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Remember, back before pop punk bands like Blink 182 homogenized
the punk rock scene into something easily palatable by the mindless
masses? Remember back to when you used to listen to great punk
bands that your parents most probably would not have allowed you
to listen to? Remember when getting bootleg tapes from your older
brother's friends of cool new music was exciting? Remember when
you kissed that first punk rock girl and she stuck her tongue
in your mouth, and you liked it? Remember opening your birthday
gifts and getting that bitchin' new Blind deck, and not
being able to wait for the weekend so that you could go grind
with your pals, back before there were skateparks, and you were
still getting chased out of parking lots and malls? Remember when
you went to the hardware store, or pet store to buy your dog chains,
instead of to stores at the mall like Hot Topic? Remember when
you used to lay awake at night thinking about where you were going
to skate the next day? Remember before Social Distortion
was a country band, and made some very good smooth punk rock?
Remember when you used to cut up your new jeans and use safety
pins to hold them together? Remember when you used to pierce your
own ears with a safety pin, ice cube and potato? Remember listening
to All records and singing along at the top of your voice
as you drove back from the show at a neighboring college town,
when you had told your mom you were going to a friend's house
for a sleepover? Remember back before Green Day was a household
name, and lived in your daughter's cd collection right next to
Ashlee Simpson? Remember when records came on vinyl? Remember
having a Vandals patch on your jacket, right next to a
UK Subs?
If you do, then the The Loved Ones is a band for you.
Full of glorious punk rock attitude and style, but not so hard-edged
that you'll want to immediately get into a fight. Even on the
acoustic guitar only "Drastic", this band pushes the
punk rockness into your face. This three-piece punk outfit has
come to hopefully put some of the attitude back into punk rock,
while still creating listenable and bouncy tracks. Slam dance,
anyone?
-Embo Blake
Track Listing:
1. 100K
2. Chicken
3. Massive
4. Drastic
5. Candy Cane
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