Artist: Thee Opps/ Album: taste of Zimbabwe [ZK 970 534]
Label: Slovenly Recordings

18 track of straight up, fast punk that while isn't totally original, they definitely sound like a fun band to watch live and drink beer to. Songs are short. FCCs on a few. They are described as political, but with a fascist like Berlusconi as "president" how could you not be? My picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9

1) 1.17 - distorted intro, band kicks in with fast gallop beat. start the pit.
2) 42 seconds. "i *could be like everybody else..." nice one track as a wake up! after playing a slow, long song
3)1:26. guest female vocals from Claudia of the Rippers. More 70s dirt punk style, cool stuff, mid/fast pace.
4) Fake News. FCC: "fuck you"
5) 1:18. I just wanna say ellllo.. Kinda grimey vocals, mid-fast. one of the better ones.
6) 1:03 pounding out chorus YOU MUST FIND HIM FIRST! sing along.
7) FCCs. "Wooden Cunt." over and over pretty much the whole way. yep, that's a FCC.
8) 40 secs. tribal intro. Treat animals, nature well. Nice.
9) 1:07 “We are the criminals” Fight the system with this one.
10) 1:05 classic punk back n forth lead vocals.
11) 56 secs. “Sex Disaster” I don’t want to know what they mean by this title, but no fccs, so that’s good...
12) 59 secs. fast, “there’s a robber or rubber.”
13) FCCs . (Too bad , a good song.)
14) 40 secs. shave your head, fight the man is the theme, but the band seems to all have long hair...or is it wigs?
15) 1:07 “Dear God, shake your buns?” Clean but can’t understand them too well.
16) FCCs all over.
17) 1:25 poking fun at being a conservative christian if one is gay.
18) FCCs