someone gave this to me to borrow a few years ago, i didnt think much of it at the time but the person that loaned me it said it was good and their usually right about music, so i put it on my MP3 player and probably didnt listen to it till about 8 months later when i was bored of everything else i had on it and i still didnt think much of it but as usual with most bands i like, one line stuck in my head and i listened again then again then again, its been a while now and crimpshrine are probably my favourite band i think every one of their songs has been my favourite at one point and i think that many people do what i done and fail to realise how good they are at first, most likely they are put off by jeffs voice, which is to be honest quite awfull but again as with most bands the thing you dont like at first ends up being the thing you like most. anyway i really like this album, it used to be my favourite but now i like sound of a new world being born slightly more

i always tought Aaron's drumming was terrific. Original. and Jeff Ott went on to do some great guitar work with Fifteen. As for the recording quality; who cares. Listen to the Mummies; great music in lo-fidelity. While in high school in the late 80s all i ever listened to was Crimpshrine and Mudhoney.

Green Day (actually Mike Dirnt) did actually plug this very album on TRL waaay back in 1998 (when Carson Daly used to host!), just after it had been re-released.

This album, like almost all of Ott's work, contains a couple of great songs and a lot of crap. It is worth buying for "Safely Wasting Away" alone, though. Just like that Fifteen album is worth buying for "C(#)tion" (unless you can get a hold of the WFMU bootleg on which Green Day covers it).

Quit Talkin Claude and the other Lookout 7" are on Sound of a New World Being Born, i've been listening to it for the past couple days after reading this review because I listened to this more recently.

fuckyouoioioi-
i'm pretty sure the songs from the quit talkin' claude 7" are on this cd.

this album/comp is amazing. to the kid that got the impression that the reviewer just gave this album a 10 because its old and he has a deep attachment to it:
a) that's what happens with the best albums. if it were old and he didn't have a deep attachment to it, it would be because it's not that good.
and b) regardless of how the guy feels about the album personally, it's a great album and to give it lower than an 8 would have just been crazy. the 10 might be a bit too high, but not by much.

its just as good

my favorite song is probably 'tomorrow' maybe mostly just for the singalong at the beginning

I've been meaning to listen to this band for years and yesterday I bought the 'quit talkin claude' 7 inch. its awesome. i loved it on the first listen. how does this compare with that 7 inch?

"Oh man...why did you even put this in here?"

Just to piss you off. Ta-da!

To the person below wondering about the Tim Armstrong/Jesse Michaels connection with Crimpshrine....

Jeff's first band called S.A.G. consisted of
Guitar: Jeff Ott
Vocals: Jesse Michaels
Drums: Aaron Cometbus

also...Tim Armstrong played bass with Crimpshrine sometimes.

Good stuff, very good.

I'd say if you like Jawbreaker's Unfun you'll enjoy this a lot, if you don't you have no soul, which didn't stop me so go and listen to this album.

~ Alex P. Keaton

After allowing Crimpshrine's work to grow on me until it became a body of music that my collection feels naked without, I felt the urge to fire off a spiteful e-mail to the people who wrote negative reviews about it, castigating them for their fruit fly attention spans and their ignorance of this band's tremendous importance and influence, but I chose not to.

Oh man...why did you even put this in here?

As for former members of Crimpshrine, the page I linked to over on the right has a nice biography of the band which details each member's degree of involvement.

What a douchebag of an opening sentence. Who do you think you are, Bill Faulkner?
Not really, but thank you for the input. I've always been a Bukowski fan.

As for the sound quality, I'm a big fan of older Lookout stuff - Most of it does have a gritty sound, which isn't a bad thing at all - As one noter stated below, it fits right in the music and I can't imagine it any other way. However, nowadays, when you can buy a "punk" album that's been studio-tweaked and polished so that it sounds as crisp and clean as Mariah Carey or Nickelback, people hearing this for the first time might be a bit unfamiliar with a rough-sounding album, so that's why I wrote about it.

I've taken it upon myself to try to familiarize a few of these American Idiot enthusiasts. Well, aren't you so noble...
Thank you. I also donate food to the homeless. I didn't really plan to use those dusty cans of creamed corn in the back of my cupboard anyway...

Nothing against this band, but I fucking hate when people review old records and give em perfect scores. Obivously if you feel the need to review an old record its because you have some attachment to it. This doesn't help anybody reading the review to get any subjective idea of how good a record is.

You bring up a very good point, and this is a behavior I am contemptuous of as well. Personally, I don't give two shits about the Beatles, who are adored by millions upon millions of people. I hate the idea of being "prescribed" certain music just because some people think it's a "mandatory classic." However, in this review, I tried to describe why I love this album so much, and why other people might be interested in it as well. I think that this album is worthy of a listen, and if people want to buy it, it's up to them.

Oh, my favorite Crimpshrine song right now is "Re-arranged" off of Sound of a new world being born.

never got into them, dont have the personal attatchment to it, so its never done anything for me. I like a few fifteen songs, thats about it, cleveland bound death sentence i guess.

wyzo

"summertime" is definately the best song. i played a show with jeff (in fifteen) years after this stuff was recorded and he played it acoustic for everybody after the gear was packed in. awesome, even if he is a hippy.

favourite crimpshrine song is "Summertime"

score is for this phenomenal record.

shit, i wish people still made music like this.

Ben Weasel played bass in Crimpshrine for a very short time just filling in. Tim Armstrong played in Crimpshrine for a very short time before the band actually really got going. Jesse Michaels was not in Crimpshrine but he did have a band with Jeff Ott pre-Crimpshrine, and did zines with Aaron Cometbus.

Awesome album and review "Sound Of A New World Being Born" just might be a tad better. People should check out both records if they haven't, as well as the Crimpshrine demos, the first two Fifteen records, then Pinhead Gunpowder shit & the Cleveland Bound Death Sentence.

What are everyone's fav Crimpshrine song?

mine is "Another Day" or perhaps "Trying Too Hard"

Nothing against this band, but I fucking hate when people review old records and give em perfect scores. Obivously if you feel the need to review an old record its because you have some attachment to it. This doesn't help anybody reading the review to get any subjective idea of how good a record is.

it is an album not enough people know about and it really is that great and album.

And neither was Ben Weasel for that matter. But Jeff Ott of Fifteen, Pete from Tilt and Paul Curran from Go Sailor/Onion Flavored Rings were.

Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels weren't in Crimpshrine. I think they had some sort of band together with those guys in their pre-Crimpshrine days.

Nothing against this band, but I fucking hate when people review old records and give em perfect scores. Obivously if you feel the need to review an old record its because you have some attachment to it. This doesn't help anybody reading the review to get any subjective idea of how good a record is.

I've taken it upon myself to try to familiarize a few of these American Idiot enthusiasts.

Well, aren't you so noble...

I think that "The Sound of a New World Being Born" is a better album.

The sound quality is fine and in keeping with the era (Op. Ivy comment was right on).

This is accessible. This is poppy. This is great.

since the reviewer felt the need to review....crimpshrine/fifteen/jeff ott changed my life. simply put...thanks jeff.

thanks dude, i never knew too much about this band.

And also, Crimpshrine broke up in 1989, this is a reissue.

To the poster below, Ben Weasel has stated that listening to Crimpshrine is what inspired him to start writing punk music. Crimpshrine did a split with Jawbreaker, and some earlier more raw Jawbreaker can definitely be compared to Crimpshrines more melodic tunes. I dont know if they directly influenced them or not. And Crimpshrine formed in 86, before Green Day.

was this their first record? cause you say that they influenced everyone from green day to sw to jawbreaker, but those bands were all around years before 1998.

just wondering.

I like The Sound of a New World Being Born much better.

What a douchebag of an opening sentence. Who do you think you are, Bill Faulkner?

when was Tim "Lint" Armstrong of Rancid in crimpshrine? was this pre dance hall crashers or post DHC?

one of my all-time favorite records, and bands.

A classic...I'm sure many would find this tough to get into nowadays, but really this was where it all started. Crimpshrine had more influence than most realize.

Wow, Crimpshrine

I really like this CD. I picked up a used copy on a whim a few years ago and steadily listen to it more and more as time goes on. I should really pick up their other CD collection of stuff.

The production on this is no muddier than most stuff of that era. I mean, even Operation Ivy's album has lackluster production, but it fits the music. I can't imagine it sounding any other way.

I had no idea Jeff Ott was Canadian being this is his "favourite" cd

my favourite cd.

- Jeff Ott

I haven't heard enough Crimpshrine, but I've heard that Aaron Cometbus is legendary for how bad he is at the drums. Maybe it's not true anymore?

The production kills this band for me. Everything they've influenced I've loved, so I should dig it, but the production is too muddy.

yeah its defeinetely a band that has to grow on you a little. but the phrase heart and soul of the east bay is probably exactly right.

"While the musicianship may be unimpressive by virtuoso standards..."

actually they are all pretty damn good at playing their instruments.

I fucking love this CD.

I ordered this thing a few months ago, but have never really gotten into it. But then, I've only listened to it once. I'll try it again during the break.

-Chinatown