Tough combination of garage, punk, mod, oi, early rock and r & b.
Duffy's Cut is a recipe for a great time.
Check out their two track EP at their bandcamp page (name your own price) and instantly become a fan of what this band is doing (and become cooler as a side effect).
Duffy's Cut is playing in Easton PA (Mother's Bar and Grille) tonight on a fantastic bill with five other bands including Parasitix (get their split EP with the Blanks 77), Dirty Work, Hate to Say It, Sick 86'd and Clerikal Error (great introduction to this band at the lehigh valley punk rock picnic this summer). The only band I don't know is Dirty Work.
"The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser"
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Released: April 29, 2016
Seeing Rob Zombie at the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem PA today (September 15, 2016). Excited. Very excited.
When this record came out, it was available at Target. So first of all, think about how far we have come that this is available at Target in the first place.
Consider that the first single is "Well, Everybody's F&C*ing in a U.F.O.". Yeah, the video, even on youtube is explicit.
Tracklist
"The Last of the Demons Defeated"
"Satanic Cyanide! The Killer Rocks On!"
"The Life and Times of a Teenage Rock God"
"Well, Everybody's F*cking in a U.F.O."
"A Hearse That Overturns with the Coffin Bursting Open" (Instrumental)
"The Hideous Exhibitions of a Dedicated Gore Whore"
"Medication for the Melancholy"
"In the Age of the Consecrated Vampire We All Get High"
"Super-Doom-Hex-Gloom Part One" (Instrumental)
"In the Bone Pile"
"Get Your Boots On! That's the End of Rock and Roll"
"Wurdalak"
Now consider that if you bought the CD at Target, there was a code in the CD and the label would send you the vinyl in the mail at no extra cost. This is just an insane deal. Pretty sure I paid $12.99 and got the CD and then the vinyl mailed to my house. Ummm. Have you seen vinyl prices lately? Fan-freakin-tastic deal!
I am a huge fan of all things Zombie. I was in on the early White Zombie (lucky enough to be very old). I have been a fan ever since. Love his movies (Devils Rejects is one of my all-time favorites), love his music. By now, he makes this look easy. Smooth.
The first few times I listened to this album, it didn't sink in. There was a little much to grasp, even for me. Now, this is just a flat out, go to record for me. Love everything about it. Some of my all-time favorite records started out the same way... where I was a little confused, but then when I got it, man did I get it.
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Rob Zombie put on an amazing 105 minute show at the Sands in Bethlehem PA. Seeing these new songs live really drove them into my brain. Love the mix of older songs in the set list. Cover of Diamond Head's "Am I Evil" and Grand Funk "We're An American Band" also ripped.
Before the first "encore" they played the preview for Rob Zombie's latest movie "31" (not the same preview as below).
Per Rob Zombie's facebook:
Here is some 31 info for you.
It will be available to RENT this Friday -- SEPTEMBER 16th ---
31 the movie will be available from : I-Tunes, Comcast, Dish, AT&T, Google, Time Warner, Verizon, and Vudu.
It will be available to purchase October 21 -- the same day it will open in theaters.
If you enjoy streetpunk, oi, melodic, bold, old school to new school punk you should know Vancouver Canada's Bishops Green.
This latest CD compiles two 7" EPs, both titled “Back To Our Roots”. Randale and Rebellion Records each released a 7” with different songs. What I am reviewing here is the digital version on Rebellion which combines both 7"s plus the track “Christmas In New York” (from the compilation “Cashing In On Christmas” Vol. 5 on Black Hole Records).
These six songs hit perfection. "Wake Up" is a pure punk anthem. Somewhere between Templars and Business.
"Burn The Bastards" is a song originally done by the Lancasters (another Vancouver band). The acoustic version is amazing and done by an unknown singer-songwriter, those who happen to have more info about this recording, please contact the band (no joke!). At least that is what information I was provided!
"Trouble" is an undeniable punk rock masterpiece. If you've ever known any kind of trouble, you'll be singing along and saying this is a damn classic.
The cover of Eddie and the Hot Rods "Do Anything You Wanna Do" is a perfect song for this band to cover. It showcases their musical talent, proves their roots are cemented in quality and elevates the band to a legendary status with their take on this all time great song. The emotion is conveyed and on point. True.
I love a great Christmas / Holiday song and "Christmas in NY" certainly is a great one. The entire "Cashing In On Christmas" series on Black Hole is mandatory.
Some of my lifelong friends just call me "Foe" when they talk to me.
Agnostic Front is in my top five bands ever.
"Victim In Pain" is in my top five albums ever.
"Friend or FOE" is one of the greatest hardcore songs ever.
FOE is the zine / record label I started in 1982 or something.
FOE stood for "Freedom of Expression" for many years. Then ended up as Freedom of Evolution.
There was a music mail order distro called FOE, I think they even went by Freedom of Expression, that started up many years after my zine, that I had nothing to do with.
There was a reggae band called Freedom of Expression that I wasn't in... I saw them play in 1987 (or so). I hung out with them. They were very cool people. They did me a favor.
Friend or Foe is straightedge/hardcore/punk. I'm sober 25 years/hardcore/punk.
So yeah, I like that this band has FOE in their name. I like that they named the EP after me (haha). Actually, I don't know these guys, but I LOVE this EP!
Now that we have that cleared up...
Based out of Richmond Virginia USA, this is Friend or Foe's third EP, but first I have heard. 2012 Know Your Rights EP ( free download here: http://friendorfoerichmond.bandcamp.com/album/know-your-rights ) on Reaper Records/Solid Bond Records and 2014 Outsider EP on Triple B Records, are probably EPs I need to obtain as this "FOE" EP freaking kills!
Brutal hardcore taking cues from NYHC legends. Old Agnostic Front meets today recording sound. Definitely appeals to this old head and I am sure this is kicking the newbies in the ass too. This is a phenomenal EP. Simply love this! Stands up as one of the best modern Hardcore records I've heard.
Sick Of It All knows what is up... SOIA brought Friend or Foe along for a set of five shows across the East Coast in September.
09/07 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
09/08 Cleveland, OH – The Agora Theatre & Ballroom
09/09 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Cafe
09/10 Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room
09/11 Clifton Park, NY – Trickshot Billiards (feat, Walls Of Jericho)
Get this EP. Play it loud, wherever you are, but be prepared as you will have a physical reaction to this EP. If you are in your car, you will be throwing down and your flailing fists might be misinterpreted by passing motorists. If you are walking around with your earbuds in, people will think you are insane as you eclectically walk/thrash to the music they can't hear. If you are blasting it in your home, there will be a guaranteed circle pit, even if it just you and your dog.
Quick Piss is from Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The debut album features thirteen tracks. Thirteen tracks that I have digitally, but by the time this review/write up is over you will understand that I want this on vinyl. Quick Piss formed during the spring of 2013 in Des Moines, IA, at a time when the band members' ages ranged from 16-18. All of them have been friends since middle and high school, and have been active in the local Des Moines music scene since ages 13-15. So right away, yes, they have the amazing boiling blood of the early Replacements. There is so much influence here, it is hard to believe these young cats have this down so well. Give "Thouroughly F*#&ed" a listen.
Throughout the album I am hearing the Cramps, Sonny Vincent and Rocket From The Crypt and Jay Reatard influences. Can these kids be down with these influences? How about "Q.P.I.G.F.Y.S." which takes up 8 minutes of the 33 minute album, a song which climaxes in a Stooges-like zone-out after the Dwarves-like movement. And yes, it stands for Quick Piss Is Gonna F&#% Your Sh$&! "666 Upside Down Crucifix" is a freaking masterpiece. I love everything about this song. The song proves these kids (I'm 50 by the way, so I can call them kids) are the real deal. Love this song. It also makes you understand that they have to know about "I Wanna Be Your Dog" even though they have a song called "I.W.B.Y.S." (I Wanna Be Your Slut").
"Southside and Gomorrah" reinforces that Quick Piss leans more towards GG and the Germs than White Stripes and Strokes on the punk garage scale. Dirty and foul rather then precise and spruced up, at least as far as garage punk goes!
I don't have a lyric sheet, but I am pretty sure the lyrics to the 36 second song "40 Hr. Week" goes something like "40 hour week, f&^$ you!" and then something like "40 dollar tip, F&c@ you, 40 hour week, F&@K no!" As far as I am concerned the only mistake they made on this album was that the song should have been 40 seconds instead of 36 to match the title. Maybe they were on a four second break. Rock 'N' Roll Impotence - Tracklisting 01. Quick Piss 02. Information Withdrawal 03. A Freudian Slipped 04. 40 HR. Week 05. I.W.B.Y.S. 06. 666 Upside Down Crucifix 07. Southside And Gomorrah 08. Instant Party 09. On The Subject Of European Travel 10. Information Withdrawal Ad Nauseam 11. My Country Home 12. Thoroughly Fucked 13. Q.P.I.G.F.Y.S.
Stone Mills: guitar/vocals
Dylan Lamb: guitar
Joryn Brown: drums/bass/guitar
Arin Eaton: bass/organ
Luke Bascom drums
Where the hell do I get the vinyl? I think "Rock N Roll Impotence" is only currently available as a tape or download. Someone like Goner should put this out on vinyl if Red Nude isn't! Yes, I am excited about this record. Cheers, Frank FOE http://www.red-nude.com/releases.cfm https://www.facebook.com/QUICKPISS/
No Thrills is from Penrith, Cumbria, in Northwestern England.
One listen to the opening track (see video below) and you immediately catch the expected European vintage punk influence. Precise, driving, melodic, in your face and loud.
What wasn't quite expected was the speedy Naked Raygun and Mad Parade influence. Naked Raygun and Mad Parade are both USA bands that were influenced by European punk and made it their own in the 1980s. No Thrills takes this interpretation, adjusts the USA influence levels back a bit, closer to the European influence and comes up with a highly energetic, classic punk album!
Philadelphia's Violated Records is hitting on all cylinders! No Thrills and Red Alert albums are punk classics. Menace, The Strike, External Menace, Dive in the Box, Newtown Neurotics... Nice!
Red Alert formed in Sunderland (North East England) in 1979. So if you know punk, you know Red Alert. From their bio, they are "Still carrying the same ideals n morals to this day. Fighting racism n fascism since day one!" My introduction to Red Alert came in 1981 via the "Punk And Disorderly" compilation album. A truly landmark and influential record, to myself and many of my peers. Their song "In Britain" was one of the legendary songs on that compilation.
Thanks to Pat at Violated Records, even though I know Red Alert, I didn't have a copy of Red Alert's 2005 album "Excess All Areas". The album was released by Captain Oi records, so this is probably the first time "Excess All Areas" has been released in the USA. First time I've listened to it. "A Distant Rhythm" is one of the dozen pure punk gems contained in the 50 minutes on "Excess All Areas". Give it a listen below. The melodies, the excellent songwriting, the energy, the musicianship all combine for a thoroughly enjoyable listen. This is one of those discs that makes you want to listen to the entire disc again after it is finished rather than move on to the next band or record. Tony Van Frater (guitar and backing vocals Red Alert, also played with Angelic Upstarts) left Red Alert after this album's released to join Cockney Rejects on bass. I am a huge fan of Cockney Rejects old and new material and it is very evident that Tony fit right in with the Cockney Rejects. It is very evident that if you love the Cockney Rejects like I do, you will love Red Alert's "Excess All Areas". Sadly, Tony passed away on October 29, 2015 at the age of 51 of a heart attack.
I suggest you pick up Red Alert "Excess All Areas".
