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Music CD - Leftöver Crack: Mediocre Generica
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Music CD: Mediocre Generica
Artist: Leftöver Crack
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Hellcat Records
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Tracks:
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1. Homeo-Apathy
2. Nazi White Trash - Leftöver Crack, N.C.V.
3. Atheist Anthem
4. The Good, the Bad and the Leftover Crack
5. Gay Rude Boys Unite
6. NC
7. Interlude
8. Stop the Insanity
9. Crack City Rockers
10. Burning in Water
11. With the Sickness
12. Born to Die - Leftöver Crack, STZ
13. Gay Rude Boys Unite
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0045778043323
Label: Hellcat Records
Manufacturer: Hellcat Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hellcat Records
Release Date: 2001-09-11
Studio: Hellcat Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Saviors of Punk
Comment: Times are tough for all the punks these days. Every crappy little SoCal band thinks they're political geniuses just cause they hate Bush, The Dead Kennedys turned into a parody, The Ramones are being used to market everything from cell phones to Pepsi, and the few good bands left are just making the same albums over and over again. So, in the new millenium, my hope hanged on two bands that were putting out genius music: McLusky and Propagandhi. Well, McLusky broke up, and Propagandhi turned into a metal band. Just when I seriously considered slitting my wrists and calling it quits, a friend of mine slips me an album by a band called Choking Victim. The front cover intrigued me, and when he told me that part of the album was a kind of death metal, I was sold. I quickly put it into rotation, and I was not disappointed. Not the greatest album, but still damn good. So, next he gives me Leftover Crack. Now, I had heard of these guys before, and after The Unseen and The Casualties, I wasn't interested in another "Street Punk" band. But, when he told me some of the same guys were in Choking Victim, I gave it a listen.
Wow. At first I didn't rate it up there with "No Gods/No Managers." But, as I listened to it more and more, the genius began growing on me. Part of it is that it doesn't fall into any neat category. And I don't mean that to sound like every God-awful alternative/metalcore band that ever breathed, I mean these guys are legitimately original. The songs are a glorious mix of metal, punk, ska, reggae, dub, hardcore, and classical. It could have been a disaster, it could have been boring, but Stza pulls it off. He isn't talented enough to pull it all together and make it boring, but he is talented enough to keep it from falling apart completely, and it's that fine line that makes this album so great. It stays true to punk form, in it's apathetic violence, but never goes off and preaches. At the same time, no one else is doing music like this. No one. And while LOC's second L.P. didn't quite match up to this one, it still was pretty good. If there is a band right now that could pull punk up out of the current funk it's in, Leftover Crack is that band. An undisputed classic.
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Summary: The good, the bad, and the Leftover Crack
Comment: 30% punk, 30% ska, 30% metal, and a 10% discount at your local record retailer. Leftover Crack may be eclectic, but the elements constructing their energetic crossover punk rock juxtapose as logically and naturally as caffeine and Mondays. Their songs are typically short and simple, but their variation (Classical interludes abound) and attitude more than compensate. Stza's vocals are, well, limited, so he resorts to a witchy shriek similar to any given black metal band. Stangely, this vocal style fits all the various musical elements Leftover Crack explores, due to the fact he tones the knife-gargling scream down to rough singing on less vicious songs. Some would call his vocals obnoxious, but I'm pretty sure that's intended.
Interesting songs? Atheist Anthem is notable for the coolest and probably only anti-straight edge chorus ever. I think the awesomeness of Stop the Insanity speaks for itself; "Let's kill the cops, the CIA, the FBI, the PTA, The NFL, the MRC, let's kill you and let's kill me!" With The Sickness is an odd grindcore experiment, clocking in at just under a minute. Born To Die is probably the catchiest song on the album, with an infectious ska feel and upbeat bass outro. Finally, the pleasant diddy Rock Steady Beat ends Mediocre Generica on a fun note, with island-possessed guitars, organs, trumpets, and even a harmonica.
I can't really conclude this review. It's a good album, I liked it, listen to it.
- Thus says the Pellington
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great stuff
Comment: Who said you had to agree with a bands views to enjoy their music? Think about that before you go endlessly bashing this band because of their political views and lyrics (which, agree or disagree with them, are quite good).
I was pretty surprised when I heard this CD, since I had heard some of "No Gods No Managers" and I own "F*** World Trade." THis is a bit different from either of those. Of course, it's still great, full of energy, and quite fun.
The music is largely based on simple guitar riffs, but that doesn't mean it isn't good. It also uses quite a bit of dissonance at times (ex. guitar solos to "The Good The Bad and the Leftover Crack" and "NC") and some noise (listen to the intro to the album). Of course, they incorporate some ska into their music, much in the vein of Operation Ivy and (well... duh) Choking Victim. Add a couple of death metal-like songs to that and you have an insane, fast, hard-hitting album.
"Crack City Rockers" and the updated version of Choking Victim's "Born to Die" are the two best tracks of the album.
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Summary: Greatest Band Ever!
Comment: Everything about this band is sweet, their sound and lyrics. Ignore the guy who called them moronic. He doesn't know what he's talking about.
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Summary: Variety is the Spice of LOC
Comment: The songs go from just plain thrashing to hardcore punk to bits of death metal and then to ska. No song sounds the same because no song is the same. Unlike "F--k World Trade" this album isn't that political. I like the lyrics of this album alot. "Atheist Anthem" is great both lyrically (yeah Im an atheist) and musically. "Nazi White Trash" is a great anti-rascist song as well as a musical masterpiece. "Gay Rude Boys Unite" is not only an awesome song but has a message that literally made me stop and re-examine and then change how I treated homosexuals. I also really love the song "The Good, the Bad and the Leftover Crack" even if the lyrics are silly. And "Born to Die" is too excellent for words. All in all the only bad song is "Burning in Water". So yeah buy it.
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