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07/11/2024

06/29/2024

The Suspects " New Dawn in the 21st Century LP

Some punk bands age better than others. That’s just life. So when looking back at the groups that one was weaned on, it’s important to recall that all of this music was at one time interpreted through the lens of those wide, wide teenage eyes. I don’t mean to intimate that youngsters don’t have any taste. And certainly, today with the ever expanding role of self education through the interwebs, there’re some kids that can’t drink as of yet, but know as much about music as your nerdiest friend.

But going back to revisit what one recalls as a lost punk classic occasionally results in some disappointment. Of course, the notes are all the same, it’s just that you don’t always have ten of your drunken, idiot friends around to sing the choruses with.

All of that’s pointed towards Washington DC’s the Suspects. And no, they don’t stink, but after more than a decade away from its music, the Suspects weren’t exactly what I recalled. That being said, tracks like “Pistol Whipped, ”from 1996’s New Dawn in the 21st Century, are more than capable of standing next to any other work from the ‘90s. And by comparison, the song would appear to place the band amongst the upper echelon of that huge street punk thing that cropped up.

There’s at least a little bit of that Oi! influence that was going around at time. But the vocals are perhaps more aggressive than anything found in the genre during the final decade of the 20th century. Part of the reason that this all came off so well is due to the fact that Marty Munsch, of Punk Rock Records fame, helmed the sessions. That alone probably accounts for the crispness of the bass line that’s so prominent in “Pistol Whipped.”

Munsch is still a well respected and highly sought after producer. On the Suspects’ disc, though, it becomes clear very early on that there’s not going to be too much space left in the mix. Every note has been devised to create a wash of endless sound. At times, as on “No Escape” each disparate element of the band gets drowned out as it approaches thrash territory for a moment.

In the ability of not just Munsch, but the Suspects as well, that brings such an enthusiastic and broad approach to the genre and makes New Dawn in the 21st Century an effort that’s worth revisiting. All the sing alongs don’t hurt too much, even if your old tyme friends are gone.

As the decade came to a close, it would appear that the Suspects and its volatile line up dispersed. That was the case with most bands that trod the street punk path. Unfortunately, that leaves us with the question as to why that scene all but disappeared. Granted, there are groups working in that vein today, but none as popular or prolific as, let’s say Dropkick before it turned into an old man’s Irish band. There’s no answer, but that entire street punk thing needs to be properly examined before all this old folks forget the answers to the questions we have.

05/25/2024

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05/09/2024

Double re release for being young and we've got the weapons us will play this Saturday at Jimmy's in Kearny New Jersey 7:00 p.m.

04/30/2024

Looks like we will be at X.X. undisclosed Studios (aka Misfits Walk Among Us, U.S. Chaos etc..then down to DC) on May 18 to do some work! Who will it be.

04/30/2024

The Stun Gunz · Song · 2011

04/21/2024

Re-mastered By Marty Munsch, U.S. Chaos “We’ve Got The Weapons” Album Re-Release is available on Itunes, Sound Cloud, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora and various others. Will also be available as CD and Possibly breakout of undisclosed 45 RPM single tracks on PRR. Marty Munsch later co-engineered and...

04/13/2024

Now.

04/12/2024

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04/11/2024

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03/15/2024

New Shirts and Posters

03/12/2024

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02/21/2024

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02/21/2024

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01/27/2024

Vintage from 1985. (See ebay)
Hard to find. But we still have a few dozen in storage.

01/07/2024

Goofing around with some real thrill machine and quarter inch tape in 1991 on an Ampex machine. I was tooling around with shoes and parties by Bauhaus lot of razor blades and tape.

12/15/2023

Music Production and Record Company | Punk Rock RecordsPunk Rock Records is a record label that has been producing world-renowned music for various artists a...

12/15/2023

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesBang Bang Lulu · Trauma School DropoutsPunk Dwellings: Ny's Finest℗ 1996 Dwell Records.Released on: 1992-09-30A...

12/15/2023

Provided to YouTube by SongCast, Inc.Stormtrooper · U.S. ChaosYou Can't Hear A Picture℗ 1999, Punk Rock RecordsReleased on: 2010-01-30Auto-generated by YouTube.

12/15/2023

Provided to YouTube by SongCast, Inc.Blame It On Sam · U.S. ChaosYou Can't Hear A Picture℗ 1999, Punk Rock RecordsReleased on: 2010-01-30Auto-generated by Yo...

12/15/2023

U.S. CHAOS - Wouldn't Wana (With You) Punk Rock Records

12/15/2023

Stun gunz in the studio with their recording of first time playingwe are so good

12/15/2023

Provided to YouTube by SongCast, Inc.Shut Up · U.S. ChaosA Marty Munsch Production - 20 Years Of Punk Rock Records℗ 2010, Punk Rock RecordsReleased on: 2010-...

03/31/2023

July 29th !!

03/03/2023

Some work we did with Trauma School Dropouts in the 90's. We recorded it an old telephone central office that was converted into a recording studio they didn't realize they had an amazing three stories or four stories of stairs terrazzo floors. I decided to use the entire Hall and complex of stairs as a convolution reverb unit. Vocal mics at the top, receiving mics at 1st, 2nd, 3rd floors. This would be my first time using full tracking digitally. While using multiple ADAT units strung together.

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesBang Bang Lulu · Trauma School DropoutsPunk Dwellings: Ny's Finest℗ 1996 Dwell Records.Released on: 1992-09-30A...