Tag: Rock and Roll

Reviews: Music

Pretenders: Viva El Amor Label: Warner Release Date:1999 Review Date: 2000 If you haven’t seen the VH1 Storytellers performance with the Pretenders, watch for it. If you haven’t bought the latest Pretenders record, don’t. Well not if you’re visiting this web site. The first track Popstar is actually really strong. Vintage Middle of the Road […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 8th, 2000

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Reviews: Music

Gaza Strippers: Laced Candy Label: Man’s Ruin Release Date:1999 Review Date: 2000 The Didjits are dead. Long Live the Didjits! After five full length releases and an ep the Didjits self destructed. A three headed baby birthed in a chicken shed in rural industrial Illinois, the Didjits were midwest favorites and contemporaries of Naked Raygun […]

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Before punk, a lot of the disaffected were a part of a roots rock and roll scene. Anyone fed up with 70’s excess of prog rock and massive staduim tours went back to the basics of rock and roll, looking to capture a little of the rebellion and fun spirit of the original wave. The […]

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Mike Ness: Cheating at Solitaire Label: Time Bomb Release Date:1999 Review Date: 2000 If some of the covers on Girls, Cars and Loud Guitars show some of Mike Ness’s roots, then this, his first solo record, shows all of them. Johnny Cash, the Rolling Stones, Woodie Guthrie and Creedence Clearwater Revival marked Ness’ early years. […]

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