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  Review by: ElVaquero See others by this writer Epitaph Homepage (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on June 24th 2003
First off, I was planning on writing this review for a long time now; I just got around to it tonight. This is not a reactionary review, but I do promise no stabs at pretension, sarcasm, or any humor in general. This is a summing up combined with a jigger or so of my opinion and commentary: some call it a review. People who liked this also liked: ![Various - Punk-O-Rama 10 [CD/DVD]](/images/covers/thumb/various-punk_o_rama_10.jpg)          Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Very good comp. Even with the rap, look at it this way at least its not eminem rapping about hating his mom. Its a rapper singing about politics much better in my opinion. I wont listen to rap on my own but if its more like the sage then i can at least stand it. And blues is a huge influence on punk and the black keys are a good band and im gonna go eat on of toose pudding cups that has chocolate on the top and vanilla on the bottem and then you swirl them and its really really good. No Skill? Next time you down are your local record shop pick up any record by" I've actually heard underground rap acts... And they sound the same as all of the mainstream crap, except they try and be more "gangsta". The Public Enemy type "anti-system" rap transformed into "gangsta" because, when the public finally did accept what rap groups had to say, they tried to be even more offensive. So stupid. Either way, rap sucks andrequires no skill whatsoever. Error is actually Brett Gurewitz's industrial side project. Exactly! finally someone on this message board with some actual knowledge! What you see on MTV and whats selling millions of records in stores IS NOT rap. It's about as close to rap as Good Charlotte and Blink are to punk rock. Real rap is just as confrontational as some of the most intense punk rocks bands. In case you little twats didn't notice, the early 90's rap scene is incredibly similar to the early 80's punk scene. a techno remix of bro hymn? There's a techno remix of Bro Hymn. It's funny and wrong at the same time. what the fuck is this? Just goes to show that the guy below this post has only been exposed to "MAINSTREAM" hip hop! Going against the grain is not signing a rapper. That's selling out. In case you didn't know, rap is the no. 1 selling type of music in America. Yay for talentless black guys who can talk really fast about bling and hos. I'm not a huge fan of rap (actually I'm not a fan at all) but the Sage Francis song was really good. I was quite impressed... cheers to Epitaph going against the grain and signing a rapper. Sage Francis > Rancid and its called PUNK-O-Rama and not PUNKROCK-O-Rama, so please dont try to use the "its called Punk-O-Rama, not Rap-O-Rama" argument. Why is there rap on this? I have to agree with lieutenant on this one, I liked the review, but the format killed my eyes. God, that Bad Religion song is sooo good. If this is a b-side, which I believe it to be, it definately should have made the final cut of the album. I love the chorus so much; nothing we have not heard before but I definately accept most catchy choruses from Graffin with open arms... He always emits a quality of charm I can never deny. I must say, this song reminds me so much of the Offspring's Kids Aren't Alright, though yes, I am fully aware that the Offspring song was most likely penned under the obvious influence of Bad Religion's earlier Epitaph releases, thus making the connection in sound quite pointless to mention. Anyway. I have not bought a Punk O Rama for years, but this may just be worth it. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if I just settled for the mp3s linked on this review. Hey Pennywise, news flash, its not 1995 anymore! Damn, who needs to buy this? All the fucking mp3's are right here. Good review. yeah, i kinda wrote this in notepad... whoops... tubonegro... hehe mm another good thing epitaphs starts to realize that quicktime is shitty (i hope they really do). the death by stereo video is in mpeg. only thing i would love now is that they increase the qualtiy of such goodies, how about SVCD quality or even DVD mpeg2 format, just some ideas. i wouldnt have thought it, but the not typical epitaph stuff are the ones that i start to love on this punkorama (also of course the oldies but goldies "Bad Religion"), the Black Keys, Sage Francis and the Looptroop songs really are on the top in my playlist. Also the Transplants remix is cool, although i am not really a fan of Transplants, but the remix makes it enjoyable in your car. AND of course Hot Water Music is probably one of the best songs i heard this year, its not new, but i guess you can put it on any compilation as often as you want, like Refused with "new noise". The new Pennywise song on this comp sucks & it's a pretty generic song... and this is from someone who likes Pennywise. I just hope the rest of their new album will be better. wow the new stuff epitaph is putting out is freaking amazing. the non-punk stuff there is making the label 10 times more punk then it was before. the Black Keys are a really good band the high distortion blues with a tiny punk infulence is one of epitaphs strongest bands in my opinion. if u really dig the DIY/undergorund blues stuff check out Fat Possum Records its a blues label distributed by epitaph and their realesaes are amazing! indeed this review was much better than the first one. where's the song bashing and biased nonsense??? (that's sarcastic as I hope you would pick up) Good review, much much better than the filth we had to read before. good job for 'big-upping' sage. If those kids are so hurt by a good hip-hop artist being on Epitaph (which, in my opinion, was going downhill until recently) then they shouldn't listen to it. No one is forcing anyone to like or support each and every band a label has. i wouldve read this... if i didnt lose my place 5 times in those godforsaken paragraphs. *shrug* Randy's "A Man In A Uniform" makes me want to shake that ass. And I totally agree with DBS's first album. "Sing Along With The Patriot Punx" is one of my all-time fav DBS songs. Great review. albeit a few typos, a great review. but it was ok to talk just a LITTLE more trash than you did, i think the transplants don't get as much as shit as they deserve. Great review dude. Yep, that review was better than mine, thanks for reviewing it in an unbiased manner. I pretty much just reviewed it to talk shit about stupid bands. great review though. The Distillers song has a cool intro, then Brody starts to sing. It's all downhill from there. The Black Keys song is starting to grow on me. i think Randy should do a cover of "Tutti Frutti". |
