The Riverdales - Storm the Streets
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Artist: The RiverdalesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-07-15
Music Label: Honest Don's Hardly
Soundtracks:
- Make Way
- Mental Retard
- Don't Let Them Beat My Baby
- Cementhead
- Riverdale Stomp
- Dyna-Mole
- I Will Make It up to You
- Blood on the Ice
- I Don't Wanna Go to the Party
- Kick Your Head In
- I Accuse My Parents
- Boy in the Plastic Bubble
- Give It Up
- I Am Not a Freak
Free Music Notes for Storm the Streets
Free Music Review: What happened?
Hit: 3 Stars
Okay, I loved the first Riverdales record. Sure, there was no way it could have been as good as the early, perfect, Ramones records, but it was a truly fun tribute that for the most part captured the reasons why we love the Ramones. Some of the songs (Rehabilitated, Plan 13) even carried that "dark lyrical content masked by fun energy and mood" thing that made the Ramones so great in the first place.
But this one, sure it sounds like the Ramones what with the three chord buzzsaw guitaring and all (like their last album, a lot of these songs are made up entirely of A, D, and E), but what happened to the song writing? About a third of this record sounds like school yard chants. Don't believe me? Look:
Dynamole: "Dynamole sees everything alright/Dynamole sees everything at night/Dynamole sees everything okay/Dynamole sees everything at day"
Boy In The Plastic Bubble: "B-O-Y in the plastic bubble/Wet his bed, now he is in trouble/Now he can't do anything at all/Now he can't play with his rubber ball."
What were these guys thinking? I know Ben Weasel gets the Ramones, he's done nothing but Ramones influenced music for how many years now, and on the Riverdales debut he did pen more than a few songs that really would have made great Ramones tunes. But in no way shape or form would the Ramones have ever written anything along the lines of "I'm not mentally retarded, mentally retarded, mentally retarded!" Some of these songs sound like tracks that Screeching Weasel were to embarassed to record under their name, so Ben used them for the Riverdales.
I guess I shouldn't bash Storm The Streets too much though, there still are some great Riverdales songs here (Make Way, Riverdale Stomp, Blood On The Ice), and plenty are okay, even if they're nothing special. But there's too much on here that either sounds the same or has terrible, too-stupid, third grader lyrics. But this band is supposed to be a Ramones tribute, not a Queers tribute.
Its not unlistenable, but pick up their debut (great album!) or their third one, Phase 3 (another great album), becuase they are both better than this one.
Storm the Streets Poster
Last seen recording for Look Out! and opening for Green Day in 1995 at enormodomes everywhere, Riverdales are back with a vengeance, sporting a new label, the same ol' snotty attitude, and the requisite Ramones-style buzz on their second album (14 songs in just under 32 minutes, and not one of them a stinker). Beyond the fact that Dan Schafer sings some of the tunes and Ben Weasel uses his real surname, I've never been able to tell the difference between Riverdales and Ben's other (semi-legendary) punk combo, Screeching Weasel. Not that it matters: Both bands deliver catchy, high-energy punk that will have you pogoing around the living room like a idiot. And "Riverdale Stomp" is one of the best anthems Ben has ever had a hand in. --Jim DerogatisAlternative Rock Music CDs
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