Hellbats
“Dark ‘N’ Mighty”
Hairball 8
Just when you thought that all metalcore psychobilly bands sucked there comes along a band like the Hellbats that makes you go, “Shit, I can have my cake and eat it to.” The Hellbats play balls-to-the-wall punk that’s as brutal as hardcore in its heyday, yet the upright basslines thump as smooth as a wild west rockabilly band.
Sacrilege you say! Seriously, and get this. They’re from France. Read more »
NOFX
“Never Trust A Hippy”
Fat Wreck Chords
NOFX are back and they are still knee deep into their War on Errorism. This 6-song ep is a taste of what’s to come, and from the sound of it, it looks like NOFX are six songs into their own “Jesus of Suburbia.”
Much like Green Day’s multi-platinum opus, NOFX has taken the holy trinity (religious symbolism, American stupidity, and punk rock) and molded it into six of the best tracks the band has ever set to tape. Read more »
Over the course of 15 years, Geoff Kresge has switched from playing electric bass in AFI, to upright bass in Tiger Army, and now guitar in The Horrorpops, he stops short of calling himself a punk virtuoso, but his dexterity is second to none. “When I started playing as a kid, I started out as a guitar player, but I found it much easier to get into a band if I played bass, because everybody needed a bass player,” Kresge explains. “So I bought the first bass I could find, and I figured it can’t be that much different than guitar, and it has two less strings. I just got stuck playing bass for years. Now I’m back where I belong—playing guitar. Read more »
Playlist:
Blatz–F.S.U.
The Circle Jerks–Leave Me Alone
D.R.I.–God Is Broke
NOFX–Green Corn
Supersuckers–I Want The Drugs (Live)
The Bananas–Fancy Pants
All–www.sara
Pennywise–You’ll Never Make It
Frank Black–Nimrod’s Son
Screeching Weasel–More Problems
Chuck Dukowski–What I See
Koffin Kats–Purgatory
River City Rebels–I’m So Vain
Fugazi–Caustic Acrostic
Mark Lanegan–Head
Jeffrey Lewis–Texas
Ignite–Family
Love Cinema Vol.6–I Kill Everything I Fuck
Boy Sets fire incorporates an eclectic range of styles that dominate the last album. Was the sound something you set out to do, or is it created from the band’s different influences?
We’ve always done that since we first started, but I think it’s just matured over the years. It’s what I call musical schizophrenia. Ever since we got together we all have had a very strange taste in music, and our influences have gone anywhere from folk to country to hardcore and punk to metal, hip-hop and pop. If you would look at any of our album collections it would just be ridiculous. The diversity just comes out in what we do. Read more »
Vendetta Red is taking the rock world by storm, creating a whirlwind of press with their brand of screaming emo rock, infused with chaotic lyrics and song structure that switches from moody melody to roaring hardcore. Their video for “Shatterday†is on MTV, and their latest record Between The Never And The Now” is shredding the college rock charts. Life In A Bungalo caught up with lead singer Zack Davidson as he was roaming around backstage at the Warped Tour sporting nothing but boxer shorts and a pair of flip-flops. Nevertheless, he reeked of rock n’ roll. Read more »
Imagine walking into your high school cafeteria, and being told that you have to sit through a concert while you eat your sloppy joe and rubbery pizza. But instead of your high school choir or marching band walking into your lunchroom to bore you for an hour, it’s a national punk rock band. Read more »
The Raunch Hands have been one of my favorite bands for quite some time. Their influences are many, and they proudly wear them on their collective sleeves, but they are still one of the most original bands in any sub genre of rock and roll. At the time the Raunch Hands were an active band (c. 1984 – 1992) there was no large-scale R&B/rock and roll/punk scene. Only a few labels had any interest in real rock and roll bands. They managed to hook up with Crypt Records, who put them on the Back from the Grave series, released several albums and helped them tour the world several times over. Read more »
