Jamie Duval
This is actually my favorite CJ album after "Group Sex". Yeah, the lyrics are pseudo Tom Cruise/Straight-Edge, but the music is tight and melodic in a way that was missing from "Wonderful". Unfortunately, the CD mastering makes this sound too trebley. The best song, in my opinion, is 'Casualty Vampires'. For more "articulate" rock n roll, check out Blue Oyster Cult's "Fire Of Unknown Origin"!!
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Gig - Relativity 1992.
Live album, Jimmy! 22 tracks ramping the whole ca(beer)!
Ha ho! And one of them is a cover of that cool song from Rushmore,
which kicked ass! Great movie! That kid was really funny. Ho! I said to
myself. This album is really good. It has a few of their shittier songs
("Making The Bombs," "Mrs. Jones," "Wild In The Streets"), but most of it
is high quality crudola music - and "High Price On Our Heads" is really fast!
You wouldn't expect it to be, but it IS! And that's neat! I'd like a pizza.
I'm listening to the Ramones' Animal Boy album right now. I like a lot
of music. But I'm not a huge Kiss fan.This is a good, energetic compilation
of tuners (live!) that shows you the girth and breadth of their talent from
"Deny Everything" to "Casualty Vampires." Buy it, pansy!
- Reader Comments
- pedroandino@msn.com
the real cool reason punk shows were cool is that they can do anything and not giving a fuck about it! no mtv punks like simple pussy or good charlotte's dick! this is REAL PUNK ROCK MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAW THEM LIVE IN OHIO THE CIRCLE JERKS PLAY THE SONG FROM THE REPOMAN MOVIE!!!!!! OH MAN I'M SO STOKED! the place would be on fire if it explodes! they won't be shouting in the rain! then they play world up my ass! they can play better than the faggot dogshit pop bands rite now! they are on ccbgb's with the ramones! ack! sweet! yay! punk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm looking for a hot 17 year old punk babe who can make me masturbate! and did you know the party after show???! yes!
- pedroandino@msn.com
sadly one thing that bothers me is that gay charlotte and pipi plan make 2 records! ugh! the latter is a 2 version album of the the yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda of life and death! oooooo so predictible!ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! eat me! then came stupid emo shit! I make fart sounds if I hear emo one more time! bun da sun bun da lite ta ta ta ta take it awa! shut the fuck up! chemical romance sucks! ugh! It is like I am onstage and I forgot da words ! damn I soorrrrrry! eat me! I okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! arrrrghhhhhhhh (punches guy in the mouth for yelling and shoving his face at me!) caw we lost it all nawti las foeveah I sorry I cant be perfeckt! fuck you! can I tuch youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! fuck you gay man! ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED TIPI TIPI FOR MY BUNGHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERY TIM I MEET EVERY TIME I SCRAEM I HATE YOU! OH FUCK OFF! OO OO OO LAKE TITICACA! EW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU NASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK EMO!
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Oddities Abnormalities And Curiosities - Mercury 1995.
The thing about Wonderful and VI is that
they really ARE halfway decent records. They're just a huge letdown in
comparison to the early Jerks material. This reunion pile of worthless sissy
crap, on the
other hand, is a letdown in comparison to pretty much every record I've
ever heard in my life, aside from possibly I'm Breathless by Madonna.
It's just not good. Side one has some passable midtempo three-chord humdrums,
but side two ain't got nothing. Folks, this is NOT punk. This is Green Day
with less personality. Do NOT buy this record expecting punk rock. It's
a bunch of weary men trying to fake energy without actually creating
any. It was probably done because nobody but Greg Hetson had been in a successful band for years, and it deserved
every bit of critical panning that it got. What an embarrassment. And what a bunch of
boring melodies! How did they manage to stay awake long enough to record
all twelve tracks? Go buy Group Sex now. "Red tape! I can see!
Can't you see?"
At least they do a cover of The Soft Boys' "I Wanna Destroy You," written by Robyn Hitchcock. Speaking of which, here are all the
Hitchcock movies I've seen:
Murder!
The 39 Steps
Secret Agent
Sabotage
Young and Innocent
The Lady Vanishes
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Suspicion
Saboteur
Shadow of a Doubt
Lifeboat
Spellbound
Notorious
Rope
Stage Fright
Strangers on a Train
I Confess
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief
The Trouble with Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Wrong Man
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho
The Birds
Marnie
Frenzy
Family Plot
- Reader Comments
- systange@hevanet.com
OK I understand that people didn't like their later albums and I didn't
either until I listened to it a few times. An example Wonderful and
VI
are in my opinion more catchy than any other album. The worst album I'd
say was the reunion album cause like the Descendents it brought UNWANTED
FANS into the LA hardcore scene (ie skaters). That album was a mistake
but you can't blame them for still trying after they made Golden Shower
of Hits. There are a lot of bands that are still going even though no
one buys their shit.
BTW, those songs taken from Black Flag on Group Sex were all written
originally by Keith Morris. He wrote Black Flag's first songs in the
late 70s and stayed with them until 1980 when he went straight to the
Circle Jerks. Then you know the rest of the story.. Henry Rollins joined
and ruined it. Turned it into metal. I'm not just saying this cause I
love Keith Morris in my opinion he was the BEST singer Black Flag ever
had. He made the songs very fast unlike Henry Rollins.
- MDC63249@aol.com
This album is a shit shingle. The Circle Jerks have truely died. I guess
Gregg Hetson has spent to much time in Bad Religion to write or play good
songs any more. I don't know what the hell is wrong with the other guys.
- Melanie@thEntertainment.com
Hello. I am looking for information on who represents the Circle Jerks in order to contact Xander Schloss for a television interview. Any information
would be helpful!
- skizunkbizoy@hotmail.com (Jay Bishop)
this album did strike me odd at first until i listened to it a little. bands evolve like everything else. i am not eighteen anymore, as with the band members.
besides who the fuck would want to be stuck in the eighties? the mambers changed because things around them changed and one should not compare
the work of a teenager to an adults.
- jtfortin@yahoo.com (Jeff Fortin)
This CD was released right in the middle of the wave
of punk bands signing to major labels or bands like
the Descendents reforming, recording, touring, and
cashing in on the mid-90s punk craze. When I bought
this CD I kind of liked it but after listening to it
recently, I can honestly say that it is complete
uninspired crap and having Debbie Gibson..oh excuse me
it is now Deborah Gibson..as a guest vocalist just
makes it worse. I saw them on this tour and they were
on stage just going through the motions. They played
with no emotion or feeling. The only rehashed punk
band that put on a worse performace was Fear.
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Live At The House Of Blues DVD - Kung Fu 2004
Little kids don't know this because they're tender and innocent, but a "circle jerk" apparently involves a group of guys sitting around in a circle and holding a contest to see who can ejaculate the quickest. Which basically violates EVERY logical rule of heterosexual behavior, but my point is that if you're planning to ask your mother for "the new Circle Jerks DVD," make it clear you don't want Ass Boyz' Pud Pull Pile-On #46 even though it's awesome.
You know what's interesting about the passage of time? Nothing really, but say there's some alternate universe where I give a shit about things that don't matter - in THAT universe, it would be interesting to watch as the leading purveyors of "youth music" (Rock And Roll, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal) get older and older and older while continuing to play the music of their (relative) childhood. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are now over SIXTY years old. Granted, people have been making Geritol jokes about them since the mid-80s, but 60!? That's past retirement age! They honestly *ARE* senior citizens now, but they're still playing rock and roll! Really really GREAT rock and roll! Christ, have you heard "Anybody Seen My Baby?" If by "Baby," Mick means "Really Great Rock And Roll Songs Of Deep Lyrical and Social Relevance to Today's Audiences," then you bet your ass we've seen it! I mean Christ, have you heard "Already Over Me"!? Yeah, more like "Midnight Rambler II: The IMPROVEMENT"!!!
So what about punk rock? Well, being two decades younger than good old-fashioned boogie woogie rock and roll, yesteryear's hardcore stars are now in their 40's -- not OLD in terms of life expectancy, but definitely a bit long in the whisker for guys playing slamdance screaming aggressive teenage 400 million miles an hour speed rock. And what's cool is that the Circle Jerks ACKNOWLEDGE this discrepancy and address it both in the live show and bonus footage found on this DVD. They give tips for how to play punk rock at 42 (one of which is "take lots of naps"), deliver history lessons on stage, make fun of their bald spots, and do all kinds of other things that make it clear that they intend to "grow old honestly" rather than pretending that laugh lines and crows' feet can be hidden by plastic surgery and hip sunglasses. Especially crows' feet, because the bird will just hop over the sunglasses and fly away. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! <---- See that? That's a laugh line.
Shot on multiple Panasonic DVX 100 cameras, with 24 track digital audio with 5.1 Surround Sound, this episode of "The Show Must Go Off!" makes it - hang on, the rest of the paragraph is marketing hype. Ah! Here we go -- Don't forget to check out the bonus features like the band commentary from Keith Morris and Zander Schloss, photo gallery, Japanese subtitles between songs, extra backstage footage and much more. I did just this, and let me tell you what I saw and heard there!
I heard two songs each from Wonderful! and Oddities, Etc., three from VI (their cleverly entitled fifth album), four each from Golden Shower Of Hits and Wild In The Streets, a whop-stop-bobbing TEN tracks from their classic debut Group Sex, and covers of the Weirdos' "Solitary Confinement" and Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown" (which was originally sung by Keith Morris before he left that band to form Circle Jerks). Some of the tracks seem a little slower than the original versions, and a band can only suffer by no longer having Lucky Lehrer drumming for it (granted, he was only on their first two albums anyway, but MY GOD what an amazing drummer!), but otherwise it's all well-played and well respected, man, by Kinky Keith, Zoophile Zander, Bad Religion's Greg Hetson and new drummer Drums McDrummersalot.
Kung Fu has a nasty habit of releasing DVDs by the worst new bands of all time (Guttermouth, Goldfinger, Zebrahead) so it's always a special good day when they unleash a concert by a wizened group of punk legends with tons of unforgettable material in their back catalog (Vandals, Adolescents, Circle Jerks) or comedian (Neil Hamburger).
Bottom line is this: a 2005 Circle Jerks concert is obviously not going to feature the incredible, ludicrous energy that you'd find on a video of the band's early '80s performances (Diabetes sufferer Keith Morris even acknowledges this in the commentary, sadly noting how much he hates clubs with barrier walls between the stage and the audience because it prevents fans from jumping on stage and adding to the chaos). However, these songs have lost none of their catchiness over the years and it's neat to see how the band members sound, think and look (Zander looks like a homeless hippy! His sideburns are HUGE!) in these late 1990's, specifically 1992005. So keep on drumming, Drums McDrummersalot!
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