This is the final chapter of the Gnarly Dude! project, with just over 4 months from the idea popped into our head on a skate road trip, the bands recorded, the CD pressed, adverts in the mags, and with the Sk8 and Music Jam in Birmingham still ringing in my ears, we can all sit back and enjoy what was a great event.
All the bands playing a blinder of a set, Slamaster J was introducing the bands as well as giving us a few punk rhymes. Worm kicked off the night with there hybrid techno metal, Streem followed with a polished set of great songs, Burt Kocain stunned everyone with a rock and roll set, Low Life UK moved it up a gear with some good old punk to get everyone skating, Spinbox kept it moving along nicely and AK Riot finished off the night with an amazing kick butt set of hard core punk tracks, a massive thanks to all the bands that showed us that skater music is whatever you listen to rather than the crap we are told is skater music.
As for the skating, it second to none, with some brilliant bowl riders riping it apart it was just a pleasure to watch, then onto the vert ramp, and with some of the UKs pro riders showing up, it was awesome, you couldn't have wished for a more mixed bag of styles, yet it just proves how diverse and complex the whole skate world is.
Middle-age-shred.com can sit back and reflect on what has been an amazing few months, but what does the future hold?…. who knows, Gnarly Dude! 2 perhaps?......
But i would like to thanks all the people / sponsors / skaters / all all that helped out on the day that helped make this small idea finaly happen BIG TIME! ..
Only time will tell but what ever happens you can be sure of one thing it will be gnarly!.
(did i say never again ? ... i didn't mean it :).. )
the reviews ..... read on .....
Leeds
music Scene
Various Artists
Gnarly Dude
To skater bands everywhere your mission should you decide to accept it, is to appear on a compilation CD entitled Gnarly Dude... dude! One catch is that you must write a track also called Gnarly Dude for the said CD! Therefore what we do we have: 13 songs all pretty much about hanging out with your mates, nursing grazed knees, impressing your fellow dudes and of course the odd dig at mum's and dad's!
It may surprise you to know that not all Skater bands are full throttle screeching punks... just every other one according to the collection here. Ultimately it is the more creative moments interspersing the RAAAGHH that actually give the compilation its quirk and quality. From Streem's (Streets) dead pan hip-hop to the wonderfully named Burt Cokain & Nirbanana-International's classic rock-a-billy, or Sack's rub-a-dub stylee slick dub. Even the unexpected spoken prose of Slamaster J - "Well rhyming stuff with Gnarly was never going to be easy!" has a certain charm.
There really is something to please everyone in your skater family and with the fall back of some solid rawk such as the excellent opener from Low Life UK or the mighty high speed Sick56 - "Gnarly Dude's don't give a shit, they only want to be the best!" - You will never be with out a soundtrack to accompany your baggy kecks and pointless chains.
Excellent work all round!
Review written by Richard Garnett - October 2003
Alt UK
Gnarly Dude! Compliation
‘Gnarly Dude’ is a music
and skate event which shows how closely connected music and skateboarding
are – all 13 of the bands on display here are involved in skateboarding
in some way or another and this event has been set up to show the fact off.
There are 13 different bands/artists contributing with 13 different songs
– with styles ranging from Drum n Bass right through to the Hardcore
Punk n Oi Metal of Lowlife UK. It is a good little compilation that is packed
with excitement and tracks which will leave you drawling.
There are some great bands on this CD and what I always love about compilations
is the variety of music on display. I will start off by talking about the
Hardcore Drum n Bass exploits of Spinfire – this is some wicked stuff
showing that the UK not only has some great hidden away Rock bands, but also
has some Drum n Bass whizzes hiding away in the underground as well! This
Spinfire tune is fast paced with a cool beat, good rhythm and some banging
drumming that you can really get dancing to and enjoying yourself. Drum n
Bass can be good and this is a fine example of when it truly does kick arse!
Drum n Bass at its best I would say. Slamaster J offers up a pretty amusing
little ditty with him speaking out some hilarious words to a short tune that
is sure to put a smile on your face with its catchy rhythm and amazingly funny
structure. Worm are a totally different band again and provide a completely
different sound with their mix up of electronic techno and extreme metal.
Ok, so it doesn’t exactly sound like a match made in heaven, but trust
me – once you hear this then you will fully appreciate this unique blend.
With blinding bass lines, storming guitar solos and some outstanding vocals
you are sure to be impressed. A band that I spoke of earlier on, Lowlife UK
sounded like an extremely interesting band to me when I was reading about
them – and here is what I personally have to say about them – they
offer up some strong music with their trash punk style, with Punk as Fuck
vocals, fast pace and amazing drum beats! If you are a fan of Oi Punk then
you will absolutely love this band as this track is a strong and fine one
and I am sure there are plenty more where this one came from!
This is an interesting Skate album with a good variety of genres on it making sure you don’t get bored – by using skate fuelled lyrics, and fast, adrenaline pumping extreme songs to get you ready to endure some hardcore skating. It has a much more entertaining track list than ‘Skater Rock’ surprisingly, containing tracks that skaters would actually listen to rather than puny pop anthems of no power or depth whatsoever. When you see some of the Skate Compilations you think that skateboarding must have become somewhat commercial with bands on the cover such as New Found Glory and Blink182 but when you see compilations like Gnarly Dude you start to remember why you got into skateboarding in the first place – thanks to fast paced, power packed tunes.
October 2003
www.alive.co.uk
GNARLY DUDE! SKATE & MUSIC JAM
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Epic Skatepark, Birmingham, 4th October 2003
The Gnarly Dude! event and album were allegedly set up to showcase the close
connection of underground music and skateboarding. For whatever reason, many
people seem to get the same buzz from both these pastimes, so why not put
them together? Skate & music events are nothing new, but what sets this
one apart from the crowd is the completion of the album and the daft-but-clever
reasoning behind it. “If you skate and play music, then write a track
called Gnarly Dude! and you will qualify.” Now there’s an idea that
could’ve fallen flat on it’s face, but surprisingly the album is
exceedingly well put together, for a project with so little quality control!
Thirteen acts contributed, all competent in their own field and all (relatively)
original. There’s an immense variety of style, but a common, ballsy,
don’t-give-a-damn attitude runs through the whole CD and holds the album
together remarkably well. When compared to other ‘skate rock’ compilations,
this one stands as the real deal, amongst a plethora of cynically marketed
Xmas stocking fillers.
So, on to the launch show…
Epic skatepark is enormous. If you’ve seen that cheesy ‘Busted’
video, you’ll have some idea of its scale. Expecting any band’s
presence to fill that space is asking a lot, but all six bands rose to the
challenge. First up was Bradford’s Worm and one heck of an opening act!
The atmosphere of the park was immediately transformed into a rock festival
vibe, with manic techno beats, crushing guitar riffs and aggressive rap vocals,
a stunningly original combination, which won the crowd over in an instant.
Next up came Streem, another hybrid, with rock, pop and hip-hop influences
seamlessly woven together into a tight, confident sound.
Burt Cokain & Nirbanana followed, with a set of authentically realised
50’s rock n’ roll ditties, including their own classic version of
Gnarly Dude! and some bizarre covers!
Then came Lowlife UK, with a full on punk-metal assault. Highly entertaining,
sporadically tongue-in-cheek, loud as hell and a great backdrop to some of
the intense and crazy skating that was going on around the park throughout
the event.
The last two bands suffered from a diminished audience, as the younger crowd
began to exceed their curfew, but their performances were no less commendable.
Spinbox rattled off a set of chunky rock/emo anthems, pursued by the hardcore
noise of AK Riot. Vocalist Tomo even managed to empty his stomach across the
stage during their set…how Gnarly is that?
Punk poet Slamaster J was the host with the most, throughout the proceedings
and the incredible skateboarding around the park matched the superb quality
of the live music, to make this a very unusual and memorable event.
All this set up by ageing skaters’ website, middle-age-shred.com and
indie label, Voltage Records and generously sponsored by the likes of ALIVE.co.uk,
MG and lots of skate companies…one could even be forgiven for thinking
the music industry is NOT just one endless, mind-numbing series of Pop Idol!
Review by John Benson
Gnarly Dude! -
An interesting skater CD of " skater punk and dub indie". Dub Indie
not a stlye too familiar with, its a kinda laid back hiphop thing, and surprisingly
good, well the second band Streem I liked anyway.
AK Riot are another band I liked, raw thrashy punk. Burt Cokain & Nirbanna-International,
great name, some rather good rockabilly. Sick 56 with some good snappy '80s
sounding punk. Slamaster J is a guy reading a poem, the name of the CD "Gnarly
Dude", funny stuff!
Thats the stuff that stood out the most to me, its a pretty good mix of stuff, worth a look
especially if you've a broad taste in your music.
Reviewed by: Shay Murphy
Band Website: www.voltagerecords.net
Label: Voltage Records
Label Website: www.voltagerecords.net
Date Added: 19.3.2004
Halifax Today
Gnarly Dude! CD
Middle-Age-Shred.Com
By: Gnarly Dude!
THIS album is a compilation of
bands who like to play skater music (what next fishing music, knitting music?
I just don’t know).
It’s a strange mixture of bands but I’m glad to say that all the
bands featured on this CD kick ass!
It’s kind of weird that there is no track listing but who cares if the songs sound OK then I really don’t care what they may be called.
There’s one band called Burt Cokain and the Nirbanana-International which I found interesting with its special blend of country blues.
This really is a CD which is sure to blow your mind and there’s even a spoken word song by a guy called Slamaster which is quite amusing with it’s lyrical content.
Gnarly is an American expression,
the meaning of which I’m not entirely sure but I know what dude means
and dude does this album rock? Yes it does dude.
by Russ Petcher / Nov 03
Gnarly Dude! CD
Live 4 Metal
http://www.live4metal.com/
This compilation is rather a perverse idea when you think about it. Ask a load of bands to write a song called Gnarly Dude for a skater compilation and see what occurs. The bands that have been featured also hit the road for the skater fans (who probably hit the pavement face down) for a gig on the back of this. So what the hell is skater music you ask? Well as far as I am concerned it all began and pretty much ended with The Stupids. I listened to them and thought wow I’m gonna have a go on a skateboard. A few minutes later I was crying like a bitch with bruises the size small planets turning my body black and blue. I was cautious before putting this compilation on as I thought all the (unheard of) bands on it were going to sound like that horrible Pennywise pop punk pap or even worse Sum 41. Boy was I glad I was wrong, as what we actually have here is 13 bands that all sound completely different and who on the whole make this one hell of an enjoyable listen.
Firstly Low Life UK belt in and
I thought I had accidentally put a GBH disc in. This is ballsy old school
punk without a trace of pop and just the way it was meant to be played. I
see huge carnage on the ramps to a noise like this and St Johns Ambulance
getting very busy. Streem are much more mellow and light up for a nice sedate
downhill cruise that’s one part Cyprus Hill and one part Eminem. AK Riot
have a bit of a Minor Threat/Fugazi ethic, which shines through with the muddy
production adding a gloriously old school vibe. Burt Cokain & Nirbanana
International are as kooky as the name suggests, think skifflebilly if such
a thing is plausible. Spinfire go for heavy drum and bass and Sack, a Bo Selecta
skankdown with a rub a dub dub! As for Sick56 well the spirit of The Exploited
is alive and well in them and this is another anarcho belter of a track. Snowdome
are the band that definitely got my interest the most as they do a superb
job at reminding me just how good Kraftwerk were. Slamaster J is the one downer
as he tries hopelessly and to find things to rhyme with gnarly (Benjamin Zephaniah
he aint). This should have been the last track so I wouldn’t have to
skip it to get to Worm. With vocals and the techno lurking a bit more in the
background they come across as Nitzer Ebb meets Faith No More, which pretty
much rocks my world. After Gnarly Dude I wont grab a board, but I’m far
from bored, so it surely scored. Shut it you say! Okay.
Nov 03
punk fanzine called 'Barbies Dead' :
"This turned up unexpectedly.
It is associated with the skateboard fraternity in B'ham mainly.
All the songs have the same title, ie: Gnarly Dude!, which I guess is some
skaters lingo for old skool boarders
(maybe). Carl thought I might be blinkered and only go for the punk trax.
This aint the case tho' as there is a good bit of variety and diversity on
this comp'. Familiar names are Sick 56 and Worm, but there's also good songs
by Spinfire, Tortoise Waltz, Streem and many others."
on line goth site
If the term Gnarly Dude! means something to you, then I imagine the music might do as well, but I remain happily estranged from most things skate punk, despite having heard a ton of it in the 80’s. Clearly, much of it still sounds exactly like it ever did, with a few tracks on this compilation, coming from left-field dance territory where someone like Snowdome simply say “gnaarleeee dood!” meaningfully over artful bleep fare.
It’s an interesting and peculiar idea, getting people to do a track bearing the same name, and their own work; winnable at a pinch because people seem, mostly, to have entered into the spirit with vigorous determination. Low Life UK are positively furious with heaving rock spasms that will do their lungs no good at all, Streem sensibly chill and stretch, with loose beats and curly guitars, while AK Riot weld death vocal snarl to turbo guitar elegance. Burt Cokain & Nirbana-International (be still, my aching bowels!) are actually wonderfully capricious skateabilly, and Mishkin go for overwrought, interwoven gravelly rush and roar.
Spinfire are brisk, breathlessly juicy, amphetamine dancer with a buzzing cross-step, like Aphex with soul. (A fabulous track.) Tortoise Waltz are curdled, dripping with rock-angst tension and demented guitar tendencies which I didn’t like at all, while Sack are weird, hollowed out dub that makes for an excellent change if somewhat basic and, alongside Spinfire, Sick 56 were my favourites with fierce punky thrash which they make exhilarating, seemingly timeless.
Ha! In my day it was Naked Raygun imports, Slam City Skates, and a plethora of import singles which led to the brave new world which Mega City 4 and Senseless Things made riotously enjoyable, and Spinbox recreate that flow, only where there is the expected lift from the guitar the downbeat vocals just balls it up. Slamaster J’s poetry is pretty much like any poetry, especially of the jokey kind. It’s a disaster waiting to happen, and then Worm roll out more trenchant, evil power with both a Goth and Metal feel at times. I prefer their harder-edged material.
What is it all about? Within the skate scene it’ll have a point, but to me it’s just a weird comp, and merely adequate.
Gnarly Dude! - Same
13 Songs - 40:28
Voltage Records
Eine Punk Sampler CD, bei der sich 13 Bands ein Stelldichein geben. Was soll
man da als Death/Black Metal Fan erwarten? Richtig, nix! Diese Art von Musik
ist mir einfach viel zu fremd um mir ein Urteil erlauben zu können, deshalb
überlasse ich es Euch, hier zuzuschlagen oder eben auch nicht. Ich widme
mich jetzt lieber wieder dem Metal ...und tschüss!
...........and in English ?
Gnarly Dude! - Same
13 Songs - 40:28
Voltage Records
It`s a punk sampler, on which 13 different bands show who they are and what
kind of music they play. As a Death/Black Metal Fan ? What should i, who call
myself a death/black metal fan, expect from a cd like this? You are right
- nothing!
This kind of music is just to far
away from my taste, so i can`t say anything about it and its up to you, to
make the decision to pick it up or not. ! i care again about my beloved metal
music......bye!
GNARLY DUDE - Various (Voltage Records)
I'm not exactly sure what Gnarly
Dude is, although it's obviously something to do with skateboarding (perhaps
some spotty little twat with baggy shorts and a Sum 41 t shirt could tell
me). Apparently all the bands on here do a song called Gnarly Dude but each
song is different. You need a wide taste in music for this one, there's everything
from rockabilly to dub and one that sounds like Marilyn Manson, there's only
two bands that I'd call punk the excellent Sick 56 (but I'm sure their song's
called "For the Nation") and Lowlife UK, and what the fuck are they
doing on a skate album!! (I can just see Paul on a skateboard ha ha ha it
would need to be reinforced). Definately one for the youngsters and not old
bastards like me. Ian
VARIOUS ARTISTS
"GNARLY DUDE! COMPILATION"
Voltage Records
13 Tracks 40 Mins
Another compilation brought to us by Voltage Studios in Bradford, this time more of a skate comp.
LOW LIFE UK start things with a 90 second, no relent, skate hardcore song, very punchy and well made, followed up by STREEM, who tone it down a little with more bluesy hip-hop stylings, great whispered chorus and some smooth beats filling things out nicely in this very British sounding song.
AK RIOT play dirty hardcore punk, that has some quite dark and sinister breaks, which is followed by BURT COKAIN & NIRBANANA-INTERNATIONAL, who I thought (obviously so) where going to be a Nirvana covers band but instead play 1950's surf and skiffle style rockabilly in a Jerry Lee Lewis flavour.
MISHKIN bring some alternative metal to the table, whereas SPINFIRE throw up some tasty drum n bass electronica. To continue this travel through the genres, TORTOISE WALTZ sludge out some wonderful, dirty stoner rock, reminding of Khang, Sloth and Electric Wizard. SACK announce their 'rub-a-dub' leanings immediately, and their reverb fuelled reggae dub sounds are perfect for Sunday at 10am!
SICK 56 Pick it up with some big punky hardcore riffage and shouts whilst SNOWDOME drop it back down with awesome System 7 and One Dove style chilled electro.
SPINBOX punk and grunge it back up, whilst SLAMASTER J reads out some quality, funny, skate appreciative poetry, proclaiming "I'd rather get gnarly". Finishing us off are WORM with some top quality rocking electro-industrial oddness, very Ship Of Fools inspired.
One of the most varied compilations I've ever heard, but a very fine release.
Paul Raw Nerve
VARIOUS ARTISTS "Gnarly Dude!" Voltage CD album
I do like a challenge, and when this northers skater compilation came with a letter saying "not sure you will like all the CD" it went straight in the CD player and I was determined to like it all.
Sick56 were the only band out of
the 13 that I'd heard of, and we should all know by now that they're capable
of some pretty great stuff. There was some other pretty good punk from Spinbox,
as well as Mishkin who sound like Killing Joke going metal. The rest was a
bit of drum and bass, some fine dub reggae, a bit of poetry and some rap by
Streem, which was different enough for even me to appreciate. The strangest
track came from the band with the strangest name, Burt Cokain and
Nirbanana - International, which was just some downright weird surf rockabilly.
Overall, it does sound like the sort of compilation you'd hear at the sort of parties I don't get invited to. If you're intrigued enough to find out what that would sound like get in touch through www.voltagerecords.com and for a fiver you can hear for yourself. 3 1/2 (DL)
V.A. - Gnarly Dude! CD
(voltagerecords.net)
Komisch, komische Compilation. Der berühmte "rote Faden" scheint
hier einzig zu sein, dass es sich ausschließlich um der Skateboarder-Szene
verbundene Bands handelt. Ich denke mal größtenteils aus Großbritannien,
aber wer weiß, die endlos vielen Sponsoren-Logos haben das Backcover
so zugekleistert, dass zwar für Band-, aber nicht für Songnamen
Platz war und im Booklet findet sich zwar eine nichtssagende Fotocollage,
aber auch keine weiteren Infos .
.. Die Musik ist ziemlich durchwachsen, von jedem Standpunkt aus betrachtet. Hardcore und Punk (LOW LIFE UK, AK RIOT, SICK56, SPINBOX), Rockabilly (hehe, von BURT COCKAIN & NIRBANANA-INTERNATIONAL), Alternative-Zeugs, HipHop, Spoken-Word, New-Wave-Scheiß und sogar elektronisches, ja Techno, (SPINFIRE und SNOWDOME), insgesamt 13 Tracks, werden fröhlich durcheinander gewürfelt.
Die Qualität bewegt sich dabei meist im Bereich schlechterer Proberaum-Aufnahmen, die kaum Demo-Qualität haben, ich kenne keine einzige Band und find das ganze Teil eher nervig, auch wenn ich so den faden Beigeschmack haben, gar nicht zu verstehen, warum es hier überhaupt geht.
Brauch ich nicht und wüsste niemanden außer den Beteiligten, der das täte.
© by OX-FANZINE [54] und Jan Eckhoff
Italian on line fanize
The plan "Gnarly Dude!"
it is, to my most modest seeming, a plan without head neither tail and I explain
myself endured. The flyer attached to this disc c?informa that it is not a
cd punk, rather a cd than skater for people who love the skate ones. Not there
is doubt that the hinterland of the proposal is but properly punk. The doubts
begin to rise when listening the disc are found to us of forehead to the most
disparate proposed musical, with 13 bands for 13 songs of which only some
assimilable and homogenous ones. It is begun with the fulmineo hardcore/oi!
of the "Low Life UK", the r' n' b (!) of the "Streem",
the garage of the "AK Riot", then gradually is continued with swing
and the dissacrante rockabilly of the "Burt Cokain & Nirbanana-International"
(moniker of the year!!!), crude and the rough one crust/punkrock of the "Mishkin".
To half of the disc there is an other large surprise with techno dance of
the "Spinfire" that then lead us to the vibrations stoner of the
"Tortoise Waltz", with filtered fat theirs riffs and the vocals.
The successes to you "tediano Sack" us with a rhythm that it has
of the ipnotico, with patterns ritmici and one stronzo MC that it embroiders
to us over, with the "Sick56" finally are returned to step on hard
with one hard and concise chip punk. However preferred mine track is that
one of the "Snowdome", techno/progressive melodica with of the skillful
features trance recreating algid atmospheres that directly seem to come from
the sidereal space. The disc is closed with the punk of the "Spinbox",
the spoking show of Slamaster J, than it makes two balls us therefore, and
the conclusive one track of the "Worm" with their optimal hybrid
techno/rock. That to say more? I do not know who can interest a compilation
similar, much more than truly worthy pieces of famous they are less than a
quarter and I refer to Snowdome, Mishkin, Burt Cokain and Worm. I do not feel
myself to advice against the purchase to you but you only know that I would
not never buy one similar what; and I do not have some objective parameter
for giving a numerical judgment on this disc.
The original site is http://www.eutk.net/rece.asp?id=2268
RECORD company marketing bosses might think they can categorise the soundtrack of the skatepark pretty easily.
Target audiences either listen to the commercial punk-pop mix of Avril Lavine and her skater boys, or perhaps a more “urban” hip-hop sound, or perhaps even hardcore thrash.
Yet skateboarders musical tastes are far more multi-faceted and diverse as those involved on the evidence of a new CD with an important Chorley connection.
All the bands featured on the Gnarly Dude! compilation which now has full UK distribution have in common is the same title.
The concept for the album came out of a conversation between Carl Arnfield, and Tim Walker his partner in techno-metal band Worm.
Both were remarking how the majority of their skateboarding mates claimed to be in bands, yet other than that appear to have very little in common other than a love of the skatepark scene.
It was decided to get those bands together to record an album, and the resultant 13 track CD is already selling well.
Carl, who works in a Bamber Bridge printing firm, said: “What is seen by some as skate music is normally contrived. This album is our way of saying this is what we do
We skate, we do gigs, and we don’t tend to listen to Avril Lavine.
“The bands involved come from Bradford, Kendal, London, Milton Keynes and all over, and all are selling the CD at gigs in what has proved a way of making some money for the bands involved.
“We’re already working on a follow up and this new distribution deal means we’re in the high street too – although the thought of us being stocked in Woolworths still shocks me!”
Among the many interpretations of Gnarly Dude! are those from Worm, Chorley “skate-a-billy” ensemble Burt Cokain and the Nirbanana International and the high tempo Leyland electro band Spinfire.
The host band offer their usual mix of electro-dance and stonking rock guitar on the final track, yet their grunge-driven outtro is just one highlight.
The material ranges from Low Life UK’s high octane raw opener to the ‘rub-a-dub’ pumping sounds of Sack and the Moby-esque ambient undercurrent of Snowdome. And while Spinbox crank up the mood again, comic skate rhymesmith Slamaster J takes the project off at another great tangent.
Reviewed by Malcolm Wyatt
Gnarly Dude! (compilation)
One of those CD's brought out to
help promote up and coming skater bands,
Gnarly Dude! is full of bands with a wonderful ability to create GOOD music.
Collectively the CD sounds like a fulfilling break form the crap that is out
today.
Individually each song out of the thirteen sounds cleverly crafted with a
wide range
of styles across each of the tracks. The extremes of this kind of music are
displayed
wonderfully across the CD, ranging from the dancey, beat-ridden tune from
'Spinfire',
to the country vibe of 'AK Riot'. Some songs containing the sometimes needed
seriousness of the world, whereas others hold on to the hilarity that is so
well used
in this type of music and so missed in the mainstream of today's music.
A more insane, laidback view of the world of rock today,
culminating to create an awesome collection of 'REAL skater bands'.
Jess Shanahan
Gnarly Dude! Is a none-more-eclectic compilation of bands who worship at the altar of skate. Brought to you by codger skate website middle-age-shred.com, this cool collection sees 13 board-loving bands all recording an original song with the title ‘Gnarly Dude!’. Neat huh?
There’s the riotous tracks you’d expect: the Sick Of It All OI! Punk of Low Life UK, the skate bowl politico of Sick 56 and the screech punk anthemic fun of AK Riot (totally infectious with adorably bad production). However, there’s also some out-of-the-black-and-blue surprises such as Snowdome (“Snowdome is perfecto electro”-correctamundo!), the spoken brummy-style ‘rap’ of Slamaster J (with added sniffs and monotone-truly hysterical) and the tin drum Star Trek weirdness of Sack., singing what sounds like “Rubber duck stylee”…
The stand-out track featured comes from Burt Cokain and Nirbanana, a fucking cute rockabilly surf number straight out of the 50’s (or the John Waters movie Crybaby actually). Wait ‘til Tarantino gets a hold of this…
Second place kudos goes out to Tortoise Waltz, obviously formed from the
shedded skin of Sabbath and Hellacopters sleaze, Worm’s Paradise Lost-in-KMFDM
euro goth metal, Spinbox and their deviant board punk plus Mishkin. Lost Prophets
fronted by Satan and God. br>
Of course, with any compo you have to have an EEK! factor and this one is
no exception. Streem present a hideous 1991 style ‘hip-hop choon’,
complete with slutty woman singing in “ohmyGodI’mcoming” whispers.
Grotesque. Oh, and Spinfire? Stick it on a Wella ad.
The verdict is in: GNARLY DUDE!
Review by Michelle Langley
Rating :: 8/10
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