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CRACK HOUSE - Smoke Crack In Hell 7"
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Some bands are hard to forget obviously for their names. CRACK HOUSE is one of them. I had written about their debut Still Alive back in 2017 which also came out on HPGD Productions. CRACK HOUSE are a four piece act from Philadelphia, PA. I've been calling the place Hostile City, USA for years. Seeing that their first homicide of 2019 took place just 12 minutes after the clock struck midnight on New Years as well as a guy getting impaled on a deer stature probably will not change my mind any time soon.
Which is why I think only in Philly could a band like CRACK HOUSE exist without people batting an eye of offensiveness. The band mix old hardcore with grind and some thrash into what they call Crack Rock n Roll. Basically it's metallic punk fuckin rock with duel vocals, one growler and one screechier. It's far better than their last one. At least they're taking themselves serious on these four tracks.
http://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CRACKHOUSEROCK/
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-crack-in-hell
THE BAD LARRY'S - Hodads
Self-Released
So file this one under "It's Not Metal But I Like It and I Know Much About It". THE BAD LARRY'S are a garage punk act, a five piece band but then most of em are, hailing from Hostile City, USA which is Philadelphia PA. I'm guessing these guys were weaned on old (aka: used LP copies of) CYNICS, SATAN'S SURFERS, if they're cool then I'd include THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS, THE VIPERS or even MAN OR ASTROMAN, THE MAKERS or THE CRAWDADDYS.
Ah yeah I do know my Garage Punk/Surf stuff. I grew up listening to Nuggets' bands and garnered a record collection with stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. I stopped around the end of the nineties because hiptards got into that scene and ruined it. Be that as it may I like this band as far as Garage Punk goes. They're not copying anyone which is funny since being a cool Garage Punk band means to sound like some band from the past and doing a cover or two. As far as I can tell all of the songs on this, the band's debut, are originals.
There's some cool surf/blues cuts as well as Garage Punk ragers going on here. Although there's one cut which reminds me of Reverend Horton Heat who I hate because hipsters used him to get in and ruin a cool scene. Be that as it may THE BAD LARRY'S do a good job.
https://thebadlarrys.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BadLarrys/
