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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Directed by Tim Irwin, We Jam Econo is close to being one of the best band documentaries I’ve ever seen.

The documentary follows Mike Watt around as he reveals the story of the Minutemen and, in doing so, the story of punk rock – albeit, a type of punk rock that, by dint of its innovation, creativity, and refusal to be constrained by trends, is sadly in short supply these days. Watt shows himself to be an extremely passionate, intelligent, and equally principled individual, and his insight into both the band and the scene that he helped create is enlightening.

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NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing

NOFX albums have always started out badly for me, and I've always been convinced that this was going to be the first really shit record since Punk in Drublic. "Linoleum" and "It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite" I never really liked; though both grew on me. "And Now for Something Completely Similar" was annoying, partly because it mentioned "Linoleum," though not so much so as that sample at the beginning of "The War on Errorism," but, fuck, both were over and done with pretty quick. And, following that pattern, "60%"is a pretty bad song that's becoming more tolerable with each listen.

And, a week's worth of listening usually has convinced me that the songs on Wolves in Wolves' Clothing are as good as anything else that NOFX have released.

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Conflict - Increase the Pressure

Not to suggest that Conflict's debut, It's Time to See Who's Who, wasn't a good album — it is, in fact, one of punk's finest debuts — but their following record, Increase the Pressure, showed such a gigantic stride forward that it's difficult to imagine that the same band was responsible.

In the almost two years that separated both records Conflict slowed down slightly, became better musicians and learned how to write songs that were catchy and easily discernable from one another yet still contained the raw anger and energy of good punk music.

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A Diptych of Punk - (Subhumans + Descendents)

I bought these two albums concurrently and I will review them as such.

Subhumans – The Day The Country Died

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