Or, for those of you who are a bit older and have deeper attachments to the day-glow decade, you might find yourself longing for some good old fashioned punk rock music 'cause they sure don't make it like they used to. Well no need to worry, because just as you have finished packing up the vinyl and repurchasing all your old favorites on CD, there is another re-release of a punk rock classic to add to your collection, although this one might be new to you. The Zero Boys were a foursome from Indianapolis that never managed to break far from Indiana. They released Vicious Circle as their debut L.P in 1981, but despite its success, not to mention a couple of shows in New York and L.A with the likes of the Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat, the Zero Boys fizzled out by 1982. They are fast and frantic, but still maintain enough melody and beat to be called music.
Songs are short, at times political, keeping true to the old punk rock style.
American Steel - Rogue's March I generally do not like hard core music. You know the stuff where the singer sounds like he just returned from the dentists and the numbness is the mouth has not worn off yet. And where the guitars are going so fast it seems only likely that they are skipping some notes because the sound coming from them does not in any way resemble music. It's the stuff that only sounds good if you have a bloody nose to go along with it and even then I wouldn't recommend it. If it hadn't been for the fact that I had been away from home with only a small handful of other choices for the stereo, all which had begun to get old, then I may not have given American Steel another chance which would have been a shame because they are great.