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No Mercy For You The Business |
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Here they are again, loud, proud and more "Oi" than ever, The Business is back to give the horns through their half-empty view of the system. One of the forerunners of early English Street Punk, The Business have been tooling around in one form or another for over twenty years and weather beaten and worn, and in spite of the gaps in time that's seen them release only six records, they sound as committed today as they did when the causes for which they stood were running at a fever pitch. The team of Fitz and Whale on vox and guitar, the mainstays, the rebel leaders, have led this latest charge into a new generation bowed down to fucked up authoritative propaganda and systematic hypocrisy and hardship. Based on a "Defend Your Rights Or Lose Them" ideology culled from a newspaper clipping based on prison deaths, such is the working theme throughout the record and fuels the fire for the outspoken vehemence that comes across in such pointed anthems as "Takers & Users," "Code Red," and "Ghetto Youth." The Business long since established the forum for the unheralded working class heroes, disenchanted, dissatisfied and more than a little disgusted with everyday life in the sewer and the release of some old school tension abounds in the form of "Anarchy in the Streets," "U Won't Change Me," "Hell To Pay," and the title track which we soon find in spite of its suggestive nature, sure they'll be no mercy for those who deserve none, but rather, we're documenting the poor slobs of a new generation stuck in a degenerative environment with little hope for resolve. Listening to The Business is like having a guardian angel for a spokesperson to reveal the ongoing weaknesses in your neighborhood, your city, or the world itself. They do it their way and nearly twenty years after their "Suburban Rebels" first jumped on the backs of an unsuspecting local system, their relevance to the countless droves of anarchistic street-bred scene-stealers continues to increase dramatically-still takin' no shit and no prisoners! Released by Burning Heart Records Review by Vinnie Apicella
[va85@columbia.edu] |