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...album supposedly draws its name from the title of a Sex Pistols bootleg; however, there is little evidence of punk influence on this record. Vocals are strongly imitative of circa-1977 David Bowie, though occasionally a glint of Billy Idol's solo work also comes through. In general, the sound suffers from blatant overuse of drum machines and synthesizers...
What a Life! is the second album from the Australian band Divinyls. Their music is claimed to form a synthesis of punk and pop. Singer Christina Amphlett manages to prove marginally successful in this endeavor, though the sound is generally much closer to pop than to punk...
...disk itself is a typical example of pseudo-punk synth-pop. "Motion" moves nicely, and the apocalyptyic "Guillotine Day," among other tracks, finds Amphlett attempting to mimic ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon. The result, however, is far closer to a Pat Benatar rehash than something new. Lyrics again center on love and relationships, and are generally rather mundane...
West Hollywood measures only 1.9 sq. mi. but bustles with a wildly diverse citizenry of 37,000 elderly pensioners, Hasidic Jews, yuppie straights, punk rockers, and Russian and Israeli emigres, as well as homosexuals. The mingling of these groups is best savored on a warm Friday evening along West Hollywood's main artery, Santa Monica Boulevard. There, a black-clad Lubavitcher family straight out of 19th century Lithuania strolls past a bus bench shared by a sneering heavy-metal-music freak with a slime green Mohawk and a drag queen done up as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Across...
Racer-X (Homestead Records) by Big Black: Guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini grew up in Middle America and now he's out to revenge himself on that particular bit of real estate. Big Black is the most violent, yet also the most listenable group of Homestead's recent post-punk crop. Both the songs--especially "The Ugly American"--and the liner notes show a sense of humor long gone from most rock and roll. This EP certainly beats Bing Crosby fists down: a must for anyone who burns Norman Rockwell paintings in his spare time...