70's Rock Must Die Ep [EP]

Lard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B00003G1LW
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,618 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

You wouldn't think Jello Biafra would attempt something as anathematizing to him as a turgid, seven-minute '70s rock anthem. But the hilarious title track shows he will go just about anywhere to make an acrid comment. No kidding, you could slip this baby on any urban classic rock station and the mindless headbangers would eat up its Stones-Aerosmith-Zep-AC/DC cock rock riff like mice who don't notice the trap around the cheese -- until the steel-trap surprise lyrics slam into them! (And even hard rock fans who never notice ridiculously awful metal lyrics won't be able to escape the hysterical chorus refrain.) Biafra even dons a plausible Axl Rose voice for the occasion. In fact, this sendup is so good, a thousand '80s hair bands in headbands, leopard-skin pants, and muscle T-shirts spring to mind like an outbreak of styling mousse plague. But whereas Spinal Tap was just for cackles, Biafra's loathing is obvious. He decries the ceaseless perpetuation of the vapid rock caricature that punk bands like Biafra's Dead Kennedys meant to crush, while lamenting that the opposite has since occurred. In any case, this is drop-dead funny. As for the rest, "Volcanus 2000 (We Wipe the World)" returns Lard to its original 1988 industrial footing provided by collaborator Al Jourgensen of Ministry, slinging a similar sneer at all the self-conscious, neo-satanic slummers who want to be the next Nine Inch Nails. The "mountains of trash" in the coda sound too real to anyone who has seen the stink and odious rot of landfill on Staten Island, or gotten a whiff downstream of a passing garbage barge. But it could just as easily refer to your average record reviewer's daunting, decrepit new-CD pile. Finally, "Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter" is a fine metallic-industrial stomper. ~ Jack Rabid, All Music Guide --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Leif Garrett, eat your heart out, May 8, 2000

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"livesidog" (Lancaster, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 70's Rock Must Die Ep (Audio CD)

Although I was only alive for two years during the 70s, I can definitely appreciate the annoyingness of overproduced 70s arena rock (mostly through the magic of those VH1 "Behind the Music" specials). This new 3-song EP from Jello Biafra, Al Jourgensen & co aims to poke fun at this very genre (well, at least the title track does). The 7-minute "70s Rock Must Die" contains just about every 70s rock cliche in the book: the cheesy guitar riff, the cowbell, the tambourines, the falsetto voice (which Biafra nails perfectly), the guitar-wanker solo, the chorus of "come on"s, the slow ballad-esque breakdown in the middle of the song, the kickin' drums, and just about everything else you ever heard a million times in every Ted Nugent or Aerosmith song. The two other tracks on the EP ("Volcanus 2000 (We Wipe the World)" and "Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter") are somewhat generic Lard songs (similar to the material on their last album, "Pure Chewing Satisfaction") and seem sort of tacked on and unrelated to the whole 70s rock theme, but aren't necissarily bad either. If you're a fan of Lard (or a non-fan of 70s rock), then this EP is definitely worth picking up for the title track alone (and for the excellent liner notes which, as usual, contain tons of humorous newspaper clippings and headlines).

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars worth it for the title track, March 13, 2000

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amc (SF) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 70's Rock Must Die Ep (Audio CD)

Worth the price just for the title track, as usual another LARD release with 1 excellent song and a couple of dodgy ones. Still, nothing will probably match up to Power of LARD! If you don't have that buy it instead but if you do, then get this it's even worth next day UPS. Had hoped to buy the Lard Pinto they used to promote this but was outbid by some rabid fan. Also, check out Alternative Tentacles web site.

5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lard went dun good with this here EP., February 18, 2000

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Mr. 30 "UCF Student" (orlando, fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 70's Rock Must Die Ep (Audio CD)

It's good period. Hey Jello are you guys ever going to go on tour again? Look at it this way if you guys come to South Carolina you'll sell at least one ticket...yeee hawww. track 2 volcanus 2000 is the best track. PRAISE THE LARD(john 3:14).