| Various Artists / Bang in the Bay |
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| Album: | Bang in the Bay | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 08/2004 | |
| Label: | Soma Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-11-08 | Pull Date: | 2005-01-10 |
| Week Ending: | 5 Dec | 28 Nov | 21 Nov | 14 Nov |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 17, 2007: | Scatterbrain Radio I've Got the Message | 4. | Nov 30, 2004: | All This - And Mor! I've Got the Message | |
| 2. | Sep 20, 2006: | At Your Local Dive All My Friends Are Evil | 5. | Nov 25, 2004: | Fiction Romance - Thanksgiving Marathon Standing & Talking | |
| 3. | Apr 18, 2006: | Scatterbrain Radio I Will not Be Denied | 6. | Nov 19, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude All My Friends Are Evil |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2004-11-02 | ||
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This is a collection of 24 local bands spanning punk, hardcore, stoner rock, and even some country. The results are mixed but it’s a decent sample of a handful of quality Bay Area music. Some good, some OK and some total crap. Btw, what’s up with the Miller Beer logo on here? (((1))) Eddie Haskells - Mid-70’s punk action huge Sex Pistols influence with some “whoa-hoo” backup vocal parts. Pretty nice. ((2)) Bar Feeders - Fast drunk-punk that goes essentially nowhere. (((3))) El Buzzard - Heavy, noisy rock with some nick of AC/DC’s “Whole Lotta Rosie” riff twisted into a mess of bondoed steel Camaros. Getting there but work on the vocals. (((4))) The Cliftons - Drunk-punk (typical for San Jose) but kinda catchy & done well. In the spirit of the late 80’s/early 90’s era Dwarves & Supersuckers. (((5))) Bottles & Skulls - Low-fi spazzoid vocal, mid-tempo punk rawk. Pretty solid. (((6))) Mojo Apostles - Twangy country-rock (not fuckin’ “alt.country”) with an ode to Evel Knivel.It even mentions the time he beat the shit out of some dude in Sunnyvale with a baseball bat. Darn tootin’! ((7)) - Shitkickers - More country but this is a little more Minuitemen or Devo-like in the vocals but of course not as good and kinda dopey. The banjo solo is a nice touch though. ((((8)))) Fracas - Total Misfits worship but damn does Joe Franke & co. rip it up. Personal and positive lyrics and no "horror business". Lots of great riffs & breaks and overall a lot of fun. (((9))) Ill Gotten Gainz - (*FCC on the intro “you fuckin’ freak!”*) Weird ass, kinda heavy rockin’ stuff. Like the Melvins in a blender with early Clutch? (10) Phenomenauts - Avoid! Lame country-twang rockabilly with “funny” space effects. I have no clue what their singing. ((11)) The Sore Thumbs - Starts off just like a Descendents song with that bass-led intro and goes forth into more early 80's punk sound like the Misfits. Super-dumb lyrics "cause the rock n’ roll is all around you tonight” (((12))) Totimoshi - Lots of bass then lots of stummy guitars. Sounds like some of the better “grunge-rock” from the 90’s. This could’ve been an early Nirvana outtake but I mean that in a good way not in the bullshit way like the "grunge lite" of Stone Temple Pilots. ((13)) Fancy Hair Dragon - Straight-up twangy punk with a slight Ramones & Dickies vibe. Not bad but the nasly vocals border on annoying ((14)) The New Strange - Sonic Youth-like riffs into some janglely strummy and noisy vocals. Something like oh I dunno...The Poster Children and The Posies mixed up? Noisy vocal indie pop that’s kinda “there”. ((((15)))) Calico - Loud pop-punk with Spanish-accented vocals. Super poppy punk but really far from sucking ass . Like 90’s era Social D. but much more pleasing to the ear. (16) RU36 - Tons of FCCs. Avoid! (((17))) The Odd Numbers - One of the good early 90’s bands from San Jose. A bit of the Jam, Elvis Costello, and a bit of later Social D. (((18))) NME - Fucked up early grunge/noise rock from the late 80’s/early 90’s like The Thrown-Ups except with an anti-drug message. Pretty solid mess of sound. (((19))) The Deed - Bassy, heavy, stoner-rock that works pretty well in the style of Nebula, Mushroom River Band, etc. (20) Double Wyde - AVOID! Country-twang rock that goes absolutely nowhere! (((21))) Sammy Shakes - Basic, no-brainer fast punk with vocals that sound strangely enough like David Lee Roth! But what the hell, it kinda works! (((22))) Texas Thieves - Sounds like old So. Cal punk/hardcore like The Adolescents or D.I. Done rather well but the chorus is kinda weak. ((23)) dot.commies - I have no idea what the stoner at the beginning is saying. Nothing too interesting. (24) Greenhouse Effect - Cymbal heavy intro then really shitty & stereotypical “stoner rock”. The singer sounds like David Lee Roth on crack and a terrible song title. | ||
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