Southern
Hostility
One of the things I love about Antiseen is that
they have the Goad-like power of the long distance
hairy eyeball. They're reputation as heavy duty
bruisers is so formidable, nobody wants to cross
'em. So, even if they released a CD full of
their fave beer piss moments, it'd get a hearty
thumbs-up from punk ass writers all along the
fanzine belt. Personally, I'd rather take my
lumps and earn my Confederacy of Scum patch,
not buy it with phony praise. Luckily, I'm out
of the woods this time around, because "Southern
Hostility" is a re-re-release of their
seminal '91 ode to GG, Skyrnd, Poison Idea,
and drunken rednecks everywhere punching each
other in the face for rock and roll. So many
half-assed wannabe villains have run with Antiseen's
sourmashed formula for bad fun in the past ten
years with nary a drop of their conviction or
fortitude that you almost forget that these
cats were pretty close to being the second most
hated band in the nation at the time, and pretty
much paved the Asshole Rock road you so brazenly
truck down, bronco. I'm not saying that's to
be applauded, but I am saying it's true. Recorded
in Layton's mom's basement over one long hot
summer, it's a biker baiting, bile tasting,
punk n' roll barb-b-q of the damned, all hateful
and bothered, and the absolute definition of
'gumption'. Just don't ask what kind of meat
you're eating. Rife with copious and insightful
liner notes from Allan the Goddamn King, as
well as plenty of surly and burly vintage photos,
for Scum fans, this one's a winner. No shit.
-SLEEZEGRINDER
ANTiSEEN
"Southern Hostility" LP
A brilliant record from the South's finest scumfuck
sons. Released sometime in the early 90s and
then again by Man's Ruin several years later,
TKO is making sure this piece of work doesn't
lose any of its luster. I cannot argue with
the liner notes that declare this one of the
most hostile records ever...ANTiSEEN is southern
rock gone horribly wrong; ANTiSEEN is the MISFITS
on a six-day amphetamine bender; ANTiSEEN is
a shock rock band that doesn't want to throw
shit on you, but just wants to make you shit
yourself. Southern Hostility was my first taste
of ANTiSEEN, and it still sounds just as frightening
today; they aren't polite, I never want to sit
down and have a beer with any of 'em, and in
most circles it certainly ain't cool to like
'em, but I cannot deny the fucking unbridled
power of this band. Fans already own this, but
if you haven't yet taken the step in to the
Confederacy Of Scum underworld, then look carefully
to make sure that none of your "hip"
friends are watching, snatch up a copy of this
classic LP, and then slip quietly into the confines
of your room and get a lesson in true outlaw
rock and roll. - (Willie Nelson)
MAXIMUM RNR
Antiseen
Honour Among Thieves
TKO Records
Damn, TKO is going to make Antiseen one of my
favorite bands if it kills them. I just reviewed
Eat More Possum a few weeks ago, marveling at
how that record broke apart and delved into
the band's influences London Calling-style,
arriving at a chunky mix of punk, metal and
garage stomp that sounded utterly unique and
sophisticated and now I hear Honour Among Thieves,
which has promptly knocked me on my fat, North
Carolinian ass.
Whereas Eat More Possum was a sophisticated
blend of Antiseen's influences, Honour Among
Thieves is like the Replacements' Sorry Ma Forgot
to Take Out the Trash or Stiff Little Fingers'
Inflammable Material, a record that finds that
band at their earliest, most brutal and most
enthusiastic. Some of the songs on Honour Among
Thieves actually sound like hardcore; Drug Thru
Thu Mud is total hillbilly thrash, coming off
like the Dead Kennedys if they were real-life
southern rednecks instead of California boys
who watched too many westerns.
But even on this very early material, Antiseen
are far more than just a punk/thrash band. Their
songs range in tempo from the aforementioned
thrashy stuff to the mid-paced Warhero, which
grinds along at Antiseen's more familiar destructo
pace. And Joe Young wields his mighty Telecaster
more valiantly than ever before or since (though
some of the licks may be courtesy short-lived
guitarist Dana Ace Davis), leads squealing through
a buzzsaw low end that sounds more like industrial
machinery than a musical instrument.
Throw in three bonus live tracks that sound
like they were recorded in the midst of the
apocalypse and you've got yet another essential
volume of TKO's Vault of Antiseen series. Get
the more high-brow Eat More Possum first, but
Honour Among Thieves should be your second Antiseen
purchase, as the band would never capture the
sheer brutality of their debut on wax again.
DEEP
FRIED BONANZA
ANTiSEEN
Screamin' Bloody Live CD (TKO
Records)
This is the third album released in TKOs Ringside
live series. Quick reminder: first was Cock
Sparrer, then Angelic Upstarts, and now Antiseen.
Lets be fair this is the weakest album
of those three. Ok, thats not big surprise
since first two spent a hell lot of time in
my CD player. There are more than 20 songs at
this CD, and thats great, production
is also very good, so if you like Antiseen,
you can really enjoy this. Especially since
there are even two videos (Guns
Ablazin and Commando) on
CD version. I should also mention that there
are also 5-6 cover songs, but to tell you the
truth I dont really like Antiseen, its
simply too tough for me
what can I do
Im
a gentle boy
.
Vlada
ANTiSEEN
Southern Hostility CD (TKO)
First of all I hate these guys. Its
enough just to look at their photos in the booklet,
and youll feel the same way. Stupid ugly
southern metal-head scum. I read in one interview
with one promoter that they are the biggest
jerks he met (they even wanted to eat only in
McDonalds, so he had to drove them 50km to the
nearest McDonalds restaurant). Anyway, this
is the third release in the Vault Of
Antiseen series that TKO Records is releasing
and this is re-mastered album they recorded
back in 91. There are 13 raw as fuck
punk-rocknroll songs. Antiseen
are trying to prove us that they are extremely
shocking, but if I was looking for something
like that, I would rather choose something I
can enjoy listening to (and having a laugh)
like The Dwarves......
Vlada
Antiseen
Screaming Bloody Live
TKO Records
The first time I heard Antiseen the music made
me want to get drunk and fistfight someone,
...anyone who was in the vicinity. I listened
to their CD at full volume while slamming a
lukewarm beer. God it was good! I felt like
the depths of hell had been released onto this
album and were now infesting my stereo. Antiseen
has been together as a band for 19 years! That
to me is amazing. I furthered my interest in
this vicious band by reading an interview with
them, and found that they were good ole boys
from the South with some pretty harsh attitudes.
I also learned that they were devout politicians,
hell bent on the questioning of unfair law practices
and political change, always for the betterment
of the USA. Kick Ass! I listened to this CD
that has 24 tracks of absolute live insanity
recorded all over the country. With track names
like Hellstomper, Two Headed Dog, and Guns A'
Blazin, Antiseen have made a powerful name for
themselves in the heavy metal rock world. I
have never seen them live, but now I am on a
mission! If you get the chance, check them out,
and I highly recommend getting any of their
CD's. I now own them all. Antiseen is a force
to be reckoned with, and their music continues
to cause rolling blackouts wherever they go.-
Evil-E Janzillaco
HECKLER MAGAZINE
Antiseen
"Screamin' Bloody Live" (TKO)
...Jeff and the band crank out the lean and
mean arsenal of blood and beer soaked songs
they've been luved for... for years . Big, bold
and badassed pummeling from start to finish...wish
I'd been there!
THE
BIRDMAN
Antiseen "Eat More Possum" (TKO Records)
Seems like I have to review an Antiseen Cd every
review time. Trust me, there's another CD after
this one that TKO sent me. I hated the last
Cd"Drastic/ EP Royalty" but this one
is more tolerable. But that's not saying much.
Some "wrasslin" intro makes me want
to throw this one into the fire right now. But
I guess fans really like this, which I'm guessing
their from the Midwest. The sound is raw and
the vocals sounds like he's been smoking his
20th cigarette pack the day of recording this.
Again, I didn't like this but I'm sure the Midwest
rubes will praise this.
Bottom Line? I don't like Antiseen
Notable Tracks: didn't have any..
Rating: 1 1/2 *
Reviewer: Bryan
SKA PUNK AND OTHER JUNK
Antiseen
"Drastic/E.P.Royalty" (TKO)
CD Review
by Duke Crevanator
The people at TKO records deserve a fucking
big-ass trophy, like the kind they gave Cactus
Jack for winning the "King of the Death
Match" tournament. This CD (or you can
get the limited-edition vinyl version) contains
the first two Antiseen EPs, Drastic (85)
and E.P. Royalty (86). These two ultra-rare
early records of Antiseen are now readily available
to even people like me who cant afford
to spend booze/drug/gambling money on super
expensive eBay auctions. This release is what
it is, the early incarnations of the Kings of
Destructo rock. For fans of 80s punk/hardcore,
you cant go wrong buying this. For modern
fans of Antiseen, yall will either love
it or hate it. If youre a modern fan
and you hate it, I personally think you shouldnt
be allowed to listen to Antiseen at all. Lastly,
whether you hate them, love them, or are indifferent,
I can unequivocabally state that if you ever
see Antiseen live, youll get far more
than your moneys worth. Best live band
EVER!
LOLLIPOP
ANTISEEN
Southern Hostility (TKO)
Theres only one way to relate the true
dirty horror of Antiseen: my friend got drunk
at one of their shows and woke up on the bar
bleeding profusely. He never knew what happened
until one day he was looking through a zine
and read an ad for bootleg videos. "See
a guy get clobbered by the singer." He
ordered it. To his horror/amusement, he watched
himself drunkenly stagger in front of the singer,
accidentally bumping the mic into his face.
The dude got pissed and slammed my friend in
the head with the mic stand, rendering him bloody
and unconscious. He still has the scar. Theres
nothing scarier than these angry hicks playing
overly distorted metal with an evil message
and now TKO has re-released their angriest album.
Yeah, it sounds basic and shitty but its anger
and intensity are unequalled even by grindcore.
Keith Carman
Antiseen-> Dratic EP (TKO) digi-cd
Sorry people, I cant review this shit
now! Im too fuckin busy at the
moment! You see Im on my knees thanking
TKO for this re-release program of one of the
best motherfuckin bands to ever blasts
outta my stereo!! This band is on the same level
as a band like Motörhead and well
.
Theyll be the first band in Pure&Simple
to be in this zine twice so you know they gotta
be the most badassed-groinshredding-shitspitting-destructo-rocknroll
in the entire world!! This is their first shit
and well
Sound quality could be better,
but the lay-out makes up for that shit and makes
these songs still hot after all that fuckin
time
.
antiseen
-> Southern Hostility (TKO) CD
So I got up to walk up to my mailbox and BAM!!
there it is! Another Antiseen record!! YESSS
my prays have been answered! I step up to the
stereo to inject my sweet rocknroll-heroine
in my ears. As I get my freak on bangin
my head like Im fuckin deranged
fuckin lunatic I see my neighbours lookin,
through my window, at me like Im crazy.
So I ask em in and so we now have 4 people
headbangin people in the lvingroom. Then
my other neighbors come by to complain about
the infernal wreckage that were creating.
We punch the fuckers in the face and rob em
of their money to buy us some beers and the
party really gets smokin from here. And
well
. Stuff like this could happen to
you bastards, so pick up this record and turn
the volume to ruin yr ears
and rock out like a motherfucker!!
antiseen
-> eat more possum (TKO) CD
Im currently foaming from the mouth.
While typing Im trying not to drip on
my keyboard and hope I can manage to do so
Another Anitseen record really got my drooling
and in total ecstasy. This is the third vault
that gets opened and what a sweet fuckin
record once again! Great coverartwork and once
again a nice rocknrollstory is
in the booklet, which is always a nice read.
I cant wait till number 4 hits my doorstep
so TKO-people! If you read this; just dont
be shy and fill my mailbox with more records.
I want it
NO! I fuckin NEED IT!!!
MARNIX / HOLLAND
Antiseen, The - Eat More Possum
2002, TKO Records
There's no doubt we could all use a fuck of
a lot more possum in our diet, so cheers for
the advice. This nasty little bastard is part
of TKO's Antiseen reissue series; something
we have all been pining for I'm sure, ever since
those members of the Antiseen chapter of PETA
were mysteriously shot in the ass by a pepper
gun. In all seriousness, and of course, this
is serious business, Antiseen are the Billy
Carter of punk rock; swishing beer down the
front of their grease stained shirt, pissing
where convenient, and in the process of being
badass punk rock slobs, alienating anyone and
everyone like a redneck at a rally for the Rainbow
Coalition, and STILL, we can't help but want
to bar-b-que a sea lion with these fellas.
Maybe because Antiseen make it pretty fuckin'
easy to nod in agreement. They make me think
of corn, and potato salad, and grills; briquettes,
Pabst Blue Ribbon and your drunk uncle Tony;
pool cues, bar fights and fishing lures. It's
like one big fuckin chili cookoff on disc. If
you are easily offended, get your namby-pamby
self back to protesting the latest cause; if
not, Antiseen would be happy to teach ya' a
coupla' life lessons if you'd just plant yer
ass down, and let the boys stroll you through
some Southern hostility.
- Michael Farr
ANTiSEEN
"Honour Among Thieves"
TKO Records
Attention all y'all reading this born, currently
residing or otherwise trying desperately to
get back to South of The Mason-Dixon Line: You
Need This Record. "Why?" I hear you
asking, and it's just like you to ask "Why?"
isn't it, you contrary little snot-nosed glue-sniffing
secessionist-minded Rebel cretin you. Anyway,
here's why, and I'm only going to say it once,
so Listen Good: You need "Honour Among
Thieves" because it's the super-cool first-
time-ever CD release of the legendary 1988 debut
album from ANTiSEEN, the band of bastards out
of Carolina that all but birthed the seminal
Southern white-trash punk metal sound. Fourteen
two-fisted musical tales of terror covering
everything from the joys of owning killer attack
dogs to brother-on-sister incest, wife beating
and the ever popular murder-by-hammer attack.
We're talking scorching, godforsaken hillbilly
music that's guaranteed to offend everyone and
run the roaches off for good, all while giving
endless hours of listening pleasure to your
delicate ears. Also features three live bonus
tracks taken from a very out-of-control 1985
live gig and never-before-seen original cover
art (a wonderfully inspired and twisted homage
to The Last Supper featuring the band) that's
guaranteed to loosen every tooth in your head.
Say a little prayer of thanks on the way to
the record store for finally being able to get
your grubby little hands on what was thought
to be lost to the ages!
ANTiSEEN
"SouthernHostility"
TKO Records
Jim Beam-soaked 1992 follow up to "Honour
Among Thieves" (reviewed above) that's
really rude and hateful, but in a Good Way that
recalls the socially toxic residue still lingering
from all the bitter shit that's gone down in
The Dirty South over the years. Basically works
the same crank-addled Rebel Hellion turf the
band originated with even more no-quarter-asked-and-none
taken gusto. We're talkin' deliberately sloppy,
fuzz-chord fueled, ain't-takin'-no-shit hard-edged
punk rock filtered through a quintessentially
Southern "Yes Ma'am" meets "Fuck
You" prism that's positively guaranteed
to warp your profondly impressionable little
inhalant-addled mind. As if that isn't cool
enough, I'd like to point out it was recorded
10 (count 'em, 10) years before The Drive By
Truckers extraordinarily successful and much
ballyhooed "Southern Rock Opera,"
which you also need, for similarly overlapping
- but functionally discreet - reasons that we
simply don't have time or space to go into here.
I realize all you triflin' Yankees (Fuck All
Y'all Up North Motherfuckers!!!) will have to
come up with your own excuse to buy it, so here's
a little hint: ANTiSEEN singer Jeff Clayton
(who looked like Rob Zombie when Rob Zombie
was still in Pampers) co-wrote "Evil Rock
'N' Roll" with GG Allin (RIP) and briefly
fronted the Murder Junkies on tour after everyone's
favorite scum rocker overdosed on heroin in
1993. I'm going to assume you Old School Southern
Hipster types have already worn out several
vinyl copies, so you're off the hook, but all
you po' but proud New Schoolers best recognize.
Indispensable!
Robert T. Nash
URBAN HIPSTER
Yikes!
Fourth Antiseen review in two months, that was
gonna make this hard...or so I thought. This,
their debut album, I'd never heard before. According
to the press release this is the first CD issue
of this material and after listening I gotta
say someone really needed to make this avaiable
again. I'd have to say it's my second favorite
of their's right behind the almighty "Eat
More Possum". It's definitly Antiseen..buzzsaw
guitars, bellowed vocals, punk and roll with
a southern flavor and a blatant kick in the
face of any form of political correctness you
could think of.
There is, however, something a little different
about this than the other Antiseen material
I've heard. It's...hmmm dare I use this word
regarding Antiseen?..... "Catchier"
than the other stuff I've heard. Let me make
this clear it's a good thing. It's not at all
top 40 bubble gum catchy, it's gnaw at your
brain tarball filled with brambles catchy, it's
got drunk forgot the condom and now it hurts
to piss catchy. Definitly a little more early
punk in the mix.
It's definitly hard to pick favorite tracks
on this one, but the lead off one two punch
of "I Don't Ask You For Nothing" and
"Jailbait" really grab you by the
ears, while cauliflowering them at the same
time and while less catchy than it's disc partners,
"War Hero" packs an intensity and
power that'll put finger prints on your replay
button. If you're at all into Antiseen, or the
review above sounded at all like your deal,
pick this up immediatly.....and if not, well
hit your tofu shoes over to the nearest "Save
the Tree Frogs Rally" while burning incense,
chanting at crystals and stroking your inner
child...by the way Antiseen will be by later
to kick your inner child's ass.
HELLRIDE MUSIC
Antiseen- Eat More Possum (CD)
More from crazy ol Antiseen
So crazy
and ol. Number two from the Vault
Of Antiseen series on TKO, is the fourth
reissue of their classico 1993
album, Eat More Possum. If gratuitous amounts
of blood spillage and hysteric
Southern-fired rockin is was strikes your
fancy, this may very well be your
new favorite record. Eat More Possum, overwhelmingly
said to be the best
thing the Seen ever did. I dont
see it on any different level from pretty
all their other stuff from the last 10 years.
Features Intro provided by the
Cosmic Commander Of Wrestling, and
a cover of the Ramones Today Your
Love, plus the all-time classics Fuck
All Yall and Cactus Jack.
Trapped in Dixie is an awesome song
too.
-Rock
nRoll Outbreak
Antiseen
Eat More Possum
The prodigal album returns once again. Eat More
Possum has been previously released a total of
three times on numerous independent labels that
went belly up. In addition, past releases of Antiseen's
definitive album have featured poor production
quality that didn't really give the music its
proper sonic feel. TKO has just re-released the
album with a complete re-mastering that finally
gives the album the sound it deserves. This is
a very important disc for the band as it's the
first one where the classic Antiseen sound really
solidified itself on songs like "Animals
Eat
'Em" and "Stormtrooper."
Jeff Clayton's growl reached its deeper tone and
Joe Young's guitar finally got that super-thick
fuzztone to it that drives Antiseen's music. This
was the disc that proved how much tougher, ballsier,
and downright mean Antiseen could be compared
to their peers. Eat More Possum still sounds killer
today, mostly due to the explosive energy of tracks
like the cover of the Ramones' "Today Your
Love," "Cactus Jack," "Destroy
Them All," and "Fuck All Y'all."
The songs are punchy as all hell, clocking in
usually around the 2 minute mark. It is that quick,
brutal, crowbar to the head feeling that has always
made Antiseen one of the more interesting bands
out there. As always, the Antiseen sense of humor
is there - from the guaranteed-to-piss-off-animal-rights-activists
front cover to songs like "Trapped In Dixie"
to the interludes featuring one Jack B. and the
Cosmic Commander of Wrestling. It's always been
one of Antiseen's better qualities to let the
music speak for itself and to not take themselves
too seriously. If you're an old school Antiseen
head, you'll want to pick up this re-release as
the album has never sounded this good. If you've
never sampled Antiseen's music this is a good
way to get infected.
-Bully Magazine
Antiseen: Blood of Freaks 7"
TKO Records
6 out of 10
1989/2002 Ever
wondered what it would sound like to gargle with
shards of broken glass? No, I can't say that I
have either, but after listening to the first
release from Northern Carolina's premiere punk
band; The Antiseen, I know exactly what that sounds
like. This is their first 7 inch EP from 1989
that has been re-issued for your audio destruction.
These guys are nuts. They are fast and loud and
angry and really, really pissed off. Knowing that
these guys have been around for well over ten
years, I give them their respect, doing what they
like, intense touring, intense music. But, I just
couldn't get into it. They're too fast, and too
sloppy and too angry for me to enjoy. This isn't
you're typical TKO release, not another sing-along
punk band. This goes well beyond that into an
area of music that I can't even put my finger
on. If I had to compare this release to something,
I would say if you took Big Pete from Forced Reality
and threw him in a blender with the guys from
Slayer, you would have the Antiseen. Keeping in
mind, that this was the first recording this band
ever made, it's pretty good, and the fact that
they have by far surpassed this with their newer
releases over the years, some of which you can
get through TKO, I just don't get it. Maybe I'm
missing something. But anyhow, if anything above
described sounds like it interests you, pick up
some of these guys stuff.
-J.J.
Sandiego Punk
ANTiSEEN
Blood of Freaks
TKO Records Limited to an edition of 1000, the
four songs on this 33 RPM 7" are pure redneck
punk from these raw and at time offensive South
Carolina originals. It's been out of print since
1989 and is now reincarnated on pale red vinyl.
Completely re-mastered to be extra mean, just
do not tell these angry men that their record
looks pink. (3.5)
newsounds.net
Antiseen
Drastic/EP Royalty
TKO Records
Time to take a step back way into the past, circa
1985-1986. Antiseen were just a two year old punk
band clawing their way out of North Carolina playing
a brutal version of hardcore southern punk that
must've sounded as alien to their neighbors as
an O'Jays record.
But what is readily apparent by this combined
re-release of Antiseen's first two EPs on one
compact disc, is that from the very start these
guys had a sound all their own. Sure, Jeff Clayton's
voice seemed somewhat less like a drunken trucker
with terminal throat cancer, but the hard driving,
over the top sound we know today was still there
on "Queen City Stomp," "She's Part
of the Scene," and "Destructo Rock."
While
Drastic does feature a more-diverse Antiseen,
the band seemed to know what they wanted to sound
like but still were testing different ideas on
"Psycho Path" and "Absent Minded."
Even when the music doesn't measure up to the
band's reputation, it succeeds in its raw punk
energy, as can be heard on "Destructo Rock."
E.P.
Royalty is the obviously better of the two EPs,
especially considering it was released a full
year later and shows the band finally comfortable
in their musical direction. From the moment "N.C.
Royalty" kicks in you hear the live, raw
sound that has made Antiseen. Also, the band's
twisted sense of humor finally starts to rear
its head on "White Trash Bitch" and
"Ruby, Ruby Get Back Top The Hills."
If
nothing else this double-EP proves these guys
have been unique since day one. There is no punk,
rock, hardcore band in the world that sounds quite
like them.
-Bully Magazine
Antiseen
Drastic / EP Royalty
TKO Records
Until this point the only Antiseen I'd heard was
their latest record on TKO, The Boys From Brutalsville.
Until now I didn't realize that I was so behind;
this band has an impressively deep discography,
most of which is set for re-release on TKO Records.
This compilation of the band's first two DIY EPs
is the first in the series, and I've gotta say
I'm impresssed.
It's amazing to me that Antiseen had such a unique
sound right from the get-go; their debut EP, Drastic,
is as concise a statement of "Destructo Rock"
(Antiseen's self-divised moniker for the type
of music they play) as the band's latest material,
perhaps even more so. So what is destructo rock?
Well, if you take the first Ramones LP and slow
it down to about 15 RPM and get Lemmy on vocals
you've pretty much got it. In theory this sounds
like it would be really boring music, but somehow
the band make it work; the songs are so slow and
thick that you feel as if a tug boat is dragging
you through a river of molasses.
It doesn't hurt that the songwriting on Drastic
is excellent, either. "Queen City Stomp"
is a dead ringer for the early Ramones, infectious
chorus and all, and "Rumours" gets by
without any sort of chorus thanks to a really
cool spooky, early Misfits vibe. Every one of
the songs is totally different, and even if they
aren't all instant hits each one has something
new and cool to offer. This is as great a debut
EP as you'll find in the mid-80s DIY punk scene,
as by that point hardcore and crossover had made
playing punk rock a pretty cool uncool thing to
do.
The other record that appears here, E.P. Royalty,
is a bit looser and faster than the debut, and
I think that Antiseen loses a bit of their magic
because of it. The chorus of "N.C. Royalty"
is so sing-songy that my wife asked why I was
listening to bad Oi! music, and the slightly faster
rhythms of "White Trash Bitch" (don't
be scared by the title; Antiseen love to push
people's buttons, but the lyrics are actually
a relatively sensitive portrayal of the life of
a Southern housewife) and "Ruby, Ruby Get
Back To the Hills" lose the cool, driving
sound the band had on Drastic. It's still a good
record, though, and the slight shift in sound
wouldn't be so drastic if you didn't listen to
the records back-to-back. Oh, and I can't discuss
E.P. Royalty without noting how blatantly "Cop
Out" steals the riff from Iggy's "I
Gotta Right;" every time this track starts
I think I'm listening to Poison Idea's cover of
that song.
Unfortunately the only bonus track is a version
of Drastic's "She's Part of the Scene"
re-recorded during the E.P. Royalty sessions (if
you were wondering, it doesn't sound all that
different), but TKO more than makes up for the
lack of vintage audio with large reproductions
of the front and back of the original picture
sleeves. Oftentimes a collection like this will
only intensify the feeling that I need the original
vinyl, but this collection feels like the total
package rather than a botched "improvement"
on the original design concept. This collection
is also released as a gatefold double 7",
and though I haven't seen that package myself
I can guess that they're near-exact reproductions
of the originals.
If you're a casual Antiseen fan and you haven't
heard this material I'd certainly suggest picking
it up; it's as close as you'll likely get to owning
the original EPs without dishing out a hefty sum
of money. While the lack of new visual and auditory
material may make this a more questionable purchase
for the die-hard fans there's a whole generation
of punk kids who haven't been exposed to this
band's earlier work, and TKO deserves another
shiny gold star to add to their collection for
making this seminal material available to the
punk public.
Deep Fry Bonanza
ANTiSEEN
Blood of Freaks EP (TKO Records)
Few bands scream "fuck you!" as convincingly
as ANTiSEEN do on "Hippie Punk," a ditty
as poignant today as it was when it was released
in 1989. Singer Jeff Clayton and his North Carolinian
cadre of unkempt rednecks have a way of making
you believe the South will rise againand
that the fabric of your speakers has a rip in
it somewhere.
Blood of Freaks is a remastered rerelease of the
4-song EP that put ANTiSEEN on the map back in
the day. I was alive, barely, "back in the
day," and, while I never saw ANTiSEEN livethough
they did seem to tour Florida every other weekendthey
certainly had a reputation among my pressuring
peers.
"He has a permanent wound on his forehead!"
my school chum John ejaculated. "And when
he goes onstage, he bashes it with the microphone
so it reopens and blood pours down his face for
the whole show!"
What a band!
There were a scant 1000 copies Blood of Freaks
pressed, available only on gorgeous red 7-inch
platters of grooved petroleum product, unfit for
modern-day digital appliances (though you are
welcome to try). On a side noteand typically
these reviews are all side notes, but this one
shall be briefANTiSEEN once released a song
that was written by my friend and Rash contributor
Shayne Hansen's old band, Broken Talent. It was
called "My God Can Beat Up Your God,"
and was quite good, actually.
Noah
Masterson
Antiseen
"15 Minutes of Fame 15 Years of Infamy"
(Steel Cage)
by Scott Hefflon
AntiSeen returns with two recs, including the
rarities/b-side comp 15 Minutes... which sounds
authentically shitty, as any collection dating
back 5-15 years oughtta. And with 28 tracks (one
being a hilariously awful cover of the Talking
Heads "Psycho Killer"), this suckers
a damn good way to get the goods offa various
bedroom labels thatve either gone out or
are simply festering in their own hatred and not
releasing records at the moment. The
Boys from Brutalsville is AntiSeens first
studio rec since 96, and its probably
the "easiest to swallow," though that
phrase doesnt mean much when yer talking
about AntiSeen. Its slower and clearer and
actually has, like keyboards and piano jamming
in some of the bluesy numbers, and for anyone
familiar with these dirty, evil rockers, any kinda
restraint seems outta character... But, like the
Fear record that came out a while back, maybe
the gruff-voiced growlers wanna try something
a little different. Well, very little different...
I love the bios closing line: "GG is
smiling up in Scum Fuck Heaven."
LOLLIPOP
Antiseen
Hell CD, 2002, Steel Cage Records
Antiseen are pretty much the meanest, roughest,
punkest motherfuckers to ever come from Dixie,
and their no-holds-barred approach to life and
music has turned quite a few of the world's more
sensitive, humorless, and well
wimpy punk
rockers off to them. Well, not every punk rocker
can wear a sweater and sing about their prom dates.
Some have to wear big-ass fur vests, a Confederate
flag, and swing a big leg bone around as they
blow fire and thrash around in barbed wire. Say
what you will about the boys, but they damn sure
suffer for their art and they're damn sure the
meanest gun sin town. Plenty of punks talk tough;
few of them live it to quite the extent as Antiseen.
Hell
is a remastered rerelease with seven new tracks,
and it runs a lot of miles, including some priceless
cover material. A lot of folks have never been
able to grasp the Southern fried punk rock Antiseen
dish out, and attempts to dismiss them as a bunch
of redneck racists from the hills of North Carolina
are undermined by things like them covering Curtis
Mayfield's "If There's a Hell Below"
or Sun Ra's avant garde jazz masterpiece "Space
is the Place." There's a lot more to Antiseen
than most people care to look for, but for those
who do, what you find is equal parts charming
and brutal. They're like a county fair or a wild
wrestling match. If you want to get a good feel
for the band, I suggest either the Eat More Possum/Southern
Hostility double CD or this collection of various
material. Hell
showcases some of my all-time Antiseen faves,
including covers of songs like Thanks a Lot, Haunted
House, and We Will Not Remember You. Buzzing,
meaty, relentlessly powerful, but also always
melodic and even catchy. Motorhead meets the Ramones.
If you can't fathom a band that can cover songs
by Curtis Mayfield and Skrewdriver (not to mention
tunes by The Ramones, goth rock pioneer Roky Erickson,
Bachman Turner Overdrive and the traditional "I
Saw the Light"), then Antiseen will probably
just confound you. It you remember that getting
a rise out of people is part of what punk used
to be about, then you can better grasp what they're
doing. All
that aside though, what they're really doing is
playing some of the best goddamned punk rock that's
ever been heard. Hell rocks in every sense of
the word. Head poundingly perfect in every beer
swilling, skull cracking, piledriving, blood-shedding
way you can imagine. It's a thing of gory, gutsy
beauty. The Cactus Jack of punk rock.
TELEPORT CITY
Blood of Freaks
Its odd to talk about an ugly, underground
punk group and relate it to an electronic music
release. So fucking shoot me! Theres a point
to this so bear with me. Technopunkmusic.com is
based on discussing the two main forms of sound
located (for now) outside of the collective mainstream
(respectful nod to grassroots, we just dont
do much of it here!) and the one thing, besides
the rebellious roots, that connects the two forms
we adore here is their love of vinyl
ANTiSEEN are fucking ugly, plain and simple. And
what's even better about that is their 1988 Blood
of Freaks, four tracks of brutally raw chaos,
has been reissued, yep, you guessed it, only on
vinyl. Talk about making abrasion even fucking
rawer.
Naw, this isn't some enjoyable listen, this is
straight out of the oil-stained garage, perfected
in some dive bar where the audience is constantly
kicking the group in the head. You could say its
old-school (well, it was made in 1988) but they
just dont make em like this anymore. Insane
pacing, nasty disregard for comforting chorus-strewn
song structures, the love of the two-minute scream
anthem. Hoarse and hollered vocals that make ones
throat ache just thinking about it, fucking noise
that gets the blood pumping feverishly where the
primitive drumming collides into the razor-sharp
guitars and head-slamming bass for a wicked cacophony
of violence.
Well, it aint art, it aint supposed
to be. It either chews you up or provokes you
into hurting the nearest available object. This
is punk, nasty and unlovable ANTiSEEN style, fully
prepared to stuff all five-digits down the throat
of the closest emo-lover for this, its crazed
resurrection. Heres hoping
technopunk.com
Antiseen- Hell
If there's one thing you don't ask a rounding
rebel about, it's what he/she thinks about you,
in general, and the capitalism you might affiliate
yourself with. The most anti-corporate, government,
and social, of all, not to mention a whole convoy
raiding the way. In the epitome of wrath, the
essence of fury arose. It is here, in the beginning,
why they're reign of terror will tower. One push
from your prudent pointy finger and off it goes,
left with a gnarled nub from front man, Jeff Clayton
w/ proud pals. Proud of what? Proud to be unlike
you and your corrupted heads! Hell" is a
rockimony to testify face to face giving an inside
view of their testicles dangling in front of your
blurred, third eye shakra and face- raves the
underground pupils from the Super Rock Revolution
Now! Hey, it may not "sell", but it sure sounds
good enough to me, wouldn't you agree? Have you
driven a new revolution, lately? If not the Kings
of Destructo Rock supplies bloody sledgehammers,
and sleaze grindin' guitars to choose from to
get you through the day! There's only a few I
expect to outlast to see the fall of nu metal,
and Antiseen and Ford Falcons on are @ the top
of the list! Now booking a bloodshedding show
near you!
review from sleazegrinder.com
Over 18 years and somewhere in the neighborhood
of 50 releases in their discography -- most on
indie labels that no longer exist -- the North
Carolina punk legends Antiseen have become a steady
presence if not a household name. Combining Ramones-style
punk and Motorhead-like hard rock, they have carved
out a singularly blazing sound they dubbed, "destructo-rock",
somewhere along the way. For
this, their first studio album in five years,
they enlisted fellow Charlotte resident Jamie
Hoover as producer. It's an unlikely choice, since
Hoover is best known for his stint with Beatlesque
popsters The Spongetones, but he does a fine,
mostly unobtrusive job. Never ones for high-falutin'
production techniques anyway, whether it be for
budgetary or aesthetic reasons, Antiseen simply
sounds better with minimal gloss. Here, the main
improvement in sound is the crispness and clarity
of the recordingit resembles the sonic punch
of one of Motorhead's more recent major label
outings. Compared
to Antiseen's Jeff Clayton, however, Lemmy is
Tony Bennett to Clayton's Tom Waits. More a shouter
than a singer, Clayton's shredded tin-can vocals
chords are nonetheless the driving force behind
the band's energetic performances, and as a lyricist
he minces no words. If PC is in his vocabulary,
it is from the computer aspect of the abbreviation,
not any perceived need for political correctness.
Antiseen's
past classics include the non-pc ode, "Animals,
Eat 'Em", and, "Fuck All Y'all". There is nothing
quite so blunt here, but "Run My World", is suitably
profane, and "Talk Show Trash", offers up much
hilarity in the name of obscenity. The band offers
up some interesting nods to their influences with
a trio of brilliantly raucous cover songs: The
Dave Dudley trucker country anthem, "Six Days
on the Road," which the band rips through Ramones-style,
an actual Ramones song, "Commando", which they
do in appropriately menacing fashion, and the
obscure Screaming Lord Sutch's "Smoke & Fire".
With
hard rock, punk, and metal going in increasingly
commercial directions and gaining significant
airplay in the process, it is hard to imagine
a band like Antiseen still exists. It is our good
fortune that they do, and their good music that
allows them to continue to thrive on the fringes
of rock and roll in a place they call Brutalsville.
review from popmatters.com
Antiseen
Screaming Bloody Live
TKO Records Probably
the closest thing to a WWF TV show being re-enacted
to music, Antiseen's live sets are usually a pretty
raw affair. Then again they used to back up GG
Allin so what else can you expect. That
vibe is captured pretty goddamn well on Screaming
Bloody Live . The set kicks off with "Guns A Blazin"
and then rolls right into a beefed up version
of the Ramones "Commando," both explosive tracks
in that Antiseen southern krackers on a rampage
style. Lead singer Jeff Clayton is an interesting
character: he's probably the only punk frontman
who plays a washboard and also has a penchant
for cutting his forehead with razorblades like
a pro wrestler. As for the tunes, everything from
"Wifebeater," to "Six Days on the Road," to "Funk
U" have a distinct southern blues element that
sets the band way apart from other punks. One
would never think that punks could be that bluesy.
Of course when they aren't bluesy, they are just
plain brutal. "O.D. For Me" "SOD" and "I'm A Babyface
Killer" have all the subtlety of a baseball bat
to the face. Considering
Antiseen has been doing their thing since 1983,
they have their live sets pretty well dialed.
It's another element that comes across really
well on this disc. The playing is tight, focused,
and packs a wallop. They even throw in some new
material with "Ten Pounds of Shit In A Five Pound
Bag." (C'mon, after reading a title like that,
you know you're interested to hear what these
guys are about solely out of curiosity. ) Anyway,
the song has a killer groove to it and like most
of Antiseen's music, rattles along with the force
of a freight train. As always the band's crude
and yet still hilarious sense of humor is right
up front on songs like "Two Headed Dog," "O.D.
For Me," and "My God Can Beat Up Your God."
Probably
the most important thing to keep in mind about
Antiseen and their live shows is that much like
a lot of their influences (KISS, Alice Cooper)
they strive to put on a show that entertains.
At the same time they throw out songs with way
more energy, aggression, and a swagger like a
drunken hick looking for a fight. That's what
really makes the live disc worth listening. Tracks
like "SABU," and "Fuck All Y'All," teeter on the
brink of chaos like a beat up junker coming apart
at high speed. A
great chance to hear this band in its natural
element with a lot of the reckless aggression
that you just can't capture on a studio album.
-
Ken Wohlrob
review from bullymag.com
At least tolerance of the use of "faggot" as a
demeaning descriptive is required for access to
this album. Getting past that self-marginalization
by the group one is presented with some of the
most unrestrained, solidly delivered hardcore
country on the planet as on "Guns A Blazin' "
and "Ten Pounds of Shit in a Five Pound Bag."
Again, the content of such songs as "Fuck All
Y'All" and "Wifebeater" would make it easy to
write all this off as meaningless redneck rock,
but hear their versions of "Six Days on the Road,"
Roky Erickson's "Two-Headed Dog" and two Ramones
songs and you will know this group is a warts-and-all
boar-charge of backwoods punk rock. (3.5)
review from Outsight
Antiseen - "Screaming Bloody Live" By Sarah Wooten
Before I start this review I would like to explain
a few things. I first discovered Antiseen when
I was about 15 years old. They only lived an hour
away in Charlotte, NC, so the opportunities to
see them play were abundant, and I took every
one. When I've found myself trying describe them
musically, the easiest explanation has always
been this: Imagine, for a second, if The Ramones
had been a couple of white trash Southern boys
sitting around consuming 12-packs of PBR and watching
professional wrestling. They are rough sounding
three chord punk rock with gruff, Southern-accented,
vocals. That about sums it up. Yep,
I was a huge Antiseen fan from the ages of 15-18
and though the interest diminished over time,
there wasn't a point that I ever stopped liking
them. In recent years I've noticed two things
about Antiseen. The first was that their popularity
was growing. The second was that this fog of controversy
seemed to surround them. When I happened to give
it any thought, the controversy confused me. You
see, the Antiseen that I used to listen to, while
far from being politically correct, wasn't the
racist propaganda that people seemed to associate
with them. So when this album showed up in the
mail, I jumped at the chance to review it, thinking
maybe I could help set people straight. Plus,
the playlist included a ton of my old favorites.
Not wanting to waste any time, I took the CD along
on a drive and slipped it into the CD player in
anticipation. A
few songs in I noticed that they seemed to be
mixing the old and the new tunes, with some Ramones
covers thrown in for good measure. A little more
than halfway through and I knew one thing for
certain. Antiseen are long past their prime. The
new tracks are simply half-hearted re-hashings
of the old tunes with new, terrible lyrics written
over the top. A prime example is track #6, "Ten
Pounds of Shit in a Five Pound Bag". The music
sounds like a poor rendition of their earlier
music and the lyrics are as lame and ridiculous
as the saying they are swiped from. I mean, c'mon...
when you are writing lyrics as shitty as these,
it's time to call it quits. This
leads me to my next Antiseen revelation. I was
driving along, getting into track #15 "Fuck All
Y'all", another old Antiseen standard. I was remembering
all those Antiseen shows I had been to, the broken
bottles, the fun, the... Then the intro to track
#16 rolled along, disrupting my stroll down memory
lane. All of a sudden you've got Jeff Clayton
pissing and moaning like a little girl about some
guy who wrote bad things about them because of
the upcoming song. Now, this is what the TKO press
release refers to as "the shocking and offensive
between song banter", you know, because at this
stage in the game Antiseen definitely isn't selling
records based on talent. The "banter" boils down
to Clayton saying faggot a few times and while
it isn't shocking, it is offensive. I really thought
people were over that shit. And it totally feels
like a pathetic attempt at getting the "shock
value" from the word, whether he's actually a
homophobe or not. Then
there is the song itself, "Melting Pot". I am
about as far from politically correct as it gets,
but there is no way that this song can be construed
as anything but the racist crap that it is. Basically
a non-stop ramble of Clayton complaining about
things like going to the convenience store and
having to listen to people not speaking English,
which he doesn't like because, "This ain't Africa,
India or Vietnam." Then he proceeds to say that
he wishes that "everyone would just go back to
where they belong." Of course, there are no lyrics
actually included with this release, or with the
album that the track originally came out on. One
might argue that the song is xenophobic, and while
it certainly is that, you can't help but notice
that he never complains about any white foreigners.
It isn't like he's telling anyone to go back to
Germany, Sweden or England. Gimme a fucking break
already. In interviews Clayton tries to justify
this viewpoint by saying that people are only
upset because they have "white guilt", and usually
makes a statement about how he's proud to be white.
I don't care if he's proud to be purple, green
or fucking pink, the issue is that he apparently
DOES have a problem with people who are not white.
And what's more unbelievable to me is that there
are punks who listen to this bullshit and are
okay with it. Oh wait... there are people who
listen to Skrewdriver too. So
my second conclusion follows. Having been an Antiseen
fan for a considerable amount of time and being
quite familiar with their early releases and stage
show; I believe that instead of coming to grips
with the passing of their "peak" years, and their
obviously fading songwriting abilities, the band
has chosen to adopt and cling to this racist redneck
gimmick. Every recent photo of them is rife with
confederate imagery. Labels have to promote their
albums on the basis of the "shocking and offensive"
material within. They have sacrificed being a
band in favor of being a gimmick. More pathetic
are the people who actually buy this crap and
think that both the band and the image are "cool",
you know, probably because it's "so un-PC". Since
when is blatant racism something to be patted
on the back for? I've got news for you, listening
to Antiseen is the same as listening to Skrewdriver,
and it's as simple as that folks. A racist band
is a racist band is a racist band.....
Whether
or not Jeff Clayton and company are the hillbillies
they claim to be, I don't know. I do know that
this whole redneck schtick was NOT a part of the
act when I used to listen to them. Now, apparently,
they are supposed to be some "shocking and offensive"
band... not to mention dangerous, as the press
release points out. But I have some news for "The
Boys from Brutalsville", GG Allin you ain't.
Antiseen
likes to complain that people can't seperate the
music and the politics, but if they don't like
it then they shouldn't mix the two to begin with.
You can't sing racist rhetoric over music and
expect people to not notice, or to not call you
on it. The music and lyrics are inseperable and
they know that as well as everyone else. You'd
think they'd at least be able to take the heat
without crying about it.
review from punkfix.net
ANTiSEEN -- Screamin' Bloody Live
(TKO)
Accent on the bloody. You name it, most all the
ANTiSEEN classics are here: "Guns Ablazin," Dave
Dudley's "Six Days On The Road," "Cactus Jack,"
"Ruby, Get Back To The Hills" and the soon-to-be-classic
"Ten Pounds Of Shit In A Five Pound Bag," all
recorded in the most unlikely of surroundings:
Portland, OR, and San Francisco. Strangely, the
album doesn't suffer very much from the lack of
visual stimulation that's such a big part of ANTiSEEN
shows, though the boys do their best with all
sorts of blood, broken glass and the like adorning
the cover. The sound quality is pretty good for
a live punk album -- one can easily imagine singer
Jeff Clayton breaking all manner of stuff over
his head and guitarist/politician Joe Young trying
to convert the masses to Libertarianism.
review from Creative Loafing/Charlotte
ANTISEEN: Southern Hostility & Eat More
Possum CD (Mans Ruin)
ANTISEEN: The Boys From Brutalsville
LP (TKO) Here
we have two LPs from North Carolinas biggest
and baddest in one nifty package. Southern
Hostility came out on the Rave label in
1991 and features some of Antiseens most
potent smokers like Death Train Coming,
Old Man Hit The Road, My God
Can Beat Up Your God, Kill The Business
and Watch The Bastard Fry. Eat
More Possum had an ill-fated release on
Safe House in 1993 before being released on vinyl
by TPOS the next year. Its got a more polished
production, but that only causes Joe Youngs
buzzsaw guitar to buzz in your ears even more.
Still more classics abound like Animals
Eat
Em, Cactus Jack, Glad
I Am The Way I Am, Trapped In Dixie
and Shittin In High Cotton.
Antiseen still are one of the last real punk n
roll bands out there and theyve been at
it going on two decades now. Here to make your
ears bleed pools of crimson are just two shimmering
jewels in their crown. Antiseen burns and scorches
like the ghosts of the Dixie army come back for
revenge and you better stand back or their fires
are gonna get you!
BUT WAIT! Out just now is the newest blast of
brutal Antiseen scuzz & buzz. Yeah, its
more the same stuff, but you dont look for
artistic growth in a band like Antiseen.
You look for dependability. You look for fist-fightin,
whiskey-swillin, born to kick ass punk n
roll. Antiseen never lets you down. They dont
here, thats for sure. If theres any
change at all, its that this efforts
got some of the bands fastest cuts, like
Backlash, Talk Show Trash, Guns
A Blazin and Rule My World.
They even do a little bit of Broke Down
Blues. This is also quite possibly the most
produced that this band has ever sounded. Oh,
before I forget, theres a song on here called
Melting Pot thats sure to piss
off all you whining leftists out there, thank
God. But other than those, its business
as usual and the world is a much better place
because of it. Antiseen is loud, proud and they
dont take shit. No prisoners, either.
review from Noises from
the Garage zine
Im not sure where Brutalsville is, but I am sure
there are no anger management classes, and no
cute little bunnies frolicking about. "Guns Ablazin"
kicks off this album with a fully loaded punk
adrenaline. "6 Days in the Road" is an old country
truck driver cover that I remember from when I
was a kid. Starting with a lighter sound and mixing
in piano fives this cover a bit of soul, but this
song then kicks into overdrive with an upbeat
punk style. There is also a cover of "Commando"
the ANTISEEN way. This album has elements of political
incorrectness that can be offensive. The songs
"Melting Pot" and "Talk Show Trash" have lyrics
that most people would disagree with, and show
that these guys are not afraid to speak their
minds. Despite these two songs this is a great
album and it does not take that much effort to
push the skip button on your CD Player.
review from sinkhole #6
Yep, everyone's favorite Motorhead worshipping
backwoods punk rockers are back, with one fine
slab of brutal fucking punk rock! Perhaps known
more for barbed-wire wrestling, stockpiling weapons
and ammo, and hanging out with GG Allin, Antiseen
is actually a fucking killer band. If you're a
whiney, self-righteous ultra-lefty sissy pants,
you will be highly offended by this band, and
rightfully so! Its good that there's a band out
there who can talk about the great ol'American
melting pot (as in "Melting Pot") as more of a
shit stew then a Lobster Brisque. Lyrically, Antiseen
is about as politically incorrect as you can get
without being on Resistance Records. Musically,
they're just as brutal, combining Motorhead-ish
biker metal with classic punk rock. Antiseen has
been around for quite some time, and thankfully
they have not softened over the years. Raise your
cans of cheap ass beers and give a cheer to the
band you WILL hate.
review from Dirt Culture
For those that don't know or have only heard the
name ANTiSEEN you have been missing out on the
underground's best band. One part Motorhead, one
part old-school punk, one part Southern-fried
boogie, and one big heaping dollop of "fuck you
all" attitude, at least one ANTiSEEN disc should
be in your collection. Unfortunately that's probably
not the case, which is a goddamn shame.
On "The Boys from Brutalsville". ANTiSEEN's fifty-somethingth
release in 18 years, they still prove they rock
heavier than damn near everyone and are sure as
fuck more punk than that pop / MTV bullshit all
the spiky-haired mall punk kids listen to. These
guys have been called "The Greatest Rock N Roll
Band On Earth" for a reason and the reason is
because they are the greatest Rock N Roll band
on Earth.
You want songs to kick peoples ass to? Try "Guns
Ablazin' ". Shit, I beat up this little 11 year
old kid who I caught trying to steal the lid off
my trash can to use as a shield against the kids
who were throwing rocks at his ugly ass from across
the street after I heard the song. Then I went
inside listened to it again and walked across
the street and beat those little rock throwing
punks asses too.
You want pissed off aggression? Try "Backlash".
When singer, Jeff Clayton, sings "I'll cut your
throat and drink your blood" it sounds ten million
more times convincing than some fag in a black
metal outfit his mom made him and the corpsepaint
he bought at the local dollar store saying the
same thing. I am way more afraid of a big guy
from The Southwho stabs himself in the forehead
with a beer bottle for a living like Mr. Clayton
than I am some freak with a hubcap-sized pentagram
necklace, singing songs about conjuring up demons
while dousing himself in stage blood.
You want controversy? Try "Melting Pot". Where
ANTiSEEN say things I won't even print here because
I don't want to answer the damn hate-mail I'd
get for doing it.
Add songs about talk show guests and pro-wrestling
and you have the greatest album ever created for
white trash motherfuckers like me to listen to
while chugging down PBR and MD 20/20, watching
Smackdown, and trying to figure out how long we
can draw unemployment before we have to fake a
back injury to get SSI.
There's alot more to this disc than I have the
space to say about it. The music is outstanding.
Guitarist Joe Young rules the fucking world.ANTiSEEN
are the greatest goddamn band on the face of the
planet Earth. 'Nuff said.
review from customheavy.com
Antiseen---The Boys From Brutalsville
K (1 'K' out of 5)
Four fart-obsessed yetis
WELL, the title says it all really . Theres
no available evidence to suggest that Antiseen
should be described as anything other than the
boys from brutalsville, yet a more pedestrian
example of pointlessly aggressive poorly executed,
prehistoric punk schlock brutality would be damnably
hard to find.
Specifically, this is the sound of bear-like beard-wearers
desperately trying to shout empty bourbon bottles
full, while stumbling haphazardly about a guitar-filled
garage in the boisterous manner of an insensible
quartet of hillbilly Father Jacks. Hilarious to
watch undoubtedly, but incredibly difficult to
listen to.
review from KERRANG
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