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 Review by: Anchors See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on July 19th 2005
If as of right now, July 2005, time travel was a possibility, I’d have to say the first time period I’d visit would be the 1950’s. Classic cars, drive-in’s, and doo wop, and the birth of rock‘n’roll. To me, it sounds like an exciting and fascinating time, not to mention hippies didn’t exist yet; what more could one person actually ask for? It was during this decade that Bill Haley & The Comets, Chuck Berry, and Elvis really put rock‘n’roll on the map, long before any variation of it, punk included, could ever be bastardized by bands such as Dash Rip Rock. Billed as “the best punk country band in the world,” DRR is releasing their 12th studio album in 20 years, entitled Recyclone, and it is, to put it nicely, awful.
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Anchors...what else can I say except you've never had the awakening of a Dash Rip Rock Revival!! If you're going to review this album while listening to DRR on you iPod on the subway or cringing from your parents at dinner time, then you will NEVER EVER get the beauty that is Dash Rip Rock. To see a Dash show is to live. Sure, they're nothin' but a bunch of bass fishin' ass kickin' wiskey pissin' musicians' on a hell bent mission...but then again you wouldn't understand that because you've never swigged a mouthful of Jack from Hoakey Hickel's private reserve in a room full of your 100 most intimate friends....or better yet..wiped the jazz fest dust from the bottle on a weekend in the NOLA spring. HELLO! This is not a new studio album. Its a Greatest Hits. Hmm, that might explain the mixer of music styles on the record. Review this record again when you pull your head out of your ass and graduate high school. Obviously you don't get it. Your to serious to take a joke. Lighten up. I'm guessing you listen to all serious political music and blame your parent for how shitty your life is. If you like the Supersucks, odds are you'll like this'un. This album is in the same spirit of the Jello / Mojo Nixon country record and the Evan Johns Rolling through the night album...but of which you can find on AT This does suck, but you kinda missed the mark there Anchors. This is a alternative tentacles release and it gave a shout out to Ted Nugent. That is obviously a joke. I dont really see that as a negative factor. RE: dumbshit reviewer Its good to see that punknews.org doesn't alienate the dumbshit reviewer contingent. not their best selection of tracks... re: the studio album comment How can Jello stand having a band that even mentions Ted Nugent on his label? Alright, apparently it is in fact a greatest hits collection. I made a mistake, we don't need 23 fucking replies about it, Jesus. hey, lay off anchors for the whole compilation vs studio album thing. his press sheet calls it a studio album, so why wouldnt he go by that? from alternativetentacles.com: Recyclone is a greatest hits compilation. Way to do your homework. Had you bothered to know anything about the band at all you might have noticed that the tracks have appeared on other records. Perhaps it is obvious that I come into this review a fan of the band, if not this compilation in particular. One of the struggles Dash has always had is their lack of a unified sound. The band's early work, which is under-represented on this disk, comes off like a melding of early REM jangle, post-punk pop and rockabilly. Later records focused alternatively on thrashy sounds (Not of this World which was produced by Jim Dickinson), a big-rock sound (Tiger Town) or power pop (Paydirt). Thrown in along the way are a gaggle of country weepers, civil war epics, about fifty drinking songs and a dozen or so joke-tunes like "Lets Gof Smoke Some Pot," If you like The Blasters, The Replacements, Camper Van Beethoven, The Muffs, The Beat Farmers, The Knitters, The New Duncan Imperials, Southern Culture on the Skids or Mojo Nixon give these boys a try. If you want Screaching Weasel, Black Flagg or Bad Religion you're in the wrong place. I'd recommend starting with Paydirt, Sonic Boom or Ace of Clubs or the debut album, Dash Rip Rock. dash rip rock? jesus, my parents used to tell me about this band when i was a wee tyke. maybe its because by their 12th time in the studio, all they can think of doing is recycle all their old shit "Yes, the title somewhat alludes to that, but the press sheet said "12th studio album, not "greatest collection of songs," "greatest hits," or anything similar." No, I'm almost positive this is not a greatest hits collection. I've heard good things about this elsewhere, so to believe a review on Punknews, well, that would be the wrong thing to do. Errrr, I believe this is actually a sort-of greatest hits collection for the band. Forgive me if I'm wrong. Did the title not even suggest that to you Anchors? Let's go smoke some pot!! This is on Alternative Tentacles. damn...12 albums....i dont think any band has 12 albums of material in them..no matter what. bands should not release 12 albums. i'm not sure where the cutoff number should be, but 12 is too many. |
