By Grouch Rating 2 Scowls A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime
A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime
Thursday, 09 April 2009 12:08 | 
Author: The Grouch | 
Anti – Flag is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They began in 1988 as a street punk/punk rock with anarchist lyrics before eventually signing with RCA Records in 2005.
As usual my friend GabeO turned me on to the guys. Since I received this album I’ve listened to it a lot.
All in all I really like this album and recommend it highly.
The good:
The album rocks. Every song on the album is filled with killer guitar. Speedball drums and a rock solid bass. I like the guy’s voice. Its like a really angry Greenday. Anger makes good music friends and these guys are PISSED off. A+ in the intensity department. I dig the guitar player’s style – straight forward rock and roll. Their drummer is blazing fast and right on the money – musically I can’t find anything I dislike about this album. All in all an excellent job guys.
The bad: Their politics are simplistic at best. I get the whole “pissed off at the man” thing, unfortunately their glib choice of words detracts from what ever validity their anger may stem from. No matter what you think of John Ashcroft, the man is not a NAZI. Frankly the whole fad of labeling anything or anyone you disagree with as a NAZI is asinine. Almost as asinine as calls for the spray painting of a tree with the words Fuck Obama to be considered a hate crime. (I know highly educated people who think such political dissent should be classified as a hate crime.)
The end result: I dig the music and I get the anger, but they need to dial it back a bit or their message will be overlooked and dismissed.
Track 1: No Paradise – I love the drums and guitar. His voice is killer on this track. We want the truth It isn’t gonna be no paradise Really nice guitar solo.
Track 2: Oh, Katrina (Interlude) – A cappella soul ditty.
Track 3: No Future – NICE guitar. Punk rap jam in which he lists off the reasons that there is NO FUTURE. This is not a cover of the Sex Pistols song of the same name, but the sentiment is the same.
Track 4: Anthem For The New Millennium Generation – Standard post hippy anti-war song. We won’t go because we don’t believe – we won’t go we won’t answer the call. The guitar as usual is right on. This reminds me of Social Distortion. I like this song a lot
Track 5: Corporate Rock Still Sucks – What’s not to love about this song? Good music and intensity aimed at slamming the Corporate Music Establishment. It would have more credibility if they had given RCA Records a pass. As John Lennon taught us, revolution is easy when you have a few million in the bank. It is a good song though.
Track 6: John Ashcroft Was A Nazi (Interlude) – I can’t hear the words or much of the music on this song. It only lasts a few seconds before going into the next track.
Track 7: Marc Defiant – A song about refusing to give in to the pressure imposed by society. I can’t really understand the words, but the music rocks.
Track 8: No Borders No Nations – The song begins with calls for George Bush to kill himself. Give me a break – the holier than thou glibness is too much. Then he goes on to rant about Evil Corporations. I wonder if RCA is Evil? Perhaps the record company they would sign a deal with after this album, is enlightened as opposed to evil?
Track 9: 1 Trillion Dollars – Once again the music is great. This track is even melodic in parts. By this time I’m really getting tired of the Anti-Money rant. I wonder if their albums are free?
Track 10: Turncoat – More great music – I REALLY like their music. I can’t understand the lyrics very well, but the band delivers a fantastically tight punch of energy in this track. I dig it.
Track 11: The Project For A New American Century – SLAM the rage and raging guitar continues. Man I like this music, even the bass jams on this song. KILLER track. The lyrics however seem childish I can’t make out everything but I keep hearing the refrain Germany Germany. Before he calls for everyone to raise their fist right now.
Track 12: 911 For Peace – Is this about the emergency number 911 or the terrorist attack of September 11? I don’t know. The music is good. I can’t understand the words.
Grouch rating 2 and 1/2 scowls out of 5 (Judging the music alone 4 scowls out of 5) This takes into consideration that some of the money from this album went to help victims of violent crime.