William_the_Bloody

Funny you should mention that as I think I'm going to cut my heavy metal affair short, the genre gets too much love on these forums, and there are people here who can better represent the genre than myself, yourself included, so I shall redirect any wayward souls who per chance come across this here....

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W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

This is WASP's most commercially successful album and ultimately their best. Although many fans cite their concept album the Headless Children as their creative high point, I ultimately feel this album walks all over it. It quite simply rocks, at a time when the genre of heavy metal was at its peak. it is also the last album to feature their original guitarist, whose departure would be duly noted upon their next release.

Anyways a bit dated since I last listened to it, but if your looking for pure 80's metal than **** stars








Next up, something to skate to

bob.

^that is a desert island album for me

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William_the_Bloody

It is a classic, my desert island album by the Circle Jerks isn't one that people would normally think to pick.

Wild in the Streets 1982

The chances of the Circle Jerks pulling off another successful album as basic as Group Sex was probably slim to non, so their softmore album featured a little more growth in terms of their musical compositions and song lengths, as there is even little guitar solos thrown in here and there, which at the time was often frowned upon by the punk fanbase as selling out. Anyways, this is a good album with solid songs all the way through, it's just missing those killer tracks to throw it over the top, which makes it a bit redundant to listen to after a while.

*** stars

William_the_Bloody

Golden Shower of Hits 1983

Golden Shower of Hits is the Circle Jerks most famous album largely because the songs Coup D' etah & an altered version of When the **** Hits the Fan were featured on the popular Repo Man Soundtrack, an American cult hit film, which would be released shortly thereafter in 84.

Unlike Wild in the Streets, there are some standout tracks here, while at the same time, there does seem to be less effort put into many of the songs than the previous release. So overall, your often left wondering if some of the songs were leftover cuts from Wild in the Streets, still it is historically considered the quintessential Circle Jerks album.


*** to ***1/2 stars

William_the_Bloody

VII - 1987

The last major release by the Circle Jerks before the band would dissolve in 1990. For or all intents and purposes this is not a bad album, just a very tame one in comparison to their previous releases, almost as if they were deliberately turning it down a notch to become prospective for the majors, which in my opinion just didn't work with this band.

Anyhow this is where I hop of the Circle Jerks train, although they would release one more notable album in 95, (Signed to a major label largely as a result of the explosion of popularity of bands like Green Day & the Offspring) they would implode on tour and disband shortly thereafter.

**1/2 stars

Can't seem to find many single tracks so...



Pg 1 Sisters of Mercy (Goth rock)
Pg 2 Blood for Blood (Hardcore)
Pg 3 Gallows (Hardcore)
Pg 3 Smiths (Alternative Rock)
Pg 5 Ceremony (Hardcore)
Pg 5 Violent Femmes (Alternative folk/folk punk)
Pg 6 Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Indie Rock)
Pg 7 Metric (Indie Rock)
Pg 8 Suicidal Tendencies (Crossover Thrash)
Pg 8 Trash talk (Thrashcore)
Pg 8 Discharge (Hardcore/crust)
Pg 9 Circle Jerks (Hardcore)

William_the_Bloody

I can't be bothered with f)ckin politics right now, so I'll rate some music albums, cheers.

LKJ - Forces of Victory, 1979 (songs out of 4)

1. Want Fi Goh Rave, 3 (allright)
2. It Noh Funny 3 (allright)
3. Sonny's Lettah 4 (still F'n classic)
4. Independant Intavenshan 3 ( allright I guess)
5. Fite Dem Back 3.5 (still good)
6. Reality Poem 3 (allright)
7. Forces Of Victory 2 (weak)
8. Time Come 4 (Wicked mon)

I give the album a solid A

William_the_Bloody

Gravediggaz - 6ft Deep 1994 (sogs rated 1 to 4)

Let's see how this album holds up over oh...22 years later, ouch!

1. Constant Elevation 1 weak
2. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide 3 pretty solid
3. Defective Trip 2.5 Allright I guess, a bit weak
4. 2 cups of blood 2 fair/weak
5. Blood Brothers 3.5 solid
6. 360 Questions interlude
7. 1-800 Suicide 4 F'n incredible
8. pass the shovel 2.5 fair/good
9. Diary Of A Madman 3 still solid..not my style but I dig it.
10.mommy, what's a gravedigga another interlude
11. bang your head 2.5 fair/allright
12. Here Comes The Gravediggaz 3.5 funky
13. Graveyard Chamber 2 fair/weak
14. death trap 3.5 still solid
15. 6 feet deep 2 fair
16. rest in peace 1 weak

bob.

Parade of the Horribles = best track ever

So Wonderful then huh?

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William_the_Bloody

I was thinking of throwing up that track, it's wonderful!

Wonderful 1985

By 1985 punk rock had taken a back seat to heavy metal which was dominating MTV with the likes of Twisted Sister and Motley Crue, as well as surpassing hardcore in regards to heaviness with the advent of American thrash metal.(at least in the US)

As consequence, many punk bands found themselves either leaning to a more commercially viable hard rock sound (Circle Jerks/D.O.A) or a harder faster thrash metal sound (Suicidal Tendencies/DRI) The Circle Jerks chose the former, which has often led purist fans to be critical of this album, a big mistake considering it is musically tighter and more sophisticated than any of their previous releases. The rhythm section here is notably tight and rather creative on songs like Dude and 15 Minutes, and the guitar playing is back to being a step up as it was in Wild of the Streets. Keith Morris is also on his game both lyrically with songs like Killing for Jesus & vocally by opting to actually sing as opposed to the shouting which largely dominated the last album

I must confess I do have a sentimental attachment to this album for out of all the Circle Jerks releases that my skateboarding crew got their hands on, this was our favourite, we played the absolute **** out of it, so don't let some musically illiterate goof of an album critic dictate their taste for you.

**** stars

Frownland

Are you rating out of four or out of five?

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