Various artists make for VARIOUS song-types!
Robert B Brown | San Jose, California United States | 07/28/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this because of it's cheap-price and to see what "punk" sounds like NOW(Green Day & The Offspring "pop-punk" excluded). Never having heard of any of these bands except Nashville Pussy's cover of AC/DC's "Kicked In the Teeth," I didn't know what to expect, but if ANY of the bands had the "raw-power" of Nashville Pussy's AC/DC-cover, it would be a find. I've heard it a few-times, and there is some HEAVY "hardcore-type" punk/thrash; also some weak "new wave-like" "punk," or whatever it is... There are some songs that appeal to me; the HEAVY, HARSH, & ABRASIVE ONES! Some are "middle-ground": not quite "new wave"-sounding, but DEFINETLY NOT HARDCORE-PUNK/Thrash. This CD is like a "Whitman's sampler" box of candy: some songs I "spit-out," some I "chew." It has enough songs to consume, and it is something DIFFERENT from most 'Various Artist' "compilations.""
Same guy who wrote the first review has changed his mind.
Robert B Brown | San Jose, California United States | 08/10/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"There is MUCH more "Power" on this CD than I originally thought. It is mostly pure-hard-core-punk and thrash. It is a great-sampler if you want to hear what REAL-PUNK IS!"