Bum Kon / Drunken Sex Sucks
Album: Drunken Sex Sucks   Collection:General
Artist:Bum Kon   Added:May 2008
Label:Maximum Rock-N-Roll  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-08-17 Pull Date: 2008-10-19 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Oct 12 Oct 5 Sep 28 Sep 21 Sep 14 Sep 7 Aug 31 Aug 24
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 09, 2008: Baptism of Solitude
Reagan Sucks
4. Sep 23, 2008: Emphysema For Emphasis
Visions Of Hate
2. Oct 04, 2008: Bloodstains Across Atherton
I See
5. Sep 20, 2008: Emphysema For Emphasis
Visions Of Hate
3. Oct 02, 2008: Baptism of Solitude
Fighting Yourself
6. Sep 10, 2008: Emphysema For Emphasis
Visions Of Hate

Album Review
Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-08-09
Recently unearthed hardcore/punk from Colorado circa: 1983. 25 tracks of fast and aggressive tunes with a lot of attitude. Sounds like a mix of early TSOL, Adolescents and the Circle Jerks, et. al. Overall good but with so many tracks it’s a little redundant.

((((1))))) Nice riffs, mid-paced HC/punk.
(((2))) (TOO MANY FCCS – AVOID!)
(((((3))))) Uptempo rockin’ anthemic HC with an anti-war/anti-military theme.
((((4)))) Fast, raging but then pulls back here & there.
(((((5)))) Blazing speed, almost in D.R.I. territory.
(((6))) (FCC “fuck” sung once) Sputterring super-lo-fi, typical 80’s HC.
((((7)))) Raw, spiteful and racing towards the end.
((((8)))) Some nice bass breaks/stop-starts. Vocals sound like Mark Arm of Mudhoney.
((((9)))) Swampy tone but charging tempo ‘ala Circle Jerks.
(((10))) Dirgey, slow number ‘ala Flipper or Fang.
((((11)))) Loose, jazz chords and tempo similar the tiny handful of bands doing this thing (Minutemen, Big Boys).
(((12))) (FCC “fucking” sung once) Tough riff, and hard rockin’ vibe ‘ala Circle Jerks.
(((13))) Fast blast of HC
((((14)))) 1980’s hardcore in a nutshell – fast as hell, pissed off and anti-Reagan (but also says “Yuri (Andraopov) sucks…”)
(((15))) TOO MANY FCCs – AVOID!
(((16))) Fast n’ sloppy HC
((((17)))) Fast and sharply tuned. On target albeit also very messy.
((18)) Generic, messy 80’s hardcore.
((((19)))) Shouted, angry as hell HC and only 16 sec.
((20)) Silly & annoying novelty song with a bunch of old 50’s rock n’ roll riffs.
(((21))) Slightly rawer version of #1
(((22))) Louder version of #11
(((23))) Different take of #18
((24)) Different and cleaner mix of #20
((((25)))) Louder, clearer & better version of #7.

Track Listing
1. Giving In   13. Questions
2. Drunken Sex Sucks   14. Reagan Sucks
3. The Draft   15. Locked Away
4. Fighting Yourself   16. Go Die
5. Nancy Reagan Fashion Show   17. Signals In My Head
6. Forced Away   18. Better Than You
7. Visions Of Hate   19. Bum Kon
8. I See   20. Gay Rodeo
9. Wasted Mind   21. Giving In
10. Slow Death   22. This Is Art
11. This Is Art   23. Better Than You
12. Old Woman   24. Gay Rodeo
  25. Visions Of Hate