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Culture Shock's Finest

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:57:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Culture Shock Lineup:

Dick - Vocals

Nige - Guitar

Paul - Bass

Bill - Drums

Culture Shock were the band directly descending from the legendary Subhumans, and the predecessors to Citizen...

Buy This Compilation Right Now

Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:36:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - I've been meaning to review this album for over a month now. Back in mid-December I had this album listed on Epinions and I had a review all planned out. Then, for a multitude of reasons, I was unable to find the time to sit down and churn this puppy...

Essential listening for Operation Ivy fans

Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:09:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - If you're not familiar with who Operation Ivy is, you may want to go read one of the reviews of their self-titled CD. Basically, these guys were a ska/punk band from the late 1980s.. they played nearly 200 shows from 1987-89 and came out with one...

The Fastest Album, Ever

Sat, 7 Dec 2002 15:48:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Before I write anything about this, let me note how strange it is that this album has 22 reviews, whereas the earlier Slayer albums each had fewer than 10. Folks, we all know that Reign In Blood is Slayer's most famous, but you've...

Early, Rare Metallica

Sat, 7 Dec 2002 14:14:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - This is my first "non-music" review.. but don't get your hopes up. This album is more of a video bootleg (or, rather, a collection of video bootlegs) than an actual movie. Hence, there will be no "plot summary" or anything like that here. As I...

Hell Awaits

Sat, 7 Dec 2002 04:49:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - It's time for my third review of early Slayer albums for the night. Hopefully, you're in the mood to read as I attempt to come up with new ways to say "they play really fast and loud and sing about death".

If you've never heard of...

Slayer Dramatically Improves

Sat, 7 Dec 2002 03:48:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - For those of you who aren't familiar with Slayer, I'll give you a quick rundown. Slayer is a "speed metal" band, commonly referred to as "thrash metal", "death metal" or some similar generalization. As you may or may not know, these guys...

Samhain's Masterpiece

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:55:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Chances are, you've never heard of Samhain, so I'll try to fill you in a little bit. Once upon a time, there was this punk band from New Jersey called The Misfits. Anyway, they played for a few years, finally breaking up in 1983. Lead...

Slayer's debut

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:02:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - One day, when browsing the shelves of my local library's encyclopedia collection (I'm a geek, I'll admit it), I came across a music encyclopedia. If you're not familiar with those music encyclopedias, I don't blame you: they're nothing but mediocre...

Yet Another Review

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 02:47:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - So you haven't read enough reviews of Operation Ivy's only "official" album? Well, never you fear. Here, I give you not the first, not the second, but the 26th review of this album. That's right, 26th!!! WOW! Lets see if I can say anything...

SST Goes Acoustic

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 01:57:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - SST Records, home of groups as infamous as Black Flag, The Minutemen, and The Descendents (among others), has never been a stranger to interesting sounding music. Rather than releasing records by the same hardcore punk bands...

Best of the Pistols' bootlegs

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:25:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - I've been a Sex Pistols fan ever since I was a raw, 13 year old punk. Therefore, this review will be extremely biased. If you're not a Sex Pistols fan, don't buy this album. You WILL hate it. I recommend this only for actual fans of the...

Another Hardcore Punk Album

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:47:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - What's that, you say? You're tired of reading the same old reviews of the same old music over and over again? You want to read something new and exciting, read about an album by a group that you've never even heard of? Well, never fear. I understand your...

pre-Rollins Flag

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:22:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - After writing several reviews of Black Flag's other albums, I've decided it's about time to review their collection of punk 7"'s. Black Flag, for those of you that don't know, is commonly thought of as the first "hardcore punk" band of all time (whether...

Incredible

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:24:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Ahhh, the Meat Puppets. If only we had another band like them. Trust me, nothing since has come close to this artistic fusion of country music and wild punk rock.

Comprised of only three members, all of which were Arizona natives, the Meat...

The best Meat Puppets record?

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:48:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - I was surprised that this album was not reviewed. This is what I consider to be the finest piece of music that the Meat Puppets have ever come out with, yet it seems that nobody had the will to write up a little speil about it. With that said, here I go...

The forgotten Meat Puppets album.

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 04:10:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Most of you will already be familiar with the Meat Puppets, due to their popularity in the early 1990s. If you're not, I'll run through the basics quickly. The Puppets were a little 3-person punk group from Arizona, with Curt Kirkwood on guitars and...

The Return of the King of Ska

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:10:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - I know that there are 15 other reviews for this album already.. but I'm not in the mood to do my homework right now, so I figure that I'll crank something new out for you guys to read. :)

About this album... this must be one of the most...

Post-Misfits Danzig

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 01:30:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - If you don't know already, Samhain was Glenn Danzig's first post-misfits offering... overall, their sound has less of the pop-qualities of misfits albums and a lot of darkness. The lyrics are incredibly graphic, so be warned.. they're hard to understand,...

Rancid's Second

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:51:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Most of you are already familiar with the whole Operation Ivy --> Rancid thing.. if you don't know, basically Operation Ivy was this ska band from Berkeley, CA, which broke up in '89.. Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman started in Operation Ivy...

Good album for a Good Cause

Wed, 6 Nov 2002 03:03:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - As far as I know, this is the first Black Flag cover album, ever... I'm not aware of any others, primarily because Ginn's guitar riffs are very difficult to play. I mean, VERY difficult... So I suppose this is a groundbreaking album in a way, or...

Classic Dischord

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:42:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - This is a compilation of fairly obscure punk albums by fairly obscure bands... the story behind this album is very interesting. These are 5 of the bands that comprised the early Washington D.C. "Straight Edge" hardcore scene... pretty essential stuff for...

the Subhumans do it again

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 03:08:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - The next-to-last full length subhumans album.. came out in 1985. Interesting title, almost ironic since this album is pretty much "Worlds Apart" from the others, particularly the early punk stuff.

About the Subhumans.. basically, they're an...

Two nice albums

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:43:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - This album is really two 12" EPs: 1983's "Time Flies but Aeroplanes Crash" and 1985's "Rats". These albums go very well together... it's not their best album, by far, but it's a very good offering, worth the 5 stars. I just can't find anything...

Wow.

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:21:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatdan_138 - Before my review beings.. let me say that this is an incredible album. If you don't own it, log on over to www.citizenfish.com and buy it right now. You will NOT be disappointed.. there is more to this album than my review says, so don't just take my...