Word: rip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sheer stupidity. Characters constantly spew out little homespun bits of wisdom that are supposed to show how in touch with the real world they are but actually reveal how completely distant they are from even the most generous definition of sanity. Are we supposed to take Rip Torn seriously when he explains that "the federal government is nothing but a bunch of child molesters"? It is the saving grace of Extreme that even if we're supposed to accept these epigrams, we don't have...
...Dash Rip Rock...
...Dash Rip Rock...
WHEN MUSICIANS ARE HAVING FUN, their enjoyment is so infectious that it immediately spreads to the listener. There is no doubt that Dash Rip Rock, a new power trio from Louisiana, is having fun on their eponymous debut album, and it is hard not to want to get up and party just listening to it. Dash Rip Rock is not music to do your homework...
Part of the fun comes from the band's off-the-wall character. Dash Rip Rock is named for Ellie Mae's suitor on "The Beverly Hillbillies." Its song-writers, guitarist Bill Davis and drummer Fred LeBlanc, compose love ballads, songs of graveyards and whiskey, and ominous-sounding instrumentals with equal facility. Their music mixes seemingly incompatible styles: Louisiana country music, rockabilly, and thrash-punk...