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Anti-AntiAnti-Anti: Hooray For EverythingHooray For Everything (2003)Fastmusic Reviewer Rating: 3 Contributed by: adamAdam (others by this writer | submit your own) I apologize to this band. Their promo had immediately fallen into my "abysmal cover art and band name" pile and it took them a while to climb out of it and into my stereo. From the band's bio and presentation I was really expecting something in the goofy pop-punk vain, but instead I'm glad to . I apologize to this band. Their promo had immediately fallen into my "abysmal cover art and band name" pile and it took them a while to climb out of it and into my stereo. From the band's bio and presentation I was really expecting something in the goofy pop-punk vain, but instead I'm glad to report that Anti-Anti have a great grasp on speedy punk rock that lies somewhere between the Bouncing Souls and Screeching Weasel in influence. This is fast skate punk that wouldn't seem out of place among the crowd of bands that popularized this style in the early 90s. Suffice to say those bands really played this sound into the ground, so much so that Anti-Anti may still be stuck with the stigma of being another skate-punk band. However Horray For Everything has enough energy and drive that you're not likely to sit back and consider the "context" of the band while the album's playing. Unfortunately 38 minutes feels like a long running time for this type of record, and once I'm 20 minutes into it I can't help but drift. By that point it really dosen't seem likely that Anti-Anti's going to throw any curves and the album suffers because of it. Fickle reviewer attention spans aside, where this album really falters is in the fact that it doesn't establish enough of an original voice. At the end of the day, there isn't much here that distinguishes Horray For Everything from the piles of old Queers / MTX records you have lying around. Still... there's potential here. After a look at this band's busy touring schedule I have no doubt they're in it for the long haul. Please login or register to post comments.What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
To the person who said that Anti-Anti were gay... I don't think that they are (but I don't stalk them), but if they were, would that make a fucking difference. I mean, Joey from Lagwagon is gay. Does that mean the Lagwagon sucks? NO. Actually, Anti-Anti kinda sound a bit like Anti-Anti... BUT, that's not the point. Since when did a bands sexual preference determine wether or not they suck? btw, I'm not calling Anti-Anti gay coz as much as I love them, I don't stalk them. I worship Anti-Anti. I don't give a shit if they sound like The Queers. I don't give a shit if they sound like MTX. My band sounds exactly like the Ramones right now coz we're just getting started. I love Anti-Anti. I heard "I Want You Back" on the Jolted Records Punk Rock Fever and fell in love. The best track if you ask me is Englewood Beach, but Bubblegum Girl is really sweet. They sound kinda like the Ramones if you ask me, and that's why I fell in love with them. This is one of the best albums I have ever heard in my life, and my copy has practically gotten worn through. It never gets old to me. Never. Fuck wether or not it's "punk rock" or "pop punk" or "skate punk." All that matters is that Anti-Anti rock. I like the kid who talked shit about the dreaded Less Than Jake mohawk. This little homo gets his haircuts paid for by mommy and daddy along with the electric bills, mortgage and everything else. He wishes he could be in a band with the success of LTJ. Eat a bag of AIDS filled dick twinkies. i'd say enough is enough. shit, sorry for being a DOUCHE bag. my comments were quite OBVIOUS. Thats right, you might be Greg Fuckin Graffin for all I know. But for all I know, he would not post on here. Especially, as much of an intellect he is, he would have perfect spelling and grammar and more usage of "big words." Ohh you're a doosh bag, if you are in the music industry or in a band. It wouldn't be too professional of you to say something oblivious in the first place. i am not twat. i said all that other shit. i think you are a stupid, stupid person. i think anti-anti told you to drop by punknews.org and fight their battles for you. And ooo, ooo...one more thing, citizen TWAT. You hate the music so much, why do you keep giving the album a score of 10, and I believe thats all the stars highlighted. Boo ya, you suck You wouldn't waste your cash on buying the tickets cuz you don't give a fuck about the band. BUT, you did at one point did give a fuck. I mean you did take the time to listen to them and critique them, and now claiming they're crap. But where are you in the music scene? You're just a trendy punk, brought up by the MTV generation, trying to be political and observant through your ignorant statements. I don't think Anti Anti has done anything wrong to you, but you would probably rebuttle that remark by saying "yes, they did something wrong, they made my ears bleed." Of course you'd say that, you're a fucken childish prick. And whats up with you signing your name as twat? Are you calling yourself that? You're fucken lame. the reason i don't say this to your face, at shows, is because i don't want to waste my cash on paying for tickets to see a band i don't give a fuck about. Punk punk punk punk rock! There are so many punk rockers replying to my posts. You know it just plain tickles me to see how upset you guys get over the most idiotic stuff. The problem with the internet is that it gives people balls that they don't have in the real world. I could care less if you are Greg Graffin. Bad religion is over-rated. Yes! I said it! They are over-rated. And it's fans like you that make them even more intolerable. You know, I don't get it...people trash us for sounding like the Queers, even though we don't, and then these same people tell us that they would rather go listen to them then us. Then I get hit with that whole originality thing. Give me break. Everyone who has picked up a guitar in the last 40-50 years has been influenced by bands before them. You're a fan of music before you're a musician. Where are you little jerk offs at the shows? Why are these opinions never voiced to my face? Are you afraid that by running your mouths I'm going to knock your fucking teeth in? I read this site because I am interested in knowing what people think about my music. If you would pull the punk rock stick out of your ass for just a second, and take the punk rock chip off of your shoulder, you would see that the first post I made was just being silly, and the second was mostly sarcasm. Well, except the Twisted Sister part. This really oughtta make you scream...Twisted could blow Bad Religion off the stage without trying. I would know. I watched Bad Religion almost every night for a month in 2002. Of course, it's just my opinion, and I'm really only doing these to hear you piss and whine. Every time you respond, you only playing along with it. Thank for an amusing few days! this score represents how big travis' penis is in inches. not that i know, or anything. my name is travis young and when i was a street orpha-gin (incase you were wondering that means an un penatrated orphin) i met the band that made this wonderful work of melodic wonder. anti-anti changed my life i got laid my teeth became straight and my penis grew two inches after listening to this album for a solid month. all in all i think that this band is the best fucking thing since the hall in oats cover band that i started named the hall and oats cover band. Blah blah blah. You're not going anywhere with your band. So that "part time" thing you do during the day to "pay the bills". You know working at starbucks. That’s where you're going to work for the rest of your life. Because if you haven't made it now, face it dude it aint gonna happen. Sucks huh? When you make an album you have to be able to take criticism. Might wanna work on that. Just a thought. twat you know, come to think of it, i always thought of shameless as meaning having no shame... in the sense of tastelessness, or gaudiness, or being unashamed of what would normally be construed as "abnormal" or "shocking" behavior. rather than not giving a shit if people think you're punk or not. dude, bitching at the anonymous fans is a surefire road to success and respect. fuck you man! mr. luscious is a fucking king. I think the trendy 15 year old is the one who doesn't know who Jesse is... Actually, if you think about it, the fact that my last name is Shameless means I could give a good rats ass what your opinion of my last name is. I don't do it to be "punk". I could care less about punk. I'd rather be listening to Twisted Sister, anyway. Sid Vicious was a worthless waste of space, and I can't imagine why anyone even cares about anything he did. Ben Weasel is a hit and miss songwriter. For every great song he's got, there are about 30 that are just shit. And who the hell is Jesse Luscious? I bet if was punk, I would know! Well, anyway, the point I'm trying to make here is this...when you run your mouth like that, mr. anonymous, you sound like some 15 year old jackass. If you aren't, then you're just some bitter person who never went anywhere with his/her own band. If you have a problem with me, come to one of our shows. So I can respond. I may differ in opinion. no, it was cool when ben weasel did it. i don't ever want to hear about another fucking bullshit band where people make up stupid bullshit last names so they sound like they are "real" punks. i had this band on my mp3.com station a million years ago, and watched them go from being nobody to in the Top 20 of the punk charts. haul is an appropriate wore? did you mean whore, or word? i can't tell with all you hipster scenester kiddies out there these days. I hope they are in it for the long haul...away from the recording studio. And yes haul is an appropriate wore. They should be hauled away from their instruments kicking and fucking screaming. Who knows? Maybe the kicking and screaming might actually produce some decent music. Yes, we were just like fish! It took years of hard work and dedication, but we are finally able to turn into fish onstage. It's kind of like that Incredible Mr. Limpet movie, except we aren't cartoons. We figured that we needed some kind of gimmick, since, according to the spineless individual a few posts down, we have no talent, and don't deserve to have our record deal. these guys are cool if you like political punk i think. are they still political? thats one of the reasons i always hated them. cause they were those start-a-revolution-and-fuck-authority punks. that always pisses me off. I saw these guys play....they were ok, they took the riff from Strung Out's "firecracker" though. The singer is in love with the 16 year old bassist of my band too....oh well, at least our bassist is a girl. How in the holy fuck did these losers get a record deal? ! its bands like these that put the idea in the heads of people with no talent that they can get signed. I saw these dorks at this shitty bar a while back.... One of them had the stupid less than jake dred-locked mohawk thing goining...... Fucking weak! how bout we need more pop-punk bands in the SCREECHING WEASEL/QUEERS vein...yeah no, but no one could rival those two BEHEMOTHS. Cool band name. a sarasota band....i live in the same city (or should i say small town) as this band and i didn't even know they were still together, let alone that they had an album out on fastmusic. I wanna give this shot too. We need more real pop-punk bands in the MTX / Queers vien... this band is fun... for a few songs. that's how skate punk usually goes though. |
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just wanted to say how childish this argument is/was. If you don't like someone's album, you say "I don't like this album because..." and leave it at that. You don't have to call the band members "gay", or shitheads, or whatever. They make the kind of music they want to make. The stuff they play is what sounds good to them. I don't like it, maybe you don't like it, but that doesn't make it any less valid.