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'Six
Of One, Half A Dozen Of The Other' is a superb double
CD by Snuff. Fifty songs that just about includes all
Snuff's best material. This is one of the best CDs i've
reviewed since I started punk4life. With excellent songs
like '7 Days', 'Whatever Happened To The
Likely Lads' and 'Caught In Session' to
name just a few. There's even a cover of 'Don't Fear
The Reaper' which I think is an improvement on the
original by Blue Oyster Cult.
This double CD has everything from hardcore old school
punk through Oi and Ska and even reggae influences and
shows how the band have evolved over the years. It also
includes a lot of previously unreleased material.This
is a release that definately gets my vote.
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Billy
No Mates are a solo project with Duncan from Snuff. 'We
Are Legion' is a good CD and you can see the Snuff
influences in some of the songs. In general the music
is very similar to Snuff's and some of the songs have
that Buzzcocky guitar sound which ain't a bad thing.
I thought the best songs on this CD are 'Bones',
'Slaptop' and 'Seagulls' which all have
a great guitar sound at fast pace. A few of the slower
songs I wasn't keen on but that's all down to personal
taste. If you are fan of Snuff it's a vertual certainty
that you'll like Billy No Mates. They aren't hardcore
punk and I think they would appeal to the US market even
more than the UK because some of their songs sound distinctly
American.
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The
Fat Cats are a rockabilly/punk band and this release 'Deadbeat'
is definately more towards the rockabilly/swing style.
There are some songs on the CD that have a good Ska feel
to them too with a good brass sound. Most of the songs
are medium paced and if you favour the more aggressive
vocal style this isn't going to be for you.
I definately favoured the songs 'All This Time',
'Mugpunter' and 'You Won't Remember'
which have a more Ska style. The Fat Cats are good musicians
but they need to sort out what genre they get classified
under because for me they aren't sure themselves. There
are Ska tracks, rockabilly tracks and swing tracks and
although it's a wide variety, they are trying to appeal
to a wider fan base which doesn't always work.
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This
is an album Picture Frame Seduction fans have waited a
long time for and I can honestly tell them that it was
worth the wait. Eleven new songs and nine live bonus tracks.
The band still retain all the aggression they had when
they started out over 25 years ago. This album fairly
rattles along and the band definately have their own style
of aggressive old school punk. My favourite tracks off
the CD are 'Autumn Rain' which starts off with
guitar similar to 'Stairway To Heaven' and suddenly explodes
into a furious pace. 'UK 82' 'Blair Bush
Project' (what a title) and 'Sanity' are
all great tracks but on the whole it's a great album.
Picture Frame Seduction epitomise what traditional punk
is and on this album they have transferred their great
live performances to the studio. Definitely gets my vote.
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