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"Live From The Justice League" Angelic Upstarts |
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Their name was written in the
annals of Punk infamy many moons ago-or what what's commonly known in
Punk circles as 1977-and now an unlikeliest of landings on North American
shores captures the mighty UK legends in rare form some twenty plus years
after they first appeared-"Live From The Justice League,"
features sixteen bonafide Punk For rowdies of all ages, Angelic Upstarts was there from the beginning where many of your notable dockside faves first honed their street cred, the likes of The Clash, The Exploited, and Sham 69, rambling politics, unity, and self-contentment. They play with a brazen edge and nastiness usually reserved for prison inmates and societal cast-offs. And what makes bands like Angelic Upstarts and their many aforementioned peers wholly relevant today? Well you don't need to have heard of them to know their intentions are good. Where they stand is in firm solidarity with the oppressed and misunderstood, at the foot of righteousness by way of leftist leanings and barroom benevolence which will ignite the fire of many a listener old or new-"Teenage Warning," "Leave Me Alone," "Last Night Another Soldier," "Police Oppression," and a fuming cover of The Clash's "White Riot," all themes for the downtrodden and working class, see where many of today's local favorites drew their inspiration. Upon the conclusion of the title track from their '79 underground classic "Murder Of Liddle Towers," which first pushed them on their way, two of the last three closing tracks feature surprise covers of those effectual forerunners of what the movement originally stood for in the face of late '70s classics like Splodge's "Two Pints Of Lager," and Sham 69's "If The Kids Are United." One night, "Live At The Justice League," earlier this year, an unexpected run through history for those lucky enough to be in attendance, and for the many that weren't, here's your chance to earn your wings! Released by TKO Records Review by Vinnie Apicella [va85@columbia.edu]
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