Gaza Strippers, Custom Made Scare, Teen Idols, Los Infernos, Speedealer, Nobodys, Hai Karate, Hayride to Hell, and the Hellbillys show up on Start Your Engines.
Original, well-crafted (instrumentally and vocally) fast music from the likes of Dogwood, Shorthanded, and Craig’s Brother make pop-punk as enriching as ever.
Doesn’t matter if you’ve never heard of the original artists or you want great renditions of old faves, Punk Rock Jukebox Volume II is worth every sing-along.
It doesn’t rock. It screams. It doesn’t roll. It steamrolls. What’s more, it has a message for the youth of America. “Stay Out of Jail,” a raucous marvel.
Heavy without being overwhelming, attentive to atmosphere and breathing room, and with a nice driving beat. Then, Oops!, the rest of the song comes in. Bland.
If you’re a fan of good ol’ punk, the kinda snarling, rawkus rock that makes you lock arms with yer mates in merry roughhousing, Punch Drunk is just the thing.
Eighty tracks from national and international acts that even flew under Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets radar, but Greg Shaw thought worthy of preserving for posterity.