Rock Against Bush Vol 1 (w/ Bonus DVD) (2004) (Ministry/Ataris/NOFX/Sum 41/)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00751097067529 Release Date: 4/20/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60631841 Item#: MN7MJE Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Nothing To Do When You're Locked In A Vacancy - None More Black (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 2. Moron - Sum 41 (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 3. Warbrain - Alkaline Trio (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 4. Need More Time - Epoxies ~ Various Artists 5. School Of Assasins, The - Anti-Flag (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 6. Sink, Florida, Sink (Electric) - Against Me! (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 7. Baghdad - Offspring ~ Various Artists 8. Lion And The Lamb - The Get Up Kids (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 9. Give It All - Rise Against (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 10. No-W - Ministry (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 11. Sad State Of Affairs - Descendents (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 12. Revolution - Authority Zero (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 13. Paranoia Cha-Cha - The Soviettes (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 14. That's Progress - Jello Biafra/D.O.A. ~ Various Artists 15. Overcome (Recapitulation) - RX Bandits ~ Various Artists 16. No Voice Of Mine - Strung Out (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 17. To The World - Strike Anywhere ~ Various Artists 18. Heaven Is Falling - The Ataris (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 19. God Save the U.S.A. - Pennywise ~ Various Artists 20. Normal Days - Denali ~ Various Artists 21. Expatriate Act, The - World/Inferno Friendship Society (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 22. No News Is Good News - New Found Glory (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 23. Basket Of Snakes - The Frisk (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 24. Jaw, Knee, Music - NOFX (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 25. It's The Law - Social Distortion ~ Various Artists 26. Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out, The - Less Than Jake/Bill Bragg ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Fat Mike freely admits to his spotty voting record. But that didn't stop him from founding www.punkvoter.org, an organization with a mission to mobilize young voters against President Bush and his administration's policies, and make 2004 the year punk spoke. Rock Against Bush features music from 26 likeminded artists, as well as a DVD packed with insightful, inciting political rabble-rousing and videos from types like Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, and Fat Mike's own NOFX. None More Black kicks things off with the martial, spittle-flying stomp of "Nothing to Do When You're Locked in a Vacancy," and Alkaline Trio's "Warbrain" attempts to save the world with a righteous pop-punk melody and memories of better days. The Offspring's "Baghdad" isn't the greatest song ever, but it's interesting that it dates from 1991 and the first Bush presidency. Speaking of the first Bush, Ministry returns with the frenetic industrial clatter of "No W," which updates the 1992 rant "N.W.O." with samples from the latest Bush president. Veteran D.I.Y. firebrands Jello Biafra and Billy Bragg are here, the latter teaming with Less Than Jake for "Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out." The Ataris cover Bad Religion's "Heaven Is Falling" acoustically, and Social Distortion's "Prison Bound" will hopefully turn A New Found Glory fans on to Prison Bound. Other highlights of Rock Against Bush include the bopping neo-new wave of the Epoxies, the Soviettes' raucous "­Paranoia! Cha-Cha-Cha," and Authority Zero's "Revolution." There are also stylistic detours from Denali (the austere "Normal Days") and the World/Inferno Friendship Society ("Expatriate Act"). There's a rousing, ruefully funny essay from Fat Mike in the liner notes; 17 of the comp's 26 tracks are unreleased or otherwise rare; and Fat Wreck is giving the thing away for six bucks. If that's not enough incentive, the set's DVD portion includes a piece of typically scathing comedy from David Cross. ~ Johnny Loftus It should come as no surprise that the punk-rock community went to the mat in expressing their displeasure with the 2004 White House administration by releasing the CD/DVD combo ROCK AGAINST BUSH VOL. 1. More than just a 26-track rant against authority, this collection, compiled by Fat Wreck Chords owner/NOFX frontman Fat Mike, brings together a broad range of pop-punk acts whose choice of well-written songs are only superseded by Fat Mike's thoughtful liner notes. Here Mike points out that the purpose of ROCK AGAINST BUSH is not about "being punk rock and hating the government," but rather "being punk rock and changing the government." To that end, the roster of acts involved range from the lollipop punk of Sum 41 ("Moron") and impassioned emo of New Found Glory ("No News Is Good News") to the righteous rants of Jello Biafra and D.O.A. ("That's Progress"). Sprinkled throughout the compilation are previously unreleased and rare songs, including the Ataris' lo-fi reading of Bad Religion's "Heaven Is Falling," a new version of the Offspring's 1991 song "Baghdad" (originally written about the first Bush administration), and Billy Bragg's sprightly collaboration with Less Than Jake on their track "The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out."   Technical Info Release Date : 04/20/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 675 Label : Fat Wreck Chords Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00751097067529   Professional Reviews Rolling Stone (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] refreshingly pointed collection of mostly unreleased but strong cuts..."    Product Image