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FROM THE UNDERGROUND
U2 WAR
U2
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Two Hearts Beat As One
War (Island)
U2 have shaken the overnight sen-
sation hype that hurt more than
helped them two years ago. "Boy," the
THE STRANGLERS
Feline (Epic)
If you haven't heard THE STRAN-
GLERS since the Black & White
album, watch out, you'll be in for a sur-
prise. Continuing a trend started with
their last album, "La Folie," slower
songs and lush melodies prove you
don't always have to scream to be
B.Ware
heard.
SOCIAL UNREST'S first EP was
brilliant. Their new seven-song 12"
"RAT IN A MAZE" continues their
mighty stand against society. Power-
ful, proficient and unmatched, each
song speaks strong and cranks out
first LP, was hard to follow and No. 2, unsuppressed ferocity. Totally killer!
"October," did not meet the challenge.
"War," U2's third album, is one that
can stand orf its own. Strong playing
and straightforward anti-war lyrics
highlight this latest effort by Ireland's
most valuable export.
BOW WOW WOW
When the Going Gets Tough, the
Tough Get Going (RCA)
The title of this LP is a mouthful. I
think they should just call it Bark!
BWW's third LP brings us more of the
same subject matter, "Aphrodisiac,"
"Do You Want to Hold Me?" "Love
Me," "Mario," you get the idea.
Spiced up by ace producer Mike
Chapman (Blondie, The Knack), this
LP is recommended for undying fans
only. Otherwise, take BWW's advice
from their first single (C30, C60, C90
GO), tape someone else's copy and
save the $8.98.
Subterranean Jungle
RAMONES
RAMONES
Subterranean Jungle (Sire)
Songs credited to Joe Ramone,
drums credited to Marc Ramone.
These guys have changed their
names. Have they changed their out-
look? No! Songs like "Psycho
Therapy," "Time Bomb" and "Out-
sider, mixed with oldies like "Time"
(has come today) and "Little Bit o'
Soul, make the RAMONES the
greatest band in America and "Subter-
ranean Jungle" worth buying.
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RANK FILE-
RANK AND FILE
You've been skatin' real hard 'n' fast
all day with the boys down at the
ramp. It's quittin' time, you've come
home with a few of the gang to settle
back, maybe pop a few sodas and re-
lieve the long day's sessioning. Now,
what tape are you going to punch into
the portable blast box that's been,
cranking rampside all day with!
everything from J.F.A. and Minor
Threat to the Nuge and AC/DC.
Well, try out this new release from
Rank 'n' File. More often than not con-
sidered to be a country band, Rank 'n'
File, consisting of brothers Chip and
Tony Kinman (on guitar, bass and
trading vocals respectively), Alejan-
dro Escovedo, guitar, vocals (Alejan-
dros' name showed up in "Notes from
the Underground" Vol. 1, No. 3, back
when played with premier S.F. punks,
THE NUNS), and Slim Evans on
drums. The various backgrounds of
the players, who now call Austin
Texas their home, provide Rank and
File with a no frills, simple, guitar/
rhythm sound that's not too hick.
big boys
Fun, Fun Fun...
BIG BOYS
"Fun Fun Fun..."
Moment Prod.
P.O. Box 12424
Austin, TX 78711
The Big Boys are one of
THRASHER Mag's favorite bands.
Their 6-song EP, Fun, Fun, Fun...." is
a soulful, funkful, punkful effort. This
album covers a broad spectrum as far
as musical tastes go, but one could
expect no less from these four guys
from Austin, Texas. The Big Boys got
together because of skateboarding.
and they say that they would much
rather skate than do anything. This
might seem hard to believe for some
because of the obvious attention and
energy put into their musicianship on
KT "Fun, Fun, Fun...."
For foot stompin' tunes, check out
Amanda Ruth, I Went Walking, and
Coyote. "Rank 'n' File... there's no de-
nial."
Biscuit, the lead vocalist, is a giant,
but in actuality he's as gentle as hell.
On Hollywood Swinging, an old Kool
and the Gang tune, he gets people rol-
ling and in live performance invites
certain audience members to join in
on the chorus. Apolitical is fast-paced.
"I don't care El Salvador can blow it-
self right off the world/and Reagan
there with all his plans/is just another
yes-no man." This is just another
example of the growing concern of
youth over their well-being. The title
song, Fun, Fun, Fun... is a great slam/
thrash/swivel tune that's even good to
sing along to.
I'm a punk and I like Sham
Cockney Rejects are the world's
greatest band
But I like Joy Division
And Public Image too
Even though that's not
what I'm supposed to do.
Fun, Fun, Fun that's what
we play
Fun, Fun, Fun that's what
we say
Fun, Fun, Fun no matter
what they say
Fun, Fun, Fun we'll have
some anyway.
This disc is a must for any skate/
thrash enthusiast. Buy it and check
out the other cool tunes.
Grandiloquent ranting and ravings
scrawl forth yet another chapter of
mental oscillation as the PUS ZONE
introduces you to the months frizzling
finest
What we believe is what we be
lieve, if you compromise, you're still
deceived, still screaming Hysterical
ear piercing echoes ricochet from wall
to wall, magnetically attracting you to
yet another one of D.C.'s finest efforts.
Dischord Records presents seven-
teen songs of tremendous energetic
intensity and zealous, explosive
momentum-this is SCREAM. Not
your basic thrash, but fast straightfor-
ward melodies of various irresistable
diversified forms. SCREAM's unfet-
tered euphoria detonates a poignant
ensemble of brutally outrageous num-
bers like the opening cut, "Came With
out Warning," which vividly dominates
this exceptional black slice of persis-
tant exuberance. "Solidarity," "Human
Behavior," "Influenced," and "Total
Mash" are just a small sample of high
quality songs SCREAM has strikingly
well produced. A provocative release
full of quick, glass-shattering stormers
and resplendent determination that is
a bonafide winner. $5.00 from Dis-
chord, 3819 Beecher St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007.
"Hold back your tears, expression
confirms fears, live by one thought, be
a man compete a lot, there's no stan-
dard if I recall and if there is, I'm no
man at all." Strong anti-competition
lyrics from the NECROS latest 7" vinyl
"Conquest for Death." A fast forceful
dose of aggressive adrenalin pumped
clamorous fury, which hits the ner-
vous system with rapid, convulsing,
unrestrained vigor and ferocity. Barry
throats out high velocity ardor, spas-
modically staggering across abrasive
jolts of non-hesitant manifestations.
This 7" really captures the true spirit of
the obstreperous attack the NECROS
drive forward. $2.50 from TOUCH &
GO, P.O. Box 716, Maumee, Ohio
43537.
Confidence lies in the strength that
S.S. DECONTROL lash forth, a bold
stance against oppression and poison,
notoriously garroting away stealers of
freedom. S.S. DECONTROL's
newest 12" "Get It Away" raucously
shows the exigent enravishment this
Boston band headbutts forth, now
featuring twin guitars, S.S. DECON-
TROL continues with hard cavorting.
impetuous thrusts of emergent speed
and invincible ebullient furbulence.
Efficacious titles "Get It Away," "Under
the Influence," and "Forced Down
Your Throat triumphantly proffer
harsh realities as S.S. DECONTROL
bulldoze your cranium with crunching
force and immaculate power of emi-
nently enjoyable expectations. $4.00
from X-CLAIM, 8 Longwood Road,
Lynn, Mass. 01904.
Split-second assaults of maniac un-
controlled chaos sheer forth on this
fierce 12" sampler from Brazil. Featur
ing three bands with four songs a
piece GRITO SUBURBANO rates as
one of the best international hardcore
records out OLHO SECO are
perhaps Brazil's fastest speed mer-
chants of battering disorder. Raw and
boisterous. OLHO SECO's rambunc-
tious mayhem ravages desolation.
COLERA scrape forward untamed
havoc and incinerate severe punches
of potent rage and quickness ac-
celerating the boiling point. IN-
OCENTES frantic vociferous rhythms
hastily send your mind in a vertigo as
their tempestuous sound rivets thrills
of aggression into your brain. Excel-
lent action from South America. Write
Fabio, Rua Carambe, No. 37, Vila
Santa Maria, Cep 02561, Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Electrical charges of raw satanic
metal hacking out skull crushing, fiery
assaults, pushes whining demonic
warfare from VENOM. Grinding ker-
rangs from this three-piece English
heavy metal mayhem outfit from Hell,
whose second album, Black Metal
sledgehammers your cranium with 11
continuous hacks of growling inten-
sity. Strong powerful slices of turbu-
lent metallic devastation, matching
wits with Motorhead, VENOM's a
charging rhino's entrance to Hell!
Neat Records
Unlike any band to surface, MINOR
THREAT constantly drives a true
force of harmonic strength forefron.
Each individual arrangement jumps
from one note to the next with split
second precision, as lan bellows out
boisterous shouts of mental manifes-
tation. Brian has moved up to 2nd
guitar doubling the power of this latest
12" Out of Step. Quick, rambunctious,
exciting pleasure fulfilling that oscillat-
ing desire to move and be a part. Fan-
tastic melodies like Look Back and
Laugh, Lil Friend and No Reason
show the determination and heart,
that MINOR THREAT exhibit in the
music they produce! Discord, 3819
Beecher St., N.W., Washington, DC
20007, $3.50
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