SECRET HATE
Vegetables Dancing + Live And More (Skunk)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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There's a new edition of the seminal Long Beach punkers in circulation these days (3/4 of the original band and a new guitarist to replace the late Reggie Rector), and Skunk records has issued a warning bulletin in the form of this new CD edition of the band's 1983 release, Vegetables Dancing, a pair of tracks from a 1985 comp and a live set from a 1982 gig. Be warned, then, that one of the great DIY bands of the eighties is back, and reports from the field indicate that they're back with the same spirit and energy that made them an important part of the Long Beach punk scene before anybody realized that there even was a Long Beach punk scene, or that such a thing might even be possible.

This is punk the way you've gotta like it. House party punk. Let's get some guitars and stuff and make some noise and see if it turns out to be music punk. (It most emphatically does.) Punk rock music that will convince you that S.H.I.T. (Secret Hate Is Truth).

But Mike (Davis) Hate says that among the things he hates are reviews (not, I hope, reviewers!) so I'm not gonna say much more. Besides, once you've heard it, there's no much to say, and if you haven't, you won't know what I'm saying. So go get some.

Track List: Get On The Bus * Theme Song * Rixadik * The Ballad Of Johnny Butt * Midas Touch * Edge Marine * Latin Chongo * Bomb Chic * Death In The Desert * Frenchie's Machine Shop * No Stance * Theme Song * Latin Chongo * Name Your Poisin * Charade * Sacrifice * The Real Peter Wolf * ?_________

© 1999 - Shaun Dale