Konichiwa my little Quack Pack crew! The King Baby Duck is here, making his grand debut in the world of the Electric Sistah Hood! To mark this debut we're going to look at the 2006 album "Bubblegum Viking" by Japanese punk rockers STANCE PUNKS!
Gather together the best tracks from the Clash’s “London Calling,” Dropkick Murphys’ “Sing Loud, Sing Proud,” and the Blue Hearts’ self-titled debut album. Now drop an atomic bomb on top of them. The end result still would not be as powerful as the new STANCE PUNKS album.
Their fourth album release, “BUBBLEGUM VIKING” takes in every style of punk rock known to man and gives it the 10,000-volt jolt it has desperately needed these past 13 years. From its one-two march into battle named “Waving a big flag in the wind” that follows forth into the trash-your-hotel-room-blitz called “Monkey Seventeen,” to the mosh-enthralled “Cheryl wa Blue” and the Guitar Wolf-inspired licks from Kinya’s Epiphone in “Dropping ones of star,” the album clearly has the purpose of grabbing a baseball bat and smashing every piece of furniture in your house. In other words: pure punk bliss.
Its signature track “LET IT ROCK” calls out to the people who first heard the Ramones back in 1975. It’s clear in this song that vocalist Tsuru forever wishes to be on stage with the late Joey and Johnny; despite the fact that his voice would be better off with the likes of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. There also seems to be a bit of a Sublime-inal influence in both “Night Airship” and “The party does not enter (Main part)”; and while these tracks are more ska than punk the band does a great job reminding the listener that their inspiration is more than from just one genre.
From start to finish “BUBBLEGUM VIKING” is the thrill ride that makes you want to get back in line to get on again. If you have a single ounce of love for the punk genre, this album is for you. Play it for your non-Japanese friends. If they complain that they can’t understand a single lyric, remind them that’s how punk is supposed to sound: loud and incoherent. The true spirit of punk has been brought back; and by the end of this masterpiece you, too, will be screaming, “WE ARE THE BUBBLEGUM VIKING!!” Five stars, hands down!
That's it for this corner today.
This is King Baby Duck saying "If it ain't made in Japan, it's usually crap!"
Gather together the best tracks from the Clash’s “London Calling,” Dropkick Murphys’ “Sing Loud, Sing Proud,” and the Blue Hearts’ self-titled debut album. Now drop an atomic bomb on top of them. The end result still would not be as powerful as the new STANCE PUNKS album.Their fourth album release, “BUBBLEGUM VIKING” takes in every style of punk rock known to man and gives it the 10,000-volt jolt it has desperately needed these past 13 years. From its one-two march into battle named “Waving a big flag in the wind” that follows forth into the trash-your-hotel-room-blitz called “Monkey Seventeen,” to the mosh-enthralled “Cheryl wa Blue” and the Guitar Wolf-inspired licks from Kinya’s Epiphone in “Dropping ones of star,” the album clearly has the purpose of grabbing a baseball bat and smashing every piece of furniture in your house. In other words: pure punk bliss.
Its signature track “LET IT ROCK” calls out to the people who first heard the Ramones back in 1975. It’s clear in this song that vocalist Tsuru forever wishes to be on stage with the late Joey and Johnny; despite the fact that his voice would be better off with the likes of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. There also seems to be a bit of a Sublime-inal influence in both “Night Airship” and “The party does not enter (Main part)”; and while these tracks are more ska than punk the band does a great job reminding the listener that their inspiration is more than from just one genre.
From start to finish “BUBBLEGUM VIKING” is the thrill ride that makes you want to get back in line to get on again. If you have a single ounce of love for the punk genre, this album is for you. Play it for your non-Japanese friends. If they complain that they can’t understand a single lyric, remind them that’s how punk is supposed to sound: loud and incoherent. The true spirit of punk has been brought back; and by the end of this masterpiece you, too, will be screaming, “WE ARE THE BUBBLEGUM VIKING!!” Five stars, hands down!
That's it for this corner today.
This is King Baby Duck saying "If it ain't made in Japan, it's usually crap!"
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