FACE TO FACE
Reactionary (BMG/Beyond)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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Don't you go telling Face to Face that they are over with. Or redundant. Or that they sound very dated, and their aggro chorus-punk is aging poorly. Don't say that their ranting, one-way-argument version of melodic McPunk-Rock is about three years past its due date. Don't tell Trever Keith that he looks like he wants to be Mike Ness of Social Distortion (Sha Na Na hair, dumb tattoos & a wife-beater tank-top). Don't mention the fact that before a skinhead band called Zero Tolerance became Face to Face (at a show I attended), they used to be called Victorian Manor--Victorville, California's answer to Iron Maiden. Don't nag them that all their songs have sounded the same for years, and probably always will. Just don't encourage them.

Grade: D

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