ANTISEEN
Noise For The Sake Of Noise (TKO)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Time heals all wounds, even this gnarly, festering mutha. Originally unleashed on the recoiling public back in '89, Noise For The Sake Of Noise doesn't sound so outlandish now that our generation's hippies groove to stoner rock and Ozzy Osbourne is American television's favourite daddy. Making sloppy noise rock in the pre-grunge days was not fashionable, especially if the band was an unkempt hairy beast such as Antiseen. Keeping company with the likes of G.G. Allin only served to alienate any semblance of a following. Yet in retrospect there is a method in this apparent madness. Antiseen may have been a tad over the top, but there's no denying the true spirit of rockinroll is cursing through their polluted veins. This offering may be the best of TKO's re-release series (number five if yer counting): a mish mash of the original album, rough live material, some singles and a rather inspired reading of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street." There ya go.

© 2003 - John Sekerka