(September 2024) Episode 601 is AGENT ORANGE. They are written up as pioneers of surf-punk so I thought they’d be what The Cramps are to rockabilly-punk. And my college roommate had a big poster of them on his dorm wall. Both these things made me expect something more than I found. The surf thing seems limited to (decent) covers of “Pipeline” and “Miserlou,” and beyond first two EPs the rest bored me. Mushy pop-punk, like the Blink 182 of the 1980s, but with even less kick.
Favorite album: Living in Darkness
Favorite song: Bloodstains
Compared to expectations: ↓
Recommendation: The Bloodstains and Bitchin’ Summer
Opus Project 