ANGRY AMPUTEES:
Slut Bomb: CD
I remember seeing this band up in Santa Barbara a few years back, and damn if this CD doesn’t remind me of how cool of a live band these Angry Amputees are (speaking of Satan Barbara, aren’t the fifteen minutes up for that band, The Ataris? Who’s in charge of watching the clock and keeping time? Their fifteen minutes are over, for fuck’s sake. They need to go away. Now. How dare that band desecrate the happy memories of early ‘80s home videogaming, especially mine in grade school. FUCK!). Ahem… anyways, this is a band you should be checking out. It’s chock fulla chunked-up rock punk that I found myself playing more and more this past week, kind of like the catchy commercial on the television you catch yourself humming along to word-for-word unexpectedly. Not to compare the Amputees to a TV commercial, ‘cause that wouldn’t be fair – commercials usually get the finger from yours truly, but the Angry Amputees get both my thumbs up. Enough hooks and different song tempos to keep your fat head occupied for awhile, not just the same old thrash and bash with monkey beats in the background. Choice butcher block cuts here include “Vanity Fair Blackout,” “She’s Got It All,” and the wonderfully done, early Muffs-sounding rocker, “Put Me to Bed.” Not a bad release, not bad at all. –Designated Dale (Dead Teenager)