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| VariousFat Music Volume VI: Uncontrollable Fatulence2002 Fat Wreck Chords 
 Review by: Lumpycustard See others by this writer Fat Wreck Chords Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on December 10th 2002 The sixth installment of the "Fat Music" series of comps since they began firing em' out back in good old 1994, Uncontrollable Fatulence doesn't stray to far from the classic comp formula these days: A few gems, some decent listenable tunes, and (unfortuneately) an equal helping of trash for good measure. Right from the get go however, I'll say that the amount of unreleased tracks on this CD alone make it well worth the meager price. The enjoyment you'll receive from listening to this will far exceed the enjoyment you'd get from that "super-burger" value meal you ate last night for the same price. Here's a quick breakdown of the tracks...
1. Lawrence Arms - Presenting: The Dancing Machine (Unreleased)
2. Propaghandi - Back to the Motor League (Released)
3. Mad Caddies - Leavin' (Unreleased)
4. Dillinger Four - File Under "Adult Urban Contemporary" (Released)
5. Lagwagon - Never Stops (Unreleased)
6. Strung Out - Your Worst Mistake (Unreleased) Same Strung Out we heard on "American Paradox", interesting chord progressions, great vocals, and one killer chorus make this a stellar track. They retain that "only band on Fat who includes solos" signature as well.
7. Rise Against - Generation Lost (Unreleased)
8. NUFAN - Friends of the Enemy (Released)
9. Avail - Black and Red (Released)
10. Swingin' Utters - Sign in a Window (Unreleased)
11. Less Than Jake - Faction (Released)
12. Freznal Rhomb - Had Enough (Unreleased) I gotta admit, I was expecting less from these guys. A bit on the poppy side, sweet guitar-intro/riff, and a great chorus. Officially the first track by this band I've ever liked. 13. Anti-Flag - Federation (Unreleased) Standard "we hate the government" fist-pumping "lets go riot" tunes these guys have been churning out forever. Mediocre at best.
14. NOFX - Mattersville (Unreleased)
15. Sick of it All - Built to Last (Live)
16. Wizo - I Hate You (Unreleased)
17. Good Riddance - Yesterday's Headlines (Released)
18. Me First... - Nothing Compares 2 U (Released)
In conclusion, go purchase this, it's well worth the money as I mentioned above. Cheap punk compilations really can't go that wrong.
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Ummm, the Avail song is called "Blue Times Two" and the Frenzal Rhomb track is called "Cocksucker", aside from that rather major fuck up, good review for a good album, except for a few bits I disagreed with. (NUFAN, D4) This reviewah should be smacked. He hatin on D4 and Avail AND giving props to Lagwagon at teh same time. I like all sorts of music......it just happens to be that almost NONE of it is on MTV.....does that make me close minded? no. I don't most pop punk because I just can't get into it, not even the stuff released on indie labels. I'm not into "MTV" rap, but I do like Ice T and Public Enemy as well as few others. I like Reggae, death metal, meditative music. A very WIDE range. I just can't stand the corny shit- i hate hair metal, mtv pop, and most mtv "nu metal"(most of which is just pop with protooled guitars). I really can't stand country, I just can't get into it. Does this make me close minded? no.....i will give anything a chance. Ok, while I will agree, an awful lot of people on this site are pretty damn closeminded, I will tell you I am not one of them. I judge a band on nothing other than what I hear. I take every band song by song. If Destinys Child actually put out a good song, I would be the first to admit it. In the bands this week thingy there, I told the story of how I saw REM last night. Last I recall, they weren't exactly the punkest band around. I will give anything a chance. I have heard 2 SOAD albums, beginning to end, quite a few times, plus a whole shitload of unreleased songs. And I hate them. Not because the lyrics are to deep or anything like that, I just cannot stand them. My opinion, get over it. limp bizkit is better than the refused. long live nu METAL!! The term being "close-minded" gets thrown alot around here because it's true. Agreed. Isn't it nice when the only excuse people can think of for somebody not liking their favorite band is "you are closeminded." Ironically that is an insult regarding the predictability and simplicity of someones musical taste, yet the overused and pathetic quip, "you are closeminded," is exactly that: predictable and simple. So what if somebody doesn't share the same musical taste as you, that doesn't mean they don't give various types of music a chance, who are you to judge them simply because they don't like your personal favorite. And yes, nu-metal is a horrible fuckin name for a horrible fuckin music style. I'd take pathetic emo rip offs (I'm talking about the shitty local bands that we've all seen at one point or another that just flat out suck) any day over some nu-metal shit. You crackheads. Uhhh.. yeah... Pink Floyd isn't experemental... actually they are. Music made by drug addicts for drug addicts. I'm not staight edge or anything, but no thank you. I'll pass. The Good Riddance track on here is good, but definitely not the best song off their newest album, I think they do better while playing harder and darker. But great nonetheless. Rise Against track is awesome. And the rest are ok. 1.larryarms-the shit. this song is by no means an indication of how good their fat debut is. in my top 5 albums of this year. amazing lyrics. this song is just so so though. Also, yes Pink Floyd does belong on that list. Hippy fucking shit. SOAD isn't "nu-metal" that's the fuckin' gayest name ever and they cross so many boundries if you ever gave them a shot. Same goes for a ton of other bands. my review: THe new Rise Against album is gonna be a classic. Nevermind, it just came to me. Would someone please remind me what SOAD stands for? i guarantee if you sat anti-flag and propagandhi in the same room together to talk about politics, there wouldn't be much arguing. as far as i see it, they are on the same political plane. propagandhi just seems more in your face (and yes, probably better informed) about it. hey, so...to that guy a few posts down who said that propgandhi's politics were in line with anti-flag: you could not be more wrong, thats why i made the distinction in the first place. propagandhi are well informed anarchists, that approach domestic and world problems from a perspective unhindered by the constraints of the status quo which they seek to destroy. anti-flag are idiots who think the system can be reformed to work. you're welcome to disagree with who's perspective you like better, but admit that they're different. you children need to comment on the CD, not what you think about capitalism. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee First off...I agree with Waste, SOAD is great as far as mainstream bands go, unfortuantely a lot of the MTV crowd don't listen to the lyrics and just buy it for the sound. Secondly, to the guy who said I'm crazy because I think Lynrd Skynrd sucks the big one.....well, tell me what's so great about that boring, unenergetic, beer drinking, fat, redneck band. To me it's boring and pathetic. Who wants to listen to a bunch of old racist rednecks talk about their "sweet home"? It's disgusting. Anyway, I'd have to say this comp is good, Rise Against are a great band, as are Good Riddance. wow, evildeadalive seems to have some hidden vendetta against SOAD... Oh I 'get' SOAD just fine. I get that they make me want to swallow a shotgun blast just to get that annoying fucking voice out of my head. Nu metal never has, and never will be cool. Are SOAD nu metal? Yes. Do I hate them only because they are nu metal? No. I hate them on more levels than your stupid ass could ever comprehend. so why don't you have a problem with propagandhi chemricalburst? politically, they are very much in line with anti-flag. hell, they are more radical than ant-flag. worst band ever is system. my god nu metal blows, and they are just...so..bad. as for pink floyd and lynyrd skynyrd, you must be crazy. pink floyd is one of the best bands ever, and skynyrd rocks the world. EXCELLENT REVIEW!!! What? Well, anyway, to me the situation seems pretty simple, no need to complicate it with political teachings. The issue comes down to that some component of "the system" is unjust, therefore it needs to be torn apart. I just don't see why things need to be so complicated. People seem too afraid and too lazy to change things. People always say "Oh, I could never make a difference" and they mock people who actually try. That's what I hate about a lot of people here. Things may be working fine for you, but they aren't for me, so if I wanna change things to better everyone, don't mock me for it. ok...issue "10.System of a Down For people who try to use their "educational standings" as a way of arguing with people- what you learned in school doesn't mean jack shit. Sorry, but it doesn't. You're only learning the way of the system. Just because you know alot about how government works doesn't mean anything when it's destroyeed now does it? Plus, in the US educational system I doubt you really learned all that much. Degrees are just peices of paper that make people "think" you know what you're talking about, nothing more. I've got a few myself, and I feel that I know what I'm talking about,but I sure as hell didn't learn it in school. So quit using the "I'm a University Student" or "I major in this" bullshit. To talk about tearing down the government all you need to know is that they are full of shit, you on't need to enter into this political nonsense. and why dont you fuck head punk stinky mall whore emo fucks go listen to some real talent such as: yeah, prop fuckin rule oh, and i would much rather have mall punks listen to songs about chicks and high school than have them think they're listening to well-informed, well-thought out political commentary which is in reality misleading and intellectually truncated. on the other hand, why can't propagandhi be that popular? oh, mayb its because they're not a bunch of slogan swallowing nitwits, and because they know more than three chords. got it. uhhh....yeah....about that....i wouldn't be lying if i said i was an honors political science major. "and uninformed psuedo-intellectual lyrics" "we hate capitalism. buy our merchandise" "isn't it awesome how they preach nonviolence, yet the entire nature of going to them play live is violent" To the person who said that every song except for D4 and Larry Arms sounds the same, you have just proven one of two things: you have either never listened to this CD or you are a complete idiot. Many of these bands sound nothing alike. How can you say Mad Caddies sound like SOIA or Propagandhi sounds like NUFAN? uhhh... somemore honorable mentions go to Boxcar Racer, Simple Plan, Disturbed, New Found Glory, Rage Against the Machine, Thursday and all the other wannabe emo-core fucken shitty ass whiny bitch bands that are saturating the market right now. Ok, here's my list of the shittiest of the shitty: ok, punk core kid: given that anti-flag writes songs that never have more than four chords, and uninformed psuedo-intellectual lyrics, why do you like them? Is it Davey Havok? i dunno The NOFX song is good, really. I mean Chemicalburst, Anti-Flag is awesome. I just picked up this comp and listened to it twice. Perhaps I am an ignoramus, but I think there is quite a variety on display. There are some groups/songs that I don't care for, but I don't understand how someone can make the statement that they all sound the same. Well, since every song cept maybe D4 and Larry Arms is gonna sound the fucking same, is there any point in reviwing a fat comp? And lagwagon is the most generic fucking band on the planet. Why are they so big? worst badn/group evar was milly vanilly To the guy who replyed to me with the anti-anti-flag cartoon.... are you just dumb? I wasn't talking about anti-flag, I was talking about capitalism, the guy who said that clearly has little idea about what modern capitalism is. I think you think too little. It's hard to tell sometimes. sorry c'mon, that was a joke dude. and good call on the beer. Crappy musical taste?...what? because I don't like to listen to this unenergetic lynrd skynrd garbage waste of music? Fuck you, That shit makes anything look good. Cyndi lauper sucks man, but fuck, it's the same thing as britney spears, it's not a "band", it's just one person. Ok, pal, why don't you go back to drinking beer with your pals. How Simple Plan isn't number 1... oh come on. you know that song 'girls just wanna have fun' is the most annoying song you've ever heard in your whole goddamn crappy musical taste life. I mean, if that's your thing then fine...but its not mine Lynrd Skynrd sucks ass- bunch of fat, drunk rednecks singing about "home", fucking lame. And simple plan, new found glory are pop candy garbage. I think anti flag is ok, but not great...and cyndi lauper is just like britney spears, it's not serious so i dont even consider it a "band" ok. no. Worst bands ever? I'd say that these bands suck more than any others. For that 10 Worst Bands ever thing, I'd put Skrewdriver as the worst ever. I mean, how can you top NAZIS for pure suck factor? Ok you bashed Dillinger Four and Avail, 2 of the only good bands on here. So i guess.....fuck yoU! Ladies and Gentelmen, chimerical burst proudly presents: "I figure the most anti-capitalistic thing somebody could do is bring the system down by using it against them. For example, by bringing the REAL underground, overground. And bringing the REAL stuff into the mainstream and basically destroying it from within. Sign to a major label and use all of their money and make them go broke. Make an excellent record and try to get people to understand what it means and hopefully gain a few fans along the way. I think just because Anti-Flag sells stuff doesn't mean they are contradictions. I mean, inorder to destroy the system, you must live within it for a while." I figure the most anti-capitalistic thing somebody could do is bring the system down by using it against them. For example, by bringing the REAL underground, overground. And bringing the REAL stuff into the mainstream and basically destroying it from within. Sign to a major label and use all of their money and make them go broke. Make an excellent record and try to get people to understand what it means and hopefully gain a few fans along the way. I think just because Anti-Flag sells stuff doesn't mean they are contradictions. I mean, inorder to destroy the system, you must live within it for a while. "The Me First track, and more importantly forgetting about Lagwagon's 'guitar soloing' ability. (Who can forget that solo from "Stokin' the Neighbours" of off Trashed? Bitchin'.) " To the guy below me, please don't make me laugh. This website sums up my exact thoughts on anti-flag "we hate capitalism. buy our merchandise Hey, I said I was gonna go out and buy the damn D4 record (below) before I decided whether or not I liked the band. (Mostly because most of the material I've heard was older) but I still stand by my opinion that the D4 track on this comp was weak. Avail too... Mad Caddies - "No disrespect to these boys but, I think it's time to try something new" i hope joey cape quits lagwagon and does bad astronaut full time. i mean, come on the new cd is amazing. Lumpycustard: We will find you, and you will be beaten. Badly. "we hate capitalism. buy our merchandise I could have sworn Wuss-Emo wrote this review while I was reading it. I thought he was probably the only person dumb enough to bash D4. we hate capitalism. buy our merchandise Take back the stuff about the Mad Caddies and you have a good review. But as is, you put down one of the greatest bands on the compilation. You gave them a thumbs down, so I give your review a thumbs down. Boo on this review. And as for new LTJ material their new album anthem will be out in january followed by a US tour...follow their progress at www.lessthanjake.com/anthem they have a ton of videos and pictures of them recording and even some lyrics up. Hahaha! Good ta know Ska... It's all good man. Good Riddance rocks, especially thewir hardcore stuff....fucking great. Their cover of Black Flag's "My War" is really good. "Also, Skafather: Also, Skafather: Okay, so I made a few mistakes. It is my first review, so cut me a bit o slack? The Me First track, and more importantly forgetting about Lagwagon's 'guitar soloing' ability. (Who can forget that solo from "Stokin' the Neighbours" of off Trashed? Bitchin'.) Ignorant comment about anti-flag? lost me at mad caddies and annoyed me with that ignorant comment about anti-flag. very good review. I liked the older D4 albums a lot better than the new one.... Still the best band in the galdarn world though. Good review..though I'm not sure that Strung Out is the band on fat with soloing. What about lagwagon? And just curious, you said tyhe MFAGG song was released...what album was that? Anyway..good comp, good review This CD is one of the best Fat comps ever. True, the Propagandhi and GR songs are kind of old, but "Back to the Motor League" and "Yesterday's Headlines" are classic. The Lagwagon song is one of their best to date (and surprisingly makes a powerful political statement too). The Strung Out, A-F and Nofx songs are really good too. Most importantly, look at the new bands. Larry Arms, D4 and Rise Against are fucking awesome. I swear, Fat Mike really has a knack for finding amazing new bands. After all these years, it's good to see Fat is still putting out great music. Decent Review. Go out and buy D4's last albulm. Listen to it 5 times in 5 days. Then see if you still call them boring. Its like the grape nuts challenge. Good review. Hahaha, Raum Der Zeit is classic. When I heard the new track off this comp (and nearly vomitted) I was like, "What happened here?" "They retain that "only band on Fat who includes solos" signature as well. " NOFX = same ol shitty music that they have beaten to death a 100 times. Do something new already. To add to my thoughts from the other review: Wizo wrote the greatest and worst song ever...Neat. Haha, well it's not really the greatest song but "Raum Der Zeit" is a bad ass song even if it's in German. you lost me after you called D4 boring... Excellent way to review a comp. Bravo. |
