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  Review by: JonDaley See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on May 11th 2007
At this stage in the game it is safe to say J Church is the most prolific band to spawn from the late `80s East Bay / Lookout! Records scene *cough* MTX release something new *cough*, but being prolific only gets you so far. Lance Hahn and Co. don’t just rest on their laurels putting out a bunch of identical records one after the other though, as with The Horror of Life they prove that on their seventh full-length release they are still able to challenge contemporary notions about what it is to make a punk a record.
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score is for Lance This album is a 6 at best. It's alright, but it's nothing special. A lot of the backing whoas are pretty bad. I'll never forget when J Church tried to start on the members of Chopper (UK). Lance and co shit their load when the Chopper fellas refused to back and threatened them in return. Ignore what Wat Tyler said about the incident as he ass kisses J Church. The bully boys cacked their pants This album is super good. Ooh, and the other day found the Precision of Simulcra/The Map Preceeds the territory 10". That's a good record. But it doesn't have a few of the songs that the cd does. Oh well. Ah dang, I was gonna review this. Glad to see someone did it. Where have I been? After reading the review I headed to the stream section and found this band to be awesome. I need to do some catchup. Also, I can't read the phrase "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" as a song title without thinking of the Old 97s, who referenced the same short story years ago in "What We Talk About". Ah dang, I was gonna review this. Glad to see someone did it. Hey Feeding5000, it is alright to like more than one style of punk rock... just don't let your friends find out! And yes, this is the same Lance that does the UK peace punk band histories in MRR. Lance knows a lot about the anarchism, he just usually choses to sing about girls instead. I recommend that you check out the title track from Society Is A Carnivorous Flower. One day me and you can do a piece on J Church for MRR. lance a dick? i knew him back in the cringer days and he was always nice as hell. did something happen? the only negative thing about J Church I can see is Lance's voice isn't that strong but in terms of music and lyrics few touch them. the last full length was an 8. Most of their other full lengths around 7's I'd say. This in my opinion is by far their best album. J Church has definitely been one of the most interesting bands in the punk/pop genre over the years Wait...isn't this Lance Hahn, the guy who wrote all the anarcho-punk stuff in MRR? If so, then I'll probably have to at least check this out. I mean, those two-part articles about Lost Cherees really made my month. This is really good. Anybody that focuses on spreading rumours about Lance, IS A DICK. Lets focus on the music shall we? if you have heard other j church stuff you would know that lance keeps doing the same song w/ different vocals. same beat ....same riff. his ideas are all used up. Score is for Snakepit The hidden track is great as well. It's called "too bad lance is a dick." These guys should be up their with TLA, Jawbreaker, Lifetime and D4 on terms of popularity. Seriously. make a punk a record......? i don't own any of their records, but every time i see the J church train pass by, i think of them. |
