2008 - 07/10 - The Casualties / Time Again / The Episodes - 7pm $12
There is at least one punk band that could care less about the radio. And at a time when punk has steered either into sugary pop or full on Nu metal territory, there is at least one band flying the flag for traditional street music. That band is… The Casualties! You’ve seen them on Warped Tour, you’ve seen their name emblazoned on patches and the backs of jackets everywhere. But what you need to HEAR is the urgency in their old-school revivalist sound and their earnest and forthright lyrics. Their new album, Under Attack, produced by Bill Stevenson [former member of the seminal punk bands Black Flag, Descendents and All] is the latest salvo against the status quo and a slab of pure punk power that should make the group’s heroes in bands like Discharge proud to call them peers. Nostalgic and yet forward thinking at the same time, this is the band’s hardest record in every sense of the word. “Everybody is making softballs to get on the radio, but what we’re doing right now is saying, ‘fuck that, radio is fucking dead,’” proclaims longtime guitarist Jake. “We’re taking it to the next level. As musicians we’ve improved, but it’s not showing-off improved. It's still the same hardcore punk rock. There are still sing-a-longs. But it's just a much harder record.” “We would say it’s our usual hardcore punk but with a touch of thrash.”
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