Articles by Shawn Merrill

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  Rancid

  Rancid

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  It took Rancid two years to write and record their latest self-titled effort and it was time truly well spent. In Rancid's nine-year existe...

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  Bracket

  When All Else Fails

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  Although Bracket are not a band that knocked me instantly on my ass with their previous recordings, When All Else Fails is a different stor...

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  Electric Frankenstein

  Dawn of Electric Frankenstein

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  The distorted and prolific East Coast monsters of rock, Electric Frankenstein, are back yet again. With five new songs to shake, rattle and...

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  Fear

  American Beer

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  Fear haven't recorded a record in six years and the only original member left is Lee Ving. After all, Spit Stix, Derf Scratch, Philo Cramer...

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  Gory Details

  Gory Details

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  When two sexy go-go-ghouls are composing the music and they dedicate the record to Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Screamin'Lord Sutch, I'm helpl...

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  Mad Caddies

  The Holiday has been Cancelled

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  One part Cheap Trick, one part AC/DC, some Less Than Jake and a whole lot of evil jazz equals the Mad Caddies. Supposedly, The Holiday Has...

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  Forbidden Dimension

  A Coffinful of Crows

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  As long as Jackson Phibes breathes and walks among us, his vocal chords will continue to tear, his K-Mart drum machine heart will continue...

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  Various

  The Five Fingers of Dr. X

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000

  Leave it to the boys and girls at Triple X Records to dish up one of the finest rock'n'roll compilations of the new millennium. Believe the...