In August of 1982, 11 guys from LA boarded a rehabbed school bus and set off for a 4-week tour. Three pioneer bands of early ’80s punk rock and hardcore.
So quirky they’re bewildering, except all the songs sound the same. Nonsensical dadaist lyrics, spiffy harmonies, knowin’ how to work the same song structure.
An integral part of the early ’80s hardcore scene, now renamed Battalion of Saints A.D., the new CD, Cuts, proves the band has not lost its spunk or its edge.
The hard-fast-but-not-too-fast pogo rings with the dragstrip simplicity of an emission-sputterin’ rock jalopy. The singer has his Darby Crash mewl down cold.
Hailing from Arizona, these Christian lads put the positivity and fellowship back into hardcore. Their topics deal with pain, lies, sexism, and similar themes.