Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Fear - Have Another Beer With Fear



Punk band FEAR’s beer obssession kicked off in 1985 with their sophomore album “More Beer”.  Lee Ving repeatedly shouts out his demands beer in the title song.  In a snippy fast-paced ninety-second blast listeners were invited to “Have A Beer With Fear”.   Ten years later, Lee Ving was the only original member in the band and the continuing interest in killing cranium weight with beer presents itself again in the album“Have Another Beer With Fear”.  DEAD KENNEDYS hangover looms on the top of “Demons Sticking Pitchforks in My Brain” Who couldn’t love and join in the calls for “Free Beer”, raucous yells for a “Beerfight”, the country tinged hymn “I Believe I’ll Have Another Beer” or the easily obeyed “Drink Some Beer”?  



Here ends the trilogy of punk drinking albums.  Please feel free to suggest some more in the comments section.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death





Dead Kennedys “Give Me Convenience of Give Me Death, 1987
(Alternative Tentacles)

This 1987 compilation of  Dead Kennedys tracks sourced from various recordings may not qualify as a proper album in the band’s discography.  Although the subject matter of “Police Truck” is the hypocrisy of the force,  probably to Jello Biafra’s disappointment, the lines “We’re goin’ downtown, gonna beat up drunks/You’re turn to drive, I’ll bring the beer”  create a great track to down amber nectar too. Too Drunk To Fuck” continues the drinking theme straight away cheerleading drunken punkness sticking a fork straight to the brain.   Although the cover of “I fought the Law” is twisted into a much more political Dead Kennedys fashion, drinking beer in the hot sun is still very much a part.  Turn the album up and get your buzzbomb on.

5/5

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Sham 69 - That's Life


Sham69 “That’s Life”(1978)
(Polydor)



Essentially a punk concept album about life of a working class lad in Britain who hates his job, loses his job, places a bet on a horse and wins then gets together with his friends to celebrate his unexpected winnings at a bar.   The simplistic Oi chanting encouragement to go down the pub has ensured “Hurry Up, Harry” has touched  classic status.  After spewing in the pub toilet, the album’s everyday heroes look to pick up girls from another pub in follow-up“Evil Way”.   Anyone that has tried to pick up a girl in a bar will be able to relate with the two part conversational piece “Reggae Pick Up”, provided that they can understand the Cockney accents.  “Sunday Morning Nightmare” documents the worst results of a morning after a heavy Saturday night out drinking complete with effective added dialogue and warbling all-in disco style choruses.  Drinking beer is a mandatory activity whilst listening to this album.


4.5/5

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