Equipped with evil lyrics, “scary” intros, and run-of-the-mill screams, All Out War proves you don’t have to write good songs if you imitate other bands.
Skateboard jock Claus Grabke’s powerful voice rages with a speed, intensity, and emotion that belies the German scene’s penchant for conceptual grunting.
A collection of singles from the last few years by Snapcase, Hi Fi and the Roadburners, Strife, Integrity, Psywarfare, Blood for Blood, and Damnation A.D..
They make Minor Threat sound like The Mentors. And, unlike Minor Threat (but so like the majority of NYHC bands), they have no sense of humor what…so…ever.
The often aggressive-edged Catch Twenty-Two, like the Offbeatniks, Mustard Plug, Skankin’ Pickle, and Eclectics, fit between the Bosstones and Operation Ivy.