“Morning in America?
It’s Fucking Midnight!”
Vic Bondi
After surrendering Jones Very, Vic Bondi soldiered on by enlisting Colin Sears (drums) and Roger Marbury (bass) from Dag Nasty to form Alloy.
Vic calls Eliminate “…arguably the best thing I ever did.” AOF fans might differ but listen carefully. Hear the harshness that suffuses this entire record even in the ballads. Hear how abrasive fury bleeds into sadness between opening track “Alloy” and the second, “Unafraid”. Hear how razor-thin the line is between personal regret (“More Alone With You”) and political regret (“An Advertisement”). It’s enough to make you scream; and Vic does. Continuously.
Eliminate is a monster. Along with Jello Biafra & NoMeansNo's The Sky Is Falling ... THE punk album of the 90s. Eliminate is powerful both musically and lyric-wise. Just
ReplyDeletetake Rote for example, the music alone is very powerful - if The Proletariat (Boston) were still around, they'd most likely sound that way too. My only complaint is that the album sounds sometimes pathetic in bits, like New Worlds or Absurd (the solo part).
DD
I always like the Proletariat though they were VERY Gang of Four inspired (how contemporary!)
ReplyDeleteThis is one my fave Vic albums as well - when it came out I listened to it constantly