I'll never forget the day my friend, Aaron, copied this CD for me. It's incredible.

"(Note: I’m sure it’s highly unlikely, but if anyone important is reading this, a tour to support this would be awesome.) "

tell me about it.

The guy who keeps shit talking on Thomas must really have some problem with him. Dude, we're all sorry Thomas broke up with you, but please, we got your point the first time.

Thomas' lyrics are insipid.
Thomas' vocals are tired and lackluster.

Kid Dynamite is incredible
Jason's vocals are some of the best I have ever heard.

Fraternity brothers don't hive-five people for mentioning the founding fathers and the commonwealth.

so nobody has the demos?

OK...
Truth of the matter is that the reason Thomas didn't join Kid Dynamite was purely geographical and mostly based on Thomas' not wanting to relocate at the time. It was a mutual decision between Thomas and Dr. Dan and had nothing to do with Thomas' singing or lyrical abilities.
Thomas was asked by Dr. Dan to try out for Kid Dynamite BECAUSE of this record... In fact that meeting led to Thomas' inital dealings with Jade Tree that partially led to the signing of Strike Anywhere.
To pop off about why Thomas did not ultimately end up singing for KD when you really have no idea is just silly.
I think KD would have been just as good with Thomas as they were with Jason... a different band and a slightly different sound, for sure... but easily AS good.
Frankly I'm glad Thomas didn't go with the gig for the simple fact that I love both Kid Dynamite AND Strike Anywhere... so I get TWO bands to love instead of one...

"I know you Viriginia fellas want something to be proud of, but can't you just nod to Thomas Jefferson and UVA football and let the real bands do the work?"

dude! good one! i bet your Fratenity Brothers high-fived you for that!

I just found out that MRR is in trouble because of the same distributor that's causing problems for Punk Planet. Clearly, we need a punk rock inquisition.

i love the instrumentation on this inquisition stuff so i guess i would probably be into ann beretta

strike anywhere demo and ep was good and then it was all downhill from there

Last thing, as I said below....Inquisition was Ann Beretta riffs (bouncy pop punk) with raspy vocals. Nothing like Strike Anywhere.

And maybe the Vick brothers are herpe-infested Ron Mexicans, but you can not deny their natural talent.

Channel 43's music is decent, but that drummer/singer dude, I wanna say his name is Chris? He's a complete douchebag. A fucking tool in the truest sense. I hate that guy in every sense of the word. Everything from his colored sunglasses he wears all the fucking time (green or red) to his piss-poor mohawk to his psuedo punkrawk leather jacket. The guy is an arrogant prick.

And no, this isn't internet talk, I'd tell this straight to his face.

and as for saying that this record shows why tomas wasn't selected to join kid dynamite is bullshit, as he is amazing on this record. have you even heard what jay was singing like with the band Bound before KD?

wait a minute

this inquisition release sounds like ann beretta? looks like i need to go out to the store (or download) for some of that band, of whom my first exposure was them ripping off worthless nj with their song "fire in the hole" giving me a sour taste.

also showing the tomas demos with KD doesn't show "how far they've come" he was just auditioning with them, like everyone was. i'd hate to think of how wasted those songs would be with someone like tomas behind the lyrical content.

i'm here to set things straight

i am a diehard Hoo fan, but tech is a better team. that said, they are still WAY overrated as usual. they will lose in Blacksburg to the Canes and the Hoos will beat them in Cville. What happened last week against Carolina was a fucking embarrassment to the entire commonwealth though. and sickboi - why brag about the vicks? would you brag about having herpes too?

wow. i almost didn't read this review cause i've owned this record since before most of you knew how to jerk off, but damn i am glad i did.

and not all the people backing Strike Anywhere are from VA. get real people. that band has a world wide following that they deserve cause they fucking rule. believe me, the state of current music in RVA as SIckboi can attest to is pretty bad. it's all about out weirding the next band, dumb haircuts and 90 dollar jeans - as far as i can tell. of the newer bands though, pink razors are great and we played with Channel 43 who sound like a more rock n roll version of Hot Water - check em out.

and to the anonymous shit talking of Thomas vocals. come the fuck on! both bands i have heard that he was in are good. but Inqusition was way more Ann Beretta than they are Strike Anywhere. just listen to the CD. it sounds way more like that first Ann Beretta EP than anything SA ever did.

i'm done.

oh and by the way sickboi - you left out a crucial band from charlottesville on your list.

of course, i am talking about Dave Matthews!

forgot the score!

but really, does anybody have the demos of kid dynamite with thomas doing vocals?

UVa is 4-3. And we beat #4 FSU.
VT has an agriculture school.

YOU DECIDE.

NO! Did you not get what I was saying? I was saying that listening to this makes it clear that he is absolutely second-rate. The try-outs should not have been included on Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems, because the space was better used with Jason. Heck, if they had run outof material, I would have preferred to hear Jason singing in the shower or gargling Listerine than Thomas' shite. He auditioned and didn't get it because he is nowhere near as good. He's not even impressive in his own right.

that, my friend, is pure bullshit. thomas is not second-rate, and strike anywhere is a great band with the best social commentary next to Propagandhi. i won't argue that KD made the right decision to select jason, but i think that if they included the demos from when thomas tried out it would have been the ultimate document of where KD started out and where they ended up. Cheap Shots... had enough space left on that disc to add those demos, and i honestly don't think it would have hurt. it could have been a secret track or something.

and i bought this Inquisition cd today, and i must say that it's great.

-phdecontrol

The comment wasn't meant to say that VA hasn't produced any good bands (GWAR and Avail settle that, though your state is much older than, say, California, so let's not get too carried away), but at the same time, I find that the people who really dig and defend Strike Anywhere are ALL from Virginia and won't let up. Now compare that to say Propagandhi and their fans. It doesn't seem to be unreasonably concentrated in Winnipeg. It wasn't a knock on VA, but on the Virginians who continue to try to pretend like Strike Anywhere is even close to as good as the bands they get compared to.

UVA is a fine school.

Yeah, and River Shitty High.

Don't forget 30 Day Warranty, haha!!!

" know you Viriginia fellas want something to be proud of, but can't you just nod to Thomas Jefferson and UVA football and let the real bands do the work?"

First of al, UVA sucks ass. VA Tech is where its at. 2 Vicks, bitches.

Next, VA bands? Ahem....

Avail, GWAR, Ann Beretta, Sixer, Smoke or Fire (Boston import), Pink Razors, Municipal Waste, VCR, 4 Walls Falling...and so on

Not to mention that A LOT of the bands that claim DC are actually from Northen VA.

Sit the fuck down.

This CD is VERY good.

Listening to this just absolutely reaffirms why Thomas didn't get the job when he tried out to be the singer in Kid Dynamite.

i'm not sure who has the tapes, or if they still exist, but i would absolutely love to hear his try-outs for kid dynamite. that shit would have been fucking awesome to include on Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems.

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NO! Did you not get what I was saying? I was saying that listening to this makes it clear that he is absolutely second-rate. The try-outs should not have been included on Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems, because the space was better used with Jason. Heck, if they had run outof material, I would have preferred to hear Jason singing in the shower or gargling Listerine than Thomas' shite. He auditioned and didn't get it because he is nowhere near as good. He's not even impressive in his own right. Sorry. I know people like Strike Anywhere, but their lyrics have always been fair, the vocals have always been tired, and the music was only passable on Change is a Sound. The most recent two releases Exit English and the B Sides (curious because Exit English sounds like tracks that were floated for a better album that didn't make the cut) were so banal it was mindnumbing. I know you Viriginia fellas want something to be proud of, but can't you just nod to Thomas Jefferson and UVA football and let the real bands do the work?

Answers to 2 questions...

I don't have the original (hear it's pretty hard to find) but as far as I know, there isn't anything else that is new on here. From everything I've read, they just worked with the tapes from the original recording session, and nothing else is really changed. If anyone else knows anything else, do let me know.

Also, for the person saying they couldn't find this anywhere, A-F had this on their site as a list of stores that carry the album. Might be worth checking out...

http://www.a-frecords.com/NWS20.php?news_id=317

this album is impossible to find

one of the benefits of Anti-Flag signing to RCA was so that they could better support bands like this on their label

now thats not the reason why they did it, but its a benefit

ok so i live in williamsburg and i was in the laundromat one day, and this weird fat dude told me he was in this band

he said his name was crazy chris

So were there any new songs on this or were the only changes the remastering and liner notes?

The band that launched Mark Avery's ego into a new galaxy. It was after Inquistion, he started River City High, lost his hair,bought a cowboy hat and perfected cock-rock posing with a guitar. Don't forget River City High attempted to sell-out and sign to MCA. The River City High boys cut an album for MCA and then got dropped due to bankruptcy. Now those trolls are begging to get signed by anyone.

Yeah either Thomas/KD demos or the Tim from Rise Against's demo with The Honor System.

I always preferred Strike Anywhere, but this is still a great record, especially the Duran Duran cover.

Despite me not being an Anti-Flag fan, AF Records always releases fucking killer shit. This is no exception, I hope on picking it up the next time I can afford to go record shopping.

This has always been a classic album for the old school east coasters...

Listening to this just absolutely reaffirms why Thomas didn't get the job when he tried out to be the singer in Kid Dynamite.

i'm not sure who has the tapes, or if they still exist, but i would absolutely love to hear his try-outs for kid dynamite. that shit would have been fucking awesome to include on Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems.

And I've never had the chance to hear this record, so I may go pick it up.

-phdecontrol

Only a band of arresting importance could be regarded as the foundation of such mighty conquests as Strike Anywhere, Ann Beretta, and River City High. But Inquisition, a band that remains highly influential in spite of their brief mid-90’s lifespan, is that important. According to Strike Anywhere’s Thomas Barnett (ex-Inquisition), the resonance of Inquisition remains a dear relative to the music he and his band mates are creating today. (In fact, Thomas' current band, Strike Anywhere, is named from a song by Inquisition.) And notably, all kinds of bands, from an assortment of scenes, have sighted Inquisition as a necessary inspiration for their songwriting: Ensign, Anti-Flag, Dashboard Confessional—among many others.

Listening to this just absolutely reaffirms why Thomas didn't get the job when he tried out to be the singer in Kid Dynamite.

Yawn, yawn, yawn.

Good intentions, I suppose.

i've had this record for a number of years and its one of those records you just never get sick of.

On principle I usually refuse to buy anything from A-F, but I made a one time only exception for this. It doesn't disappoint, though it's objectively more of a "7" than a "9." And it really does sound like a cross between Anne Barreta and Strike Anywhere (and is significantly better than either band's recent output). OC

Superdude,

It's not really vandalism. You can just use the eraser. No worries, man.

This review was pretty good, but here's how I'd make it better:

1. Dude, your teacher is going to be PISSED that you wrote on the chalk board.

2. No, I think it's called vandalism.

3. Are you stupid, they're not called An Insperation...., they're called Insperation.

one of these dudes went on to RIVER CITY HIGH?

oh man, RCH suck hardcore.

I'll still have to check this out.

i bought the lp rerelease a couple of years ago at an ann beretta show, so it'll be nice to have this on cd finally. i usually say i hate the idea of reunion shows because they always suck (see soul brains for confirmation) but i'd actually love to see these guys do one tour

Inquisition?!? NOBODY expects the punk rock inquisition!!!

i have a video of them playing live and its absolutely terrible, which is unfortunate because their records are so good

I saw these guys around 1995 at the Allen Parkway Village here in Houston. They played a show with 30footFALL and Propagandhi to help save the low-income housing units that were scheduled to be torn down.

While they place was eventually ripped down regardless, this show was epic. I'd never heard the band, but they blew everyone else on the bill away. Thomas hung out in the audience afterwards and was really cool to everyone.

I always wanted to see them again, but they never made it back before the end of the band. Regardless, it was a life-changing event to witness that show at 16 years old.

Spend more time talking about the album and less time sounding like a press release...

For those of you wanting a real description.....imagine the harmony of older Ann Beretta ("Bitter Tongues" era) with Thomas' singy-scratchy vocals.

I love this album, but if you're expecting Strike Anywhere, you're going to be disappointed.

Heard this record a few years ago (a friend bought it when we saw Stirke Anywhere) and it's pretty damn good. A re-release has long been overdue.

They were a rad fucking live band. Haven't heard this yet, but working backwards I bet it's pretty darn good!

It's hard to avoid comparisons to a more complex version of early Strike Anywhere with Thomas (now singing for said band) at the vocal front here, but it's interesting to hear what might happen when you take the Chorus of One EP and add even more well-developed ideas both musically and lyrically in the same relatively raw atmosphere.

What this says. Pretty enjoyable record.