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A very fun not so sensible album

Advantages: Good cheesy funny album you can't help dancing to
Disadvantages: a few weak links...

1. Prologue The Aquabats are a Ska Punk band, They became famous after there previous drummer Travis Barker now of Blink 182 left and they toured with his new band. They used to have a Horn section on earlier recordings and a very different sound, instea ...

peteellis 21.05.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Hi-Five Soup! - Aquabats (The)

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Songs to protest to

Advantages: Some angry anthems
Disadvantages: Some weak tracks

Released in 2011 this is the third album (I think) from The King Blues and to be honest it is pretty much more of the same stuff that was featured on their second album however they do continue to develop their music away from the original sounds they mad ...

sympatic 09.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Punk And Poetry - King Blues (The)

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It's Not So Bad Being Trendy.........

Advantages: 36 tracks of good time ska punk with humorous themes and singalong lyrics
Disadvantages: Not for everyone, Bad language throughout, Lyrics can be cheesy at times

The 90s were a great time to be into the latest melding of pop punk and ska. With the exuberantly chirpy melody lines and high-school-hijinks-style lyrics, the scene became enormous in the mainstream spawning numerous huge hits and becoming the soundtrac ...

Ensnareddoom 15.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of Us For The Rest Of Us, A - Reel Big Fish

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Rancid are the Last One to Die! Let the Dominoes Fall!

Advantages: Good price, classic Rancid songs, 19 tracks, Rancid was on hiatus and many have been waiting for t
Disadvantages: Matt Freeman's bassline is not to its fullest,

Last Rancid album 'Indestructible' was released back in 2003 and they went on hiatus. But they came back with a new album 'Let the Dominoes Fall' released in 2009 with 19 songs. With the new drummer, Branden Steineckert, Rancid was able to reach up to 11t ...

pokinatchapunks 31.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Let The Dominoes Fall (Deluxe Edition/+DVD) [Digipak] - Rancid

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Nothin' but a good time - Fame, Fortune and Fornication

Advantages: Yet another fantastic offering from the Kings of Ska music
Disadvantages: Only ten tracks long, I wish there were more!

I was walking through our new HMV at the weekend (it used to be Zavvi), and I just happened to spot this Reel Big Fish CD hiding in the front right corner of the shop. Being a Reel Big Fish fan I couldn't believe that I hadn't heard it was coming out, so ...

Luvlylana 19.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fame Fortune And Fornication - Reel Big Fish

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