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Published on October 3rd 2003 I think the deluge of compilations as serving as catchall label samplers have soured my expectations of how good they can be with a little effort. Mass Destruction is one of those rare comps that, like the early Give Em The Boot’s, manages to establish a sound and feeling that works as a standalone album. That’s rare in punk compilations. It helps that there’s a lot of interesting material on here. New York’s family of bands that grew out of Choking Victim have a particularly strong showing, highlighted by an unreleased track by the aforementioned ska-punk outfit. Their successors in Leftover Crack contribute a collaboration with the Distillers on “Muppet N.A.M.B.L.A.” that’s a lot of fun. Sixgun Radio throws in the driving, unreleased track “Culture Crave” that rejuvenates the Down By Law-styled skatepunk sound. Osker leads off the album with the previously out of print “No Spine.” The bands former frontman Devon Williams makes a second appearance with a fantastic solo track titled “Prove Me Wrong.” Out of place but still rockin’ is a re-recording of “The Blackout” by new wave revivalists The Static Age. There’s also quite a bit of unreleased or previously out-of-print stuff from bands like Union 13, Death On Wednesday, Kurt Vile, The Arsons… really too much to name in a review. On top of that there’s choice album cuts from acts like The Lawrence Arms, Manda And The Marbles, The Ghost and the GC5 among others. Based on the strength of these bands, other tracks on the comp that may be
individually weaker manage to blend in well. Obviously Mass Destruction’s
mainly a straight-up punk rock album, but it manages to do that task incredibly
well; You can tell it took some care and thought to assemble. A lot of punk
compilations filter on and off my shelf in a given year, but this one seems
like it’ll have a much longer stay.
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hehehe this is funny.... Oh so witty, you all are. I aplaud you for showing how your not a delusional "punk rocker" your willing to except that 9-5 is the only way to make it in this world.... and your proof of this decision? And I do squat something......my toilet that actually flushes. You are a fucking dolt. You are actually gonna argue for squatting? Please. I wasn't born with any fucking silver spoon in my mouth, and I didn't have the greatest homelife when I was in high school, but I got out on my own, got a job and pay fucking rent. So don't try to give me any of your rhetoric bullshit. I won't try squatting because I take pride in earning my living, being clean and not begging for money, you ignorant piece of shit. I completely agree with the below poster... If you think your 9 to 5 is harder than living in an abandoned building and begging for food, then maybe you should try it. if you don't think that squatting is work, maybe you should get off message boards and actually try to squatt something. No, I'm talking about stupid fucking kids, that don't want to work. Homelessness is an epidemic, but some of those little shits are just trying to be lazy. Fuck them. Wow sickboi is joking about homeless people! how un-pc and coool! not. We're overhauling our website right now, you'll be able to order em there by the beginning of next week. They'll also be available through Vital Music and Interpunk in the coming days. "Squat punk scene" = stupid, lazy kids that ask me for change. Fuck all of you. i hunt vampires in MY spare time Can you ever stop being pretentious BSD? anybody know where i can pick this up? i'd be awfully happy to hear that Devon song, thank you I like CV and LoC a lot, but the squat punk scene in NYC has been around for a lot longer than you seem to think it has. id like to hear that devon williams song.. i just may pick this up... its cheap i assume? I'll edit YOU! "Arn't you supposed to be editing these?" This is a good compilation cd. It's one of the few comps that I actually listen to more than a couple times. Arn't you supposed to be editing these? "Sixgun Radio throws in the driving, unreleased track “Culture Crave” that rejuvenates the Down By Law-styled stakepunk sound." Sixgun Radio is out later this year, from what I'm told. Their stuff sounds great so far. wait... bankshot actually released an album?! and to think it was just a couple years ago that they started this thing. |
