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 Review by: Mark Williams See others by this writer www.vagrant.com (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on May 22nd 2001
It's easy to see what's wrong with Vagrant Records simply by comparing the two samplers they've released. Five Years On the Streets, the first one in 1998, and the second one, Another Year On the Streets, in 2000. Sampler 1. introduced me to bands i now really like - no motiv, boxer, nuclear saturday - Sampler 2. introduced me to bands i now really hate- koufax, the anniversary, the new amsterdams- Sampler 1. had two really good face to face songs- i'm trying(live), resignation- Sampler 2. had two very sub par face to face songs- nulification, sunny side of the street.- Sampler 1. had random songs by Down By Law, Far, and J Church that were all awesome.- Sampler 2. had rocket from the crypt- Sampler 1. had really good songs by really bad bands- both hippos songs, 'drink drank drunk' by the Gotohells, and 'broken record' by Automatic 7 - Sampler 2. a. had really bad songs from really good, or somewhat decent bands- both no motiv, one of A3's and one of Saves The Day's. - Sampler 1. had two songs by blink, and two covers by mxpx and unwritten law- Sampler 2. had the get up kids- Well, that last one is a tie for horrible, but the rest of the reasons are obvious. Gone are hard rockin bands like Boxer and Nuclear Saturday, enter Pop. The few good parts of this sampler are 'Bloodied Up' by the Alkaline Trio, and one of Saves the Day's songs is decent. Even the No Motiv songs are unbelievably pop-trash. You'ld be happier with a combo meal from Wendy's than this CD. I hope I pissed everyone off real good. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
didn't piss me off, just proved that you write shitty reviews I really like both No Motiv songs on here. I also really like the Koufax song. wow now realizing you really had nothing against these bands it is funny to see how you pissed people off. one more thing. the 'grown up' sound that one person described Vagrant as...i dont think so. sure the bands might be trying to progress punk's sometimes stagnate sound, but all of them have the whiniest, least 'grown up' voices and lyrics. If the get up kids and saves the day are mature punk, then i am 165 years-old. the hippos sound exactly, and when i say exactly I mean down to the last note, like Reel Big Fish, one of the worst bands ever. Fuck all of you who think you can generalize me. I listen to skate punk yes, but I've got every type of music in my collection, from ska, hardcore, emo, pop-punk, rap, bluegrass, techno...the list goes on. This sampler is trash. If it were good, I would have written a good review for it. And how does a 'fledgling' lable stay a float for FIVE FUCKING YEARS. i'm sorry i only said "three bands" i must not have thought your "review" was important enough to reference and i *gasp* estimated! And, no, the annioversary and the gotohells are not great bands, but there are at least 10-15 bands on this comp, including Saves The Day, The Get-Up Kids, Face to Face, and Alakaline Trio, and , yes, I do think Koufax is a very good band, if you'd stop listening to the vandals and NoFX long enough to appreciate something else, maybe you'd see their talent, too. The Hippos are NOT trendy. Name one other band that sounds remotely like them. They're just poppy! O my goodness. And this is a punk site. The first Comp, as was mentioned, was the best attempt a fledgling label could do. Maybe it had Blink 182 and some good "old school" cred with older f2f stuff, i dunno. you'd probably be happier with the new "Fat Music" or "Punkorama" comp anyway... You know, I read through almost every review that comes through here, and there's a lot that don't tell you anything. This was one of them. The purpose of a record review is to give the reader an idea of what the record sounds like and then give a statement on whether you think it is a worthwhile purchase or not. whoops..wrong score. oh yes, the hippos are about the trendiest band i've ever seen, and Crawl is a boring song.- fathead 1. boxer, gotohells, hippos, no motiv, face to face....that's more than three This is the best comp/sampler i have ever had the privilege to listen to. Almost every band on here rocks. IT shows Vagrant's consistent ability to sign good bands. And how in the world did you not like CrawL? And the first sampler was stupid. Vagrant had like three bands, so they just released songs from the before you were punk albums by big name bands that they had the rights to to get themselves known. I pretty much disagree with everything you said, including saying that the hippos arent very good. oh yeah, the reason f2f's songs were sub-par was that one of them was from the covers record and vagrant wants to get the word out on that probably. the other was left off their last album by fans who picked the tracks on mp3.com, and was put on their simply because it was probably a way to makje it available to f2f fans, not idiots who have no business reviewing CDs. almost every song on Five Years On the Streets can be found somewhere else in the Vagrant Catalog on either seven inch's, full lengths, soundtracks, or other various artists cd's, with the exception of Far and Nuclear Saturday. You have no idea what you're talking about.- fathead I think you bought this CD with the wrong intentions buddy. First off it's a Vagrant sampler meaning it'd probably be a good idea to put Vagrant bands on the disc. Five Years on the Streets was good, admitedly, but it featured bands that have nothing to do with Vagrant. I don't think you can compare the Another Year on the Streets disc with the Five Years on the Streets disc since each serves a somewhat different purpose. Ironically this is my favorite compilation, and I work at Wendy's... |
