Tuesday, June 30, 2009

D.O.A. - Murder

(Thanks to musicgraphik for the image)

With the departure of lead-guitarist Dave Gregg, who kinda-almost-sorta played Mick Jones to Joey Shithead's Joe Strummer, in 1988, something great about D.O.A was lost forever. However, any band led by Joey Shithead is D.O.A. To be fair, 1990's Murder, their first album with new guitarist Chris "Humper" Prohom, has surprising strength, especially considering the dull swill many other survivors of the hardcore era were producing by that time.



The video for the electrifying opening track, "We Know What You Want" is, all budgetary limitations aside, quite excellent. It crosses Three Stooges slapstick with a David Mamet-styled satire of the bottom-feeders of capitalism. (Take special note of the mugging of wrestling legend Gene Kiniski, fresh off his appearance with Joey and Jello Biafra in the film, Terminal City Ricochet). The albums also boasts the finger-pointin', shout-that-chorus rocker, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" and the harmonica-driven "Concrete Beach".





The creeping fatigue, however, is hard to ignore. Out of thirteen tracks on the album two ("Where Evil Grows, "Midnight Special"), are covers, two are re-recordings of old tracks ("Waiting for You", "The Warrior Lives Again") another track ("No Productivity") dates back to Brian Goble's old band, The Subhumans and finally "Concrete Beach" is a song they'd been playing live since at least 1985. Something Better Change, indeed.
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Posted by jeffen at 8:10 AM
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4 comments:

  1. CallPastorBobJuly 1, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    The cover of "Where Evil Grows" has totally, er, grown on me (what else could I have said?!) over the years. It ranks right up there with Ripcordz blazing "Straight Up" in the "Incredibly Irritating Pop Song Gets Beaten Into Shape By Old Punks" catagory.

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  2. jeffenJuly 2, 2009 at 8:49 AM

    Glad you liked "Where Evil Grows" I always found it a bit plodding and metal-ish for my tastes but for your tastes that last qualifier is not negative.

    Now you've sent me scrambling for that Ripcordz Paula Abdul cover.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    D.O.A ARE THE KINGS OF THE TRUE PUNK ONLY RAMONES ARE BIG LIKE THEM

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  4. jeffenAugust 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    AMEN!

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