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Member Since: 12/05/2005
Band Website: www.howitzer.us
Band Members: Russ - Vocals/BassJay - Vocals/DrumsLance - Guitar/Vocals
Influences: Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, Sick Of It All, Hank Williams Sr., Cock Sparrer, The Misfits, Sheer Terror, Johnny Cash, Slapshot, The Business, David Allan Coe, The Exploited, Waylon Jennings, Cro-Mags, Eddie Cochran, Willie!
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____Maximum Rock N Roll Review April 2008
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HOWITZER Â Turncoat EP
Yes sir! The sentiments expressed by the skins and punks of HOWITZER are
even more apropos now that that spoiled, rich hippie from Marin County, John
Walker Lindh, is asking for a reduction in his sentence. These
street-hardened toughs from Florida cut right to the chase. Side A features
a melodic sing-a-long Turncoat, which segues into the fine song Folded
American Flag. These men harness the southern rock spirit of MOLLY HATCHET
while retaining the skinhead rock ¹n¹ roll edge of the TOUGHSKINS. Side B
starts off with the real stand-out track of the EP Life On The Streets.
Fuck yes! This anthem catches the vitriol of ANTiSEEN and kicks your ass
into the next week! Brilliant! Song four, I Just Don¹t Give A Damn borrows
a page from the HAMMERLOCK songbook and pulls it off extremely well! These
rough and tumble fucks scratch their mark in the sand clearly for all to
see! When HOWITZER gets fired up, as they do on Life On The Streets, they
are certainly a force to be reckoned with! Let¹s hear more! (BR)
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NewTimes Broward-Palm Beach Review April 24, 2008Howitzer
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published on April 24, 2008
When the latest 7-inch release from Howitzer showed up at the New Times office a month or so ago, it was an odd surprise. For starters, most bands don't have enough cojones to send vinyl in the mail. So there's all types of swagger attached to a band that does. Secondly, the artwork for Turncoat, the four-song rocker that they sent over, looks like something out of the American Revolution gone anarcho, and it's both hilarious and utterly ridiculous at the same time. After listening to Turncoat a few times, it's obvious where their confidence (and sense of humor) comes from. It's based on their skill as musicians with a storied past. Having moved here from New England in the '90s, their music is draped in that Boston-style hardcore scene of the '80s and '90s when bands ground so hard that even regional punk bands around those parts were better than most national acts. And you can hear that on the album's first song, "Turncoat", a hard, bombastic opening shot aimed at everyone and no one in particular. It's full of adrenaline, angst, and venom — but it's undeniably catchy, with heavy drum licks and guitar chords that sound like chainsaws. The next cut, "Folded American Flag," goes more toward the conspiracy theory rhetoric from their last LP, Police State, but it's still well-composed and the lyrics clearly sung. Flip the record over, and you get hit with another jewel, "Life on the Streets," which is all surging punk meets metal meets hardcore in a local stew. The slower, more melodic "I Just Don't Give a Damn" sounds like pure barroom drinking music at its best. What's clear is that three lads in Howitzer know how to combine their favorite genres on wax. But they've got a lot more than four songs in their repertoire, and you'll have to catch them live to get a better taste.
Record Label: Hazard Hill Records
Type of Label: Indie