JOLLY:
Bad lyrics. This is not rock 'n' roll. Sorry.

 

HOLMSTROM:
Got to respect these guys. My punk rock nephew from FLA, Matt Shumate, is a big fan of theirs. I guess they're up there with Green Day as far as being 1990s punk icons. But before I listened to the CD I almost barfed at the pretentious, plastic CD packaging. It almost screams: "THIS IS IMPORTANT AND ARTISTIC" at you. The music is fast and aggressive but it's a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. Where did everything go wrong? When did punk bands decide that sounding like The Marbles, Milk 'N' Cookies or The Bay City Rollers was preferable to trying to sound like Suicide, Von Lmo or Screaming Mad George? It's got to be the whole California thing - the weather is always nice and when you rent an apartment you get a hot tub and/or jacuzzi with it. Here in NYC you get a bathtub in the kitchen.