The Explosion
Steal This EP
Revelation (2000)
This EP was my introduction to the world of music business and contracts while also reiterating how wild the weirdo rumor mill that really can drive punk and hardcore (to an extant) can be, but more on that later because the aptly named Steal This was also my introduction to The Explosion albeit it brief; and while the record was not necessarily earth shattering, it did pull me back from one of my jaded punk phases that was plaguing me at the time and reintroduced fun into my vocabulary. While not the best recording (particularly in light of some of the other records from The Explosion), there are still some good additions to the recorded output of these punk rockers; “Blue” particularly shows the band laying out one hell of an anthem with enough awesome hooks to have it ranked higher in terms of people’s opinions as it can seem like a forgotten gem from the band (hell, it was for me until listening to it all over again for this), and, in some ways, is the first evidence that The Explosion was destined to drop some pretty awesome anthemic punk rock (listen to those group vocal choruses and the … Read more
Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today
Revelation (1989)
Simply put, Start Today is one of the greatest hardcore records that has ever been written; and there is no … Read more
Ian Anderson
Thick as a Brick 2
EMI (2012)
If there's anything movies have taught us, it's that sequels almost always suck in comparison to the original. While there … Read more
Looking for an Answer
Eterno Treblinka
Relapse (2011)
Spain's Looking For An Answer have been around long enough that to play grind is generally to be compared to … Read more
Old Man Gloom
No
Hydra Head (2012)
“THEY PLAYED ‘ZOZOBRA’! THEY PLAYED ‘ZOZOBRA’!” Thank you for allowing me to get that out of my system as the … Read more
