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Cleveland Bound Death Sentence

Cleveland Bound Death Sentence (1999)
Lookout Records

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Contributed by: miniblindbandit
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Published on June 16th 2006

CBDS is the coming together of two punk giants, Patrick Costello of Dillinger Four fame and the legendary Aaron Cometbus who drummed for such notable East Bay bands as Crimpshine and Pinhead Gunpowder. This CD includes all of the band's recordings from 7"s and compilations along with some new songs they recorded up until 1999.

The songs on this CD are pretty short with all but one under two minutes. The entire album is about 20 minutes long, but what it lacks in length it makes up in raw energy. It grabs you right off the bat with the hard-hitting "Rumble Seats and Running Boards" and doesn't let you go. This is fast and loud punk at its finest. The vocals trade off from song to song between Paddy's throaty growl and Emily's gritty shreiking, but nothing is lost in the transition. Patrick conveys the same emotion in his voice as he does in Dillinger Four and makes you want to sing along with a raised fist and a sneer while Emily's singing brings thoughts of tough chicks in tougher bars who don't take shit off from anyone.

The overall mixture of aggression and harmony of the band makes this one of my favorite albums to listen to when I want something fast and up-tempo. I suggest picking this one up, especially if you're a D4 fan.

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k-bine (July 21, 2007)

another album i was lucky enough to get from a friend, it lasts the perfect amount of time from when i leave my house, get on the bus and get to the skatepark, now if that doesent mak a good album i dont know what does

miniblindbandit (June 17, 2006)

to wehavecomeforyourchildren,

here's the track listing.

http://www.greendaydiscography.com/pinhead/downinfron t.html

and a guy actually put this up for auction on ebay 3 days ago. here's the link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Down-In-Front-7-set-Cometbus-Crimpsh rine-Green-Day_W0QQitemZ100503014768QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQssPag eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

wehavecomeforyourchildren (June 17, 2006)

it's true, it's true, the recent "gateway handshake" 7" is also badass.

but on to more pressing matters. i can't seem to find information on the cometbus "down in front" compilation anywhere. you can find info on the cd version (but that thing doesn't even have half the original songs). i want to know info about the original 4x7" compilation. i know that one of the 7 inches is shared by EFS and the Cosmetic Puffs, and that one of the 7 inches has 2 live Pinhead gunpowder cuts and one acoustic song on side a, but i know nothing of side b. and that still leave 2 more 7 inches that i know nothing about. somebody help me.

drewcifer (June 16, 2006)

The total raddness of this albm can't be overstated.

Nick_V (June 16, 2006)

Great album.

Also, if anyone's interested, go to the No Idea records website and check out their Cometbus compilation - over a dozen tracks from a ton of bands that Cometbus has played in, including this one.

Anonymous (June 16, 2006)

I am in totaly agreeance with the statement underneath this.

Anonymous (June 16, 2006)

Dillinger Four and Crimpshrine are two of the greatest bands ever, that being said this is pretty damn good.

- APK