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Old 11-20-2008, 09:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MURDER JUNKIE View Post
This album has it all, it moves from beautiful at times to bombastic fury. I think what may make it a classic is the use of technology which up until that point was taboo in punk rock. It stands high in the top five as one of the most innovative punk rock albums ever and certainly the only one of the modern era. It takes a lot of balls to introduce an album like this
...And call it Punk. I'm sure many thought they were pretentious when they came out? I mean, here's this band claiming to be instigating a new musical movement, in a genre they didn't seem to be singing about. So far I'm convinced. I'll pick up the CD copy next paycheque : )
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