Action Chemistry

Karp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Punk in My Vitamins
• ASIN: B00005O7VF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,780 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rowdy

2. Rocky Mountain Rescue

3. Dusk

4. Nothing Left Inside

5. Pistol Whipped

6. Plumbing Game

7. Gauze

8. Blue Blood

9. The Falling Under

10. Freighty Cat

11. Turkey Named Brotherhood

12. I'm Done

13. Prison Shake

14. I'd Rather Be Clogging

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Karp hung it up in 1998, after three albums and various singles. Bassist Jared Warren now fronts the celebrated Tight Bro's from Way Back When. Action Chemistry is an action-packed compilation of their singles, covers (Black Flag's "Nothing Left Inside"), and rarities (the compilation's hair-raising centerpiece, "Gauze," was originally on the legendary 1993 Northwest compilation, Stars Kill Rock). There are good reasons why Karp were the metal band of choice for indie rockers in the late '90s, and no, it's not because the grungesters couldn't handle the "real thing." Karp delivered the real thing--brutal, bombastic, bellowing angry punkish rants and militaristic marches--without spandex, cheesy guitar solos, misogynist lyrics, or thick, tortured attitudes. Bass-heavy and hard, no chaser, but with a dash of humor: Karp took their high-decibel fun seriously and secured their rightful place in the history of massiveness and mayhem. This release proves it. It's a mix of all the right ingredients (Motörhead, Maiden, Melvins, and a requisite load of Black Sabbath) thrown into a blender without a lid and splayed onto your walls in a sonic abstract expressionist painting. Listen to Action Chemistry and there's no turning back--you will bang your head. This is a must-have for Karp and Tight Bro's fans. The uninitiated, however, may want to baptize themselves with Karp's self-titled 1997 album. --Cyndi Elliott

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of KARP, October 30, 2001

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corwin light-williams (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Action Chemistry (Audio CD)

Truly, this is the penultimate KARP collection. I mean- come on, it starts with ROWDY, which is clearly the band's best song. If you like KARP, or metal, or rock, or music at all, you should DEFINITELY get this album. Totally ruling.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Eat T-Birds, May 4, 2002

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Thee Inspector (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Action Chemistry (Audio CD)

God Bless PNMV for releasing to the world this fine collection of Heavy Metal Championship Musical Mayhem. They are the heaviest of the heavy and they bring on the RAWK with an iron fist.

I like to say that they are kinda like the half-brother of the Melvins but that doesn't even do them justice. They are more like Thundar the Barbarian. When I croak I want KARP playing at my funeral.

Chris, Scotty and Jared who knew what lovely tunes you would create. God bless you all...