Non-purist rockabilly (veering toward punk more than American roots music). Paces cross over into psychobilly, but also sweet melodies and trembling passion.
Greg Sage has led The Wipers since he started the band in Portland, OR over 20 years ago. Now he’s in Phoenix and doin’ everything (but drumming) by himself.
Upbeat, fun power pop that reminds me of The Figgs. Plenty of falsettos, ’70s rock-isms that sound like Elton John or the more rockin’ Billy Joel tunes.
This anniversary edition of The Vandals’ first record with the current line-up contains three bonus tracks and the out-of-print recording of “Shi’ite Punk.”
Part streetpunk, part gutsy rock’n’roll. Engineered by Kevin Army, produced by Billy Joe Armstrong: Guts’n’glory that ain’t all scrubbed clean of the burrs.
While only a few of the songs have breakdowns or production tricks added, just hearing a good song played well, a lot faster than usual, is pretty cool.
While the novelty of this novelty act has kinda worn off and How to Meet Girls is often just more of the same, it sometimes stumbles across pure genius.