Pop Punk Mania

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fuckinsquaresman:

“Gordon Gano’s Army are one of the best bands to have come from the south coast of the UK. They played gritty, sloppy pop punk about girls and books and all the other things all the other gritty sloppy pop punk bands play songs about. But they were different.

I can’t remember the first time I saw them, but it was probably about 2004, and it was probably at The Homestead in Southampton. The Homestead was an 8-bedroom house filled with punks. They would often open up their small conservatory and have acoustic shows in there. I saw Gordon Gano’s there a number of times; Rich’s drums were made out of cooler boxes, tupperware pots and the occasional cymbal, Phil played through a 10 watt bass amp + Russ almost always broke two or three strings on his acoustic.

A couple of years went passed and Gordon Gano’s Army had broken up for at least the second time. I bumped into Russ whilst he was driving North Lincoln when I put them on in Brighton. He said that they were getting ready to play again with a new bassist and that they were all playing electric; he asked if I fancied putting out their new 7”. I didn’t have enough money at the time and politely declined. To this day it is my biggest regret related to my label.”

the above was written by my friend jay. he writes better than i do, and for some reason every time i listen to this record i’m reminded of him. the last time i saw this band was in america, playing to maybe 30 or 40 people. this LP is pretty much a punch in the gut from start to finish. perfect simplicity.

- sean.

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