The long awaited first full length album by Arizona´s The Venomous Pinks is upon us with the help of SBÄM Records who quickly become one of the best labels there is out there in the scene. There are ten songs on this one, delivering heartfelt melodic punk rock co produced by Linh Le of Bad Cop/Bad Cop and having a bit of similarity to the mentioned band. The music is, you guessed it, melodic punk rock with nice melodies, epic hooks, choruses just made to hum and sing along all day and wishing you catch this band live. From the song called Mercy with such beautiful chorus and guitar solo, to more punk rock or even street punk oriented No Rules, and also jewel of this record Broken Hearts Club, The Venomous Pinks made one hell of a record and one of my top ten contenders for melodic punk rock record of the year 2022. Vocals are fantastic, harsh and melodic, guitar work and solos, also riffs are phenomenal and bass/drum work keeps the thing thundering. Fantastic record! My whole hearted warm recommendation!
Time flies, who would have thought that this is already 25th birthday of our favorite Arizona sons called Authority Zero. What better way to celebrate than with live album which represents practically all parts of their career, hits that made them loved and respected by hordes of fans in the world. What I love about this live record that it captures all the rawness of hardcore punk this band provides in their basics added with all the melody and reggae parts and of course tight musicianship making them one unstoppable force to reckon with. The non stop singing along by the crowd made goosebumps on my skin while listening to this one. All the older hits like One More Minute, Over Seasons, Mesa Town, Revolution are here, but also new hits like When We Rule The World and Broadcasting To The Nations. This is a great document celebrating the birthday of this much loved band.
Authority Zero are heading for European tour and here are the dates. Are you going to some of these shows?
APRIL
5th G. HAMBURG MENSCHENZOO
6th G. HANNOVER CHEZ HEINZ
9th UK BRISTOL EXCHANGE
11th UK MILTON KEYNES MK11
12th UK STAINES THE LONDON STONE
13th UK LEEDS TEMPLE OF BOOM
14th UK LONDON NEW CROSS INN
16th UK NORTHWICH SALTY DOG
17th OPEN
18th UK GLASGOW DRYGATE BREWERY
19th UK MANCHESTER PUNK FESTIVAL
21st LUX LUXEMBOURG DE GUDDE WELLEN
23rd F. SAULZOIR LE LOCAL
24th F. PARIS GIBUS LIVE
25th G. WERMELSKIRCHEN AJZ BAHNDAMM
26th B. MEERHOUT GROEZ ROCK FESTIVAL
27th F. HYVINKA MDNGT BAR & CLUB
29th A. AUTONOMES NUGEND
30th CH ZURICH DYNAMO MAY
2nd A. WELS SBAM FEST
3rd PL ZOLOTW GENERATOR
4th G. BERLIN WILD AT HEART
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