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Member Since: 9/17/2005
Band Website: theserlingtons.cjb.net
Band Members: Dingleberry Ditch, Callipygous Kyle, Footloose Evan, and Jimmy Cash
Influences: NOW WAVE REVIEW!
The Serlingtons
Root Beer Fuled Rock N Roll CD
(Idiot Records)
(REVIEW BY LORD RUTLEDGE)
The Serlingtons are the best Ramones-core band I've heard in many years. In its perfect simplicity, crude musicianship, and sick humored/borderline offensive lyrics, the band is clearly emulating the first Ramones album specifically. And vocally, there's also a palpable (but probably coincidental) similarity to the great California punk band The Simpletones. Ditch's half-spoken, monotone-ish, "I don't give a fuck" style of singing recalls 'Tones classics such as "I Like Drugs" and "Dead Meat (Killer Smog)". Consequently, The Serlingtons are not easily pegged as modern-day pop-punkers. If you'd told me this album was recorded in 1980 rather than 2006, I totally would have believed you (up until the point of the Donnie Darko sound bites!). And really, this isn't pop at all (except for "Make You Mine", which is surprisingly catchy). It's straight punk, and all of you douches who always say "I love The Ramones but hate all the bands that rip them off" would be well-served to give these guys a chance! What I like is that The Serlingtons are throwbacks to the days when politically incorrect, blatantly stupid lyrics were part of what made punk rock fun. "Afghani Affair" is great - definitely one of the best satires I've heard on the Dubya era bonehead nationalist mentality. And as the song titles imply, "Ohio Is For Cutters" and "Go Menstrual" are not tender love ballads. This group also shows a pronounced fondness for zombie flicks, which is a-ok in my book.
The Serlingtons totally get it right. They pound out three-chord punk music and have a great time doing it. They specialize in one basic thing and are totally awesome at it. They are very open about the debt they owe to The Ramones, yet they are completely their own band. In short, they are the antithesis of emo. And for that, they deserve a major award.
Sounds Like: Michael Strahan sacking the shit out of Tom Brady.
Record Label: IDIOT RECORDS, PARLOR CITY RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie
