fare for a full 10-minutes, complete with a seemingly endless psych jam, and still keeping an accessibly melody at it's core, just proves how great this band could be.

It's not like I'm asking you to devote your life to punk rock, but why the fuck would you not want to?

Also, if you like what you hear, I implore you to buy the Wipers Box Set. For $20, you get 'Is This Real?', 'Youth of America', and 'Over the Edge' (the aforementioned classics) remastered with a few bonus tracks and rare goodies, replete with liner notes by Sage himself! Essential.

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