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I never thought i'd see Mr Bling, the man who's got
more jewellery than H Samuel appear on the cover of
any CD let alone lend his name to the title 'Three
In A Bed With Bobby George'. This 5 track EP by
young Essex band Koopa is big on American influence.
Their music is termed 'Pop Punk' but in my book it's
more pop than punk. Too many young bands are going for
that American style these days and pretty soon the British
sound will die out. Koopa's music will probably appeal
to you if you are fan of The Offspring and similar bands
and with two self released singles already reaching
the top 75, it's a fair bet we'll be hearing more from
them. Their music did however grow on me after a few
plays. Best track of the 5 for me was 'How True'.
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Well
'American Hardcore: The History Of American Punk Rock
1980-1986' the motion picture soundtrack has 26 tracks
crammed into 37 minutes. As regulars will know i'm not
a big fan of the American scene and for me punk is a British
concept that Americans hijacked for their own ends. Some
of the bands i've heard before, Black Flag, Bad Brains,
D.O.A., Circle Jerks, and MDC being some of them but there
were plenty of bands i'd never had the pleasure (or displeasure)
of hearing. Middle Class, Gang Green, The Freeze, Jerry's
Kids, SS Decontrol, Void, Scream and Batallion Of Saints
being a selection. If you like these American style bands
it's probably a good buy, but in all honestly i'd rather
listen to some good old school ENGLISH punk not the stuff
you think is punk because you are told it is.
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Nomatrix
are a trio from the Emerald isle and 'Ugly' is
is their excellent new 16 track album. Their influences
are many but it all gels together to give them their own
sound. Their music is varied and this should result in
their fan base being spread throughout punk, hardcore
and a few other genres. Ranging from slow, through medium
and on to fast as fuck, it's all there. I haven't heard
much from across the Irish sea recently but I was certainly
impressed with the quality of the songs and the production
is also very good. I generally favoured their faster songs
'A Reflection Of Popular Minority', 'Want
To Be', 'Having To Realise', 'School
(Bridge To The Future) Race' and 'Time
Kills All' being amongst my favourites but one of
their slower songs 'Unsure' was what I thought was the
best of a very good bunch.
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I
saw Greenland Whalefishers live a few years ago and every
person in the place was up dancing, including me. They
also played well enough to make me part with my hard earned
money for a CD of theirs, so I was quite pleased when
their latest offering 'Down And Out' popped through
my letterbox. With my Irish roots and my grandad always
playing ditties from the Emerald Isle how could I not
be a fan. Irish music is a genre all of it's own and love
it or hate it there is always plenty of good musicianship
shown in it. If you are a fan of The Pogues/Shane MacGowan
or Blood Or Whiskey this will be up your street. It's
traditional as it comes and with good production that
comes with any release by Deadlamb Records, it's as good
as anything released by better known Irish Bands.
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