"white people and
the damage done"
Year: 2013
Country: US
City: San Francisco
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 45 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
"sieg hourdry!"
Year: 2005
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 45 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Avantgarde Punk
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 8
Time: 40
Genre: rock
Style: Avantgarde Punk
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 8
Time: 37 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Jazz Punk
Jello Biafra teams up with NoMeansNo for this eight-track album,
released back in 1991 after they previously teamed up for a song on the
soundtrack to the film "Terminal City Ricochet." The result is an
interesting combination of styles that works really well. Biafra is in top vocal form here as he lets rip sarcastically in
"Bruce's Diary" and "Sharks in the Gene Pool," screaming and wailing his
way through the longer tracks and there's even a spoken word part. The
delivery is passionate and fierce; in my opinion it's his best recorded
vocal performance. The lyrical subject matter is quite interesting as Biafra addresses
radiation fallout from falling satellites, genetic manipulation and a
general theme that the truth is being covered up. Biafra is at his most
insane on the chilling "Chew" -- a tale about gigantic rats eating
people and how society is losing its sense of compassion. It makes you
wonder how he comes up with these kind of ideas. The music varies from short straight-up hardcore in the vein of Dead Kennedys'
Plastic Surgery Disasters
to spaced out jazz-influenced tracks complete with a horn section
(basically, if you've heard any NoMeansNo albums from this time period,
then you will be familiar with the sound), beefed up bass playing,
crunching guitars, and production that's just right -- not overproduced,
but you can hear everything clear as day. NoMeansNo play tightly on
this record and while I'm not the biggest fan of their work, they sound
superb here.
While I have read that many people don't think much of this album, I
find that it's a great listen that I find hard to fault. A downside is
that the album only has eight songs, four of which are available at the
links at the end of the review. That said, if you've yet to hear this
you owe it to yourself to give the MP3s a listen and see what you think. (*review from
HERE ).
"last scream of the missing neighbors"
Year: 1989
Label: Alternative Tentacles
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 6
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
"killafornia" 
"silence is betrayal"
