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Sing Sing Death House  Hear it Now

RS: Not Rated

2008

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Like Civil War re-enactors and other fastidious keepers of the flame, punk rock bands twenty-five years on adhere to the strict formulas once devised in the heat of battle. Hard to imagine bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Exploited, G.B.H. and the like establishing rules as opposed to demolishing them. But that's what's goin' on these days. The Distillers are led by Brody Armstrong, the wife of fellow punk-rock revivalist Rancid's Tim Armstrong. Like hubby, Brody pumps out anthems more shouted than sung that touch on punk's "classic" themes of self-image ("Hate Me"), drugs ("Desperate") and topical violence ("Sick of It All"). The sound is pure garbage-truck scuzz, twin guitars scraping past a rhythm section likely to careen out of control without notice. Especially poignant for those who missed it the first time around.

ROB O'CONNER
(February 11, 2002)



(Posted: Feb 12, 2002)

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