Articles by Shawn Merrill

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  Various

  Surf Monsters

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Surf Monsters is undoubtedly the most sinister, board busting, beach party of the summer. Compiling classic ‘60s Del-Fi surf with tod...

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  Hot Rod Honeys

  Hungry and Horny

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  It’s 1978 all over again and Belgium punk rockers the Hot Rod Honeys are fuelling the fire that is slowly building into a real blaze....

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  Stars and Stripes

  Shaved For Battle

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  With a resurgence in street punk and “Oi” music, kids everywhere are getting back into the scene with boots, suspenders, shaved...

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  Dehumanized

  Problems First

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  Holy fucking retroactive hardcore! Just when almost every old school punk had given up on the new school scene, Dehumanized come out of now...

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  Various

  Short Music for Short People

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  Fat Mike has outdone himself this time, compiling over 100 of the most notorious new and old punk bands for Short Music for Short People. T...

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  Filibuster

  The Means.....

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  Taking many cues from now defunct label mates Sublime, Filibuster pick up the pieces and construct a very pleasurable musical puzzle. Blend...

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  Huntingtons

  File Under Ramones

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999

  Although there have been Ramones tribute albums by Screeching Weasel, the Queers, the Vindictives, the Mr. T Experience, Boris the Sprinkle...

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  Various

  Punk’s Not Dead: A Tribute to the Exploited

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999

  Even though the Exploited, Scotland’s kings of punk had a significant impact upon the entire UK and American punk/hardcore scenes, th...