RiPCORD
DEFIANCE OF POWER / POETIC JUSTICE
(Boss Tuneage)
And again, I am left
scratching my head, and wondering how it is possible that the energized music
I’m listening to on these discs is almost 3 decades old. Where did it all
go??!! Oh what the hell, just gotta go with it…
Boss T has delivered a
couple of major blasts from the past here, with digitally remastered reissues
of both RiPCORD albums, that, as if the original records didn’t stand up on
their own anyways, are both enhanced by additional material (demos and live
sets). This was raw music, from the gut, hammered out by fired up youth,
musically inspired to up their game by the new lightening fast sounds being
played in the USA. Lyrically though, they were very much coming from an
Anarcho-Punk angle, which increased the anger levels, to the max.
It’s interesting reading
the lyrics, and they provide a worthy snap shot of the times, with tirades
against negative drunk Punks… “so if
you’ve got no interest, and no valid point of view, get away from us man, ‘cos
we just don’t need you!” (“Get Away”) and in “Cross-Culture” even the
formative Straight Edge scene. There was clearly no pleasing these lads, haha!!
And unfortunately their anti-racist rants are as relevant as ever in the
post-Brexit aftermath, where people are getting beaten up, and even killed, on
British streets, just for having a foreign accent. Depressing, with a Capital
D.
The albums are
accompanied by a chunky booklet of liner notes from core band members, photos,
flyer reproductions (can you spot the spoofs??!!) and album song lyrics. Neat job as ever by Welly (Artcore). Both
releases are available on CD or as limited double (colour) vinyl pressings.
No
excuses here for a mega-RiPCORD overload!
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