(September 2023) Episode 524 is POISON IDEA. I am not a punk connoisseur, but to me this is solid punk content. Birthed in Portland, OR, in the early 1980s, their first two EPs (Pick Your King, Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes) deliver concise hardcore fury, and the following two LPs deliver in that space between punk and metal. Amidst personnel changes they continued recording through the 1990s and after. Their last two albums (2006 and 2015) are some of the best stay-true-to-form that I have heard an aging punk band recreate.
Favorite album: War All the Time
Favorite song: Feel the Darkness
Compared to expectations: ↑
Recommendation: I recommend if you’re punk-curious, but if you’re into it you already know them.
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