Fading American Dream
Billy Bragg backed by the Clash; Bob Dylan on Red Bull and Guinness; Bob Marley fronting The Replacements. Boston's Street Dogs have a pedigree to be proud of; not only do they represent the bastard offspring of The Clash, Bragg, Dylan and Marley's political voice mated with The Replacements punk-drunk attitude, but they also include in their ranks members of two of Beantown's modern punk heroes, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Dropkick Murphy's. Their first release for DRT Back to the World laid the seeds of punk greatness that Street Dogs are sure to sew this time around. Fading American Dream, which features guest spots from members of both Flogging Molly and The Pogues, is a rousing diatribe on the current state of affairs, both a love letter to the common man and a With Sympathy card to the US political system that has failed him.  Street Dogs already spent the Summer on tour with The Adolescents, trying on their new tunes for size and reminding their fans, old and new alike, that in-your-face, catchy political punk anthems are not dead. Always the road warriors, Street Dogs are taking the month of September off and then hitting the road with Bouncing Soul from early October straight through the New Year. With College and Alternative Specialty radio campaigns slated for early September, extensive consumer advertising in all major punk zines and websites prior to release and a focused street, web and publicity push, Fading American Dream is poised to be the breakout punk record of '06