Clean-cut guys in touch with their Rush-listening, feathered-hair days, and apologetic about not having been in hardcore bands since they could draw an X.
Heckle pays homage to the Clash like their coverboy counterparts Rancid, with gruffer vocals. The other tracks play the same with more speed and less melody.
I guess we all have to face it: pop punk isn’t going away just yet. But these guys seem quite sincere and the songs are fun, so stop being such a snob!
Wondered what Al Jourgensen would sound like crooning Bowie-style through a phaser over an early Beastie Boys beat and a Purple Rain synth? Keep wondering…
This 1982 LP belongs near the top of the list of the best punk albums of all time alongside those of Fear, the Misfits, DKs, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, etc.