BIAFRA JELLO & THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - Audacity of Hype
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Nome dell′articolo: Audacity of HypeGenere: Punk Formato del prodotto: CD Etichetta: ALTERNATIVE TEN Numero di titoli: 9 Durazione: 57:50
Lista di canzone CD - 1
1. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Terror of Tinytown 4:37 2. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Clean As a Thistle 4:14 3. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - New Feudalism 2:38 4. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Panic Land 4:21 5. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Electronic Plantation 5:45 6. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Three Strikes 6:05 7. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Strength Thru Shopping 3:54 8. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - Pets Eat Their Master 5:03 9. Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - I Won't Give Up 21:13Descrizione
Descrizione
Musically, this album is surprisingly solid. Career provocateur Jello Biafra has assembled a hell of a band behind him, including Faith No More bassist Billy Gould, guitarists Ralph Spight and Kimo Ball, and drummer Jon Weiss. These songs are punk in the acid-fried spirit of riff-heavy acts like Radio Birdman, the MC5, and the Stooges, not Green Day or blink-182. Indeed, songs like "New Feudalism" and "Clean as a Thistle" have more raw power than Iggy & co. were able to muster on the legacy-poisoning The Weirdness. The big problem, of course, remains Biafra himself. His voice is an astonishingly polarizing instrument; for every person who finds his high-pitched barks and ululations captivating, five more run from the room. And it's not just how he says it, it's what he says, too. Some of what he's talking about on this album, like the description of an increasingly high-pressure and low-reward corporate workplace on "Electronic Plantation," is trenchant and could spark real thought in the listener. The same is true of "Three Strikes," which tackles the War on Drugs and the prison industry. But other songs, like "The Terror of Tiny Town" and "Clean as a Thistle," are jabs at the Bush administration and right-wing sexual hypocrisy, released a year after the Bushes left office and the major Republican Party's sexual scandals broke and were settled. What's the point? The Audacity of Hype's cover art suggests that it will be a series of jabs at the Obama administration. That would have been more interesting than re-fighting old battles. ~ Phil Freeman
Phil Freeman
Collaboratori
- Artist: BIAFRA JELLO & THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- Hand Percussion: Jon Weiss
- Metal Percussion: Jon Weiss
- Record Label: Alternative Tentacles
- Vocals: Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine
- Guitar: Ralph Spight
- Bass: Bill Gould
- Drums: Jon Weiss
- Guitar: Kimo Ball
- Keyboards: Ralph Spight
- Current Distributor: Cargo
- Vocals: Ralph Spight
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