Post by IRmod on Oct 30, 2004 5:36:05 GMT -5
Monday Nov 22
@the 360 (326 Queen W., E. of Spadina)
FREE - 19+
THE CLASS ASSASSINS & THE FALLOUT
$2.50 domestic bottles and all draft pints all night (as is every Monday @the 360) + smoking patio you can carry your drinks to (it'll be a warm night, I um... promise?).
Food Drive Benefit - please bring non perishable food items to be donated to the Daily Bread food bank.
Fallout, The - Turning Revolution Into Money, CD
It's always a pleasure to hear a great band that's been around for awhile that I've previously overlooked. This is the third full-length for Toronto's The Fallout, and it's one of the most kick-ass-old-school punk albums I've heard in ages. Reminiscent of bands such as Stiff Little Fingers or The Clash, but renewed to excise the dated elements and follies of some of those bands. The Fallout play earnest punk the old-fashioned way. While musically the band at times reminds me of The Spits, there's a surprising seriousness to the band's lyrics (mixing politics and diatribes about the punk scene), despite their fun, upbeat musical stylings. (AE) PUNK PLANET Iss. #64 Nov./Dec. 2004
Class Assassins, The - State of Emergency
2001, TKO Records
Honest and stripped down quality street punk n' roll from this Toronto outfit that boasts veterans from notables Vacant Lot and The Problem Children, among others. Big, catchy Oi!-flavored sing-alongs rule the day. Reminds me of the Hudson Falcons after 6-months of court-ordered anger management therapy... a bit less speedy and confrontational than their American brethren. Still punchy enough to satisfy my affinity for hot licks and workman-like energy. Vocalist Chad Nugent (hopefully no relation to the Motor-City jackass), has the coolest set of pipes this side of Al Barr... the guy can actually sing with a great melodic huskiness. And the backing vocals are similarly solid. Besides having a rhythm precision, guitarists Chris and Dan Farr boast the coolest surnames in the business..."Urban Rebel" is an anthem worthy of some rebel rousing. If the Hudson Falcons are the working week, The Class Assassins are the weekend. This one just keeps getting better and better.(www.punkrocks.net)