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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(record review)Lazy Class-Interesting Times

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There is a vast and moving underground punk hardcore scene out there just waiting to be discovered and found and maybe just today you will discover your new personal favorite band and stick around their record for long. I know I did after I listened and reviewed for our zine the debut full length by Lazy Class.

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This band comes from Warsaw, Poland and after e.p-s, compilation songs etc this is their first full length album. The record contains intro and 13 songs and after listening for couple of times I can only say I am amazed. Lazy Class play streetpunk/oi with a lot of hardcore influences but at the same time enough melody to appeal to all of you who love your punk more on the melodic side of things.

The lyrics are in English and they are awesome, with street smart attitude but at the same time keeping the punk rebel edge through some more personal themes and topics like friendship, love in the broken world, antifascism, hope and their lyrics really got me going and the music of this band gave me more strength to believe in the cause and keep on fighting on the bad day.  All of the songs are real anthems, with speed, melodic hymn choruses, gang backing vocals, it is all there. It is really hard for me to tell which songs I like the most, but I will try, that would be: Songs Of The Anger, The Time Will Come, Made It Out Alive.

This is superb record, check this one out!

10/10

https://www.facebook.com/lazyclassoi

https://lazyclass.bandcamp.com/

 

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(record review)Live Your Gimmick Volume 1-Tuna Forsushi Records

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Tuna Forsushi Records released this four way split record featuring four bands from Maryland. I listened and reviewed this record for our zine.

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The Drivin´Beats are featured with five songs of almost rock n roll sound with some garage punk influences even surf rock in Vampire Girl which was number one song for me on their part of the record. The music of this band was just not my cup of tea because I am oriented towards more punk stuff and I am not fan of music such as this band plays.

Sourpuss part of the record, also five songs are a bit better, but also not really my cup of tea, being too rock and roll and sometimes even too grungy, too biker hardrock for my taste, with way too many guitar solos and too long songs. I can`t dispute their musicianship, but I just don`t like such music.

The Downstrokes part of the record was right one. I love their dirty Dwarves reminding punkrock with enough energy and melody with also punk audacity and this was the best band on this record for me. Punk Rock Lolita is the song which I listened to on repeat for couple of times in a row. Great stuff.

The Xiles somehow reminded me of 77 punk bands like Sex Pistols and all those early UK punk bands with the raised middle finger in the air and not giving fuck about anything. Their five songs were just great to hear because I haven˙t listened to some old school punkrock for some time now.

So in all, this is a decent record with four bands for everyones taste, so full suport to the label and bring ´em more.

7/10

https://www.facebook.com/TUNAFORSUSHIRECORDS/

https://tunaforsushirecords.bandcamp.com/track/im-dine-the-xiles