Some Albums I Liked, Part 3

Okay, so apparently I have to include a video clip in here for this to be a grade. Luckily, I was at a show not so long ago and took some footage of a few bands. This one's called Morrigan, a new hardcore band out in Milwaukee. I hope you enjoy this.

And now it's time for some albums.

Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs For The Apocalypse

(I guess the original cover was inappropriate so I changed it to this)
Whenever I get really sad, I like to turn on Johnny Hobo and wish I was hitchhiking or throwing a brick through a window. That's what most of their songs are about, incidentally. Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains is a folk/ska(?) punk band featuring a bunch of smelly kids armed with a guitar, a harmonica, a horn and a bicycle. Their songs are about homelessness and abusing substances. And I think that's pretty cool, because it shows you a different, fascinating lifestyle. Living on the edge, not having a home and playing music. Pat "The Bunny" Schweenis, the band's guitar player/vocalist recently got out of rehab and started Ramshackle Glory, another folk punk band with some other smelly kids.
Go look up their stuff and illegally download this album!

To NEW MEXICO!

Antimaniax - We're Tryin'

First, I have to say, I really love Antimaniax. They're a perfect mix of ska and hardcore punk rock, with occasional pop-punk and metal elements mixed into their songs. It was really hard choosing an album to put here, so I decided to start with the first one, "We're Tryin'". A lot of their songs cross into each other with different sound effects, and have a lot of sweet riffs and funky ska riffs. Most of their lyrics are about the government, corporations, and veganism, "As long as people think animals don't feel, they have to feel that people don't think."
It's just a whole lot of energy out of one little album.


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Daycare Swindlers - New and Tasty

Pure late 90's ska-core. One way to describe it is funky, with all its crazy basslines and song structures. I really like this album, but I don't have much to say about it. It's New and Tasty, which it certainly is, because it's very new (to me) and it sounds tasty. They're more on the Suicide Machines/Operation Ivy branch of ska punk, more than the crustier Choking Victim side. Choking Victim's first and only LP, No Gods No Managers came out in 1999, along with this album. Got a crusty story about New York ska punk? Please write to us!

Also, their hit song is about crystal meth.

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Lagwagon - Duh

Behold, the skate punk kings known as Lagwagon, straight out of Santa Barbara, California. Lagwagon has been playing since the early 90's now and their music has gone a long way, with 8 full length albums. But like most music, the earlier stuff is better. This is their debut album, probably their most aggressive one too. There's a lot of ripping and shredding, like "Tragic Vision", "Noble End" and one of their most popular songs, "Bury the Hatchet", and also some of those funnier spinoffs and covers (Of course there are, it's a punk rock album) like "Inspector Gadget" and "Bad Moon Rising". It's a good album, definitely.


Bury the Hatchet

Gnarwolves - Fun Club

Gnarwolves is a fun mix of emo and punk, with a lot of songs about  partying and skateboarding. You'd think they'd be another South-Cali band about skating bowls, but they're not, they're from the UK! They're also "funemployed", which means they don't work, they just skate and play music. It sounds like a good life to me, but I'm just some dumb 17-year-old that doesn't know any better. Nonetheless, it's a good album and I feel it's worth sharing. They also play a few covers of Converge,  Green Day, Black Flag, and even AFI. They're only in a certain version of the album so look out for which copy you download/buy/shoplift.

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