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The
Fanny Pads are another band who played a great set on
the SAS tour earlier this month. 'Two Sides To Every
Story' is as British sounding as it gets, which was
a relief after all the US style punk i've been sent recently.
This is rough and ready old school punk which I love.
The production isn't the best but i'm not interested in
polished pefection. Since when was punk supposed to be
perfect? On the whole this is a pretty good effort but
where the album starts off strongly with 'A Better
Life' the strength of the material isn't maintained
through the whole album. The last few tracks seem to have
been added as an afterthought. Quality always beats quantity
in my book. Of the 15 songs on the album there were two
that were a cut above for me 'A Better Life' and
'Disillusioned'.
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DBD
(Death By Decibels) were another band to play on the SAS
dayer earlier this month. I saw these guys live about
2 years ago but they have really progressed since then.
With a definite slant towards the US their music isn't
just the cloned US music you would expect. 'Nobody's
Heroes' is a band playing right at the top of their
game, a band who can challenge American bands on American
soil. These guys should be setting the states blazing
with their music. It's all about cracking the difficult
to break into US market but I suspect it won't be long
before these guys are regulars stateside. Crammed with
great songs this is a superb album with 'Agnostic'
and 'Come Alive' being 2 of the best songs i've
heard this year and even they were topped by 'Submission'
which is a classic.
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Just
the two tracks here but what a great couple. 'Killing
Time' is a better recording of a track off
Most Likely To Fail's 'On The Outside Looking In'
CD. Whilst the album version was very good this version
shows how much good production matters. There is thought
gone into the lyrics and the vocal delivery is excellent,
all backed by a great bunch of musicians. One of the best
bands around they have a catchy style that is very infectious
and i've definitely caught the bug. The second track is
a cover of the Bad Religion song 'American Jesus'
and as you probably know i'm not a fan of covers but I
must admit I had to eat my own words after hearing this.
Not just as good as Bad Religion's version but better,
and better by a long chalk. This one song highlights what
a great band Most Likely To Fail are.
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First
Time Riot are another band who prefer the British sound
which so many of the young British bands neglect in favour
of the US style punk that for me gives a band no identity.
These guys from the Midlands were one of the best bands
to play the SAS 3 dayer earlier this month. I really enjoyed
them live and the same can be said about this four track
demo EP. This is old school punk at it's best and it left
me wanting more of the same. Raw guitar dominates their
sound and the vocals are aggressive but tuneful. This
is a great effort and 'To Follow Your Leader Is A
Dangerous Game','T.C.B.' and 'Seize
The Day' are all great songs but in 'This Country'
they have a song that wouldn't look out of place on any
punk rock compilation. Hopefully they can get in the studio
soon and record a full length album.
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