No Control
Artist: Bad Religion
Community Score: 8.40

The remastering for this 2004 version of Bad Religion's 1989 LP greatly amplifies the album's volume. It might also strip away some reverb from the instrumentation, but the latter observation is mostly theoretical, as this new No Control really just sounds louder. This is welcome, as it makes the band sound that much more direct on principal... Read More

No More Cocoons
Artist: Jello Biafra
Community Score: 6.50

The obscenity case fought over the Dead Kennedys' album Frankenchrist was a prolonged and bitter battle that Jello Biafra, the band, and the co-defendants eventually won, but the case was not without cost: Alternative Tentacles, which Biafra owned, was driven to the brink of bankruptcy by all of the legal bills involved with the case. Partly as... Read More

Blow Your Cool!
Artist: Hoodoo Gurus
Community Score: 6.50

For the Hoodoo Gurus' third album, the group's American record label was hoping the band could come up with something a bit easier to market than the witty, '60s-obsessed pop/rock of Stoneage Romeos and Mars Needs Guitars, so they paired the group up with producer Mark Opitz, who had previously twisted the knobs for AC/DC, INXS, and the... Read More

Post-Mersh, Vol. 3
Artist: Minutemen

The third and final volume of Post-Mersh crams an extraordinary amount of music on one-disc, compiling the EPs Paranoid Time (1980), Bean-Spill (1982), and Tour-Spiel (1985), the 1981 "Joy" single, and the 1984 rarities and outtakes collection The Politics of Time. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Let's Skip the Details
Artist: My Dad Is Dead
Blood, Sweat & No Tears
Artist: Sick of It All
Community Score: 6.00

This is the album that epitomizes the sound of modern New York hardcore. Along with the releases of East Coast legends Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits, this is another album that contributed to the spawn of a million bands today to play faster, heavier and incorporate a breakdown segment in each of their songs. But hardly any of those clone... Read More

Snuff Said
Artist: Snuff

After three years, a number of comp tracks and a couple EPs, England's Snuff finally have a debut album under their belt that undoubtedly outshined everything else that was released in 1989. Snuff Said features the unique stylings of thrashy pop-punk, harmonized vocals and a sense of humor that make this trio stick out among all the generic... Read More

Guilt Regret Embarrassment
Artist: Treepeople
Community Score: 10.00

Combining elements of Hüsker Dü-esque power pop and hints of grunge, without going overboard on sounding metal, is what gives Treepeople their unique sound. Fuzzy dueling guitars and tortured lyrics accompany Guilt Regret Embarrassment from the second "No Doubt" hits the speakers all the way to the final track, "Trailer Park," making this... Read More

Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals
Artist: The Vandals
Community Score: 10.00

The Vandals' prankish punk isn't as tuneful or endearing as Descendents', but their simplistic humor does have its moments, as on "Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)," which admirably pokes fun at punk rock itself. Other jokes ("Slap of Love") aren't nearly as funny. The Time Bomb release includes both Peace Through Vandalism and When in Rome... Read More