Dead Yuppies

Agnostic Front | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epitaph / Ada
• ASIN: B00005PJA0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,136 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is how it is done., October 30, 2001

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matt bobby - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Yuppies (Audio CD)

I've been waiting a long time for an album like this. Some recent albums like the last Rancid record, "Todays Empires/Tomorrows Ashes" by Propagandhi and "Suburban Blight" by f-minus gave me hope. But "Dead Yuppies" seals the deal. Right from the opening track "I Wanna Know" you know that your in for something great. While alot of newer punk/hardcore bands have gone the skate/pop punk route, or taken on a very metal slant, we seem to be left with a void: bands that play old school hardcore punk rock in the vien of bands like Black Flag and Negative Approach. I mean fast, hard riffs, brutal vocals that scream not grunt, intense lyrics about personnal and social topics without being pretentious and throw in some wicked speed-metal solos without being flashey. It's nice to know that some people get what that sound was about and want to keep it alive today. As for the actual album, there is little i can muster up that would come close to explaining how good it is."Club Girl" mows you over with its speed and very intelligent lyrics. "Alright" is like getting kicked in the head repeatedly. You've got a few oi!'sh tunes with "Liberty" and "Love to be hated", while the last two songs are classic style AF.Hopefully this will not be the last album of this type by this or any band. Maybe it will inspire a new generation of punks to head down this road and explore this sound once more. Chances are though they'll continue to buy Sum 41 and make copy cat slop of them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars actually ..., October 26, 2001

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J. Kaplan "captain2man" (Merrick, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Yuppies (Audio CD)

Anyone who wants to buy the new Agnostic Front record will be pleased with their purchase as AF will give you exactly what you expect. For those awaiting a re-write of THEE classic AF record - 'Victim in Pain' - well, this is as close as the boys have come. Every song is raging, fast, 3 chords, with Miret's classic, indecipherable growl & plenty of old-school "gang" vocals all over the place. Yeah - it sounds like the guys could have written the whole record in one weekend - but it is definitely the best of the 3 "reunion" records. Those who have been fans of AF for almost 20 years now will know what to expect, and they'll love it. It will change no one's mind who's not a fan, though. The record cover is somewhat silly, and, in light of the 9/11 attack, a disclaimer sticker was put over the front cover. They're legends - if you're a fan of hardcore - you can't be without 'Victim in Pain', 'Cause for Alarm', or 'Liberty & Justice...'. This is a good addition to the legacy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best yet, October 23, 2001

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matt bobby - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Yuppies (Audio CD)

Well, i debated weather or not to pick this one up. Good thing i did, or i would have shot myself if i had heard it later on and not owened it. It's bloody amazing. THIS is what hardcore punk should be like. Fast, intense, brutal and meaningful. This album strips away all that is inessential and packs in all that is missing from most hardcore and punk bands around today. I love the fact that in almost every song they incorporate speed-metal solos, minus the showmanship that deflates it's power. It's just nuts. I've been waiting for awhile for an album like this to be made. The punk/hardcore scene seems to be overridden with either pop/skate-punk bands or death-metal hardcore type bands that forget what hardcore used to sound like when it was a vital force. Not that i have a problem with those other kinds of bands, but it seems like thats all that is being made these days. Rancid, Propagandhi and F-minus have all made albums within the last year that predicted this record, but this one outdoes them all. It's time that punk once again became dangerous, brutal and exciting, and harken back to the days of Negative Approach, Black Flag and Poison Idea. Hopefully this will be the start of something like that.