Customer Reviews

Give 'em the Boot, Vol.3

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I was excited when I saw that their was a new Give em the boot compilation out, as Give em the boot 2, is one of my favorite cd's ever. Although when I played this cd I was sad to hear that the reggae and ska sounds that where on Give em the boot 2 have been substituted for a straight ahead punk compilation. Not to mention that the quality of songs on this album, are nowhere as good as the tracks selected for the two previous Give em the boot cd's. If you are going to get a Give em the Boot cd, buy the second installment, it is much better...

This cd is the best compilation i own. It has a devils brigade song called vampire girl. devils brigade is a psychobilly band which is everyone in rancid except for lars. it also has good tracks from tiger army, lars and the bastards, nekromantix, rancid, distillers,agnostic front, dropkick murphys and some other this compilation is awesome but at the end theres some ska i dont enjoy too much. this cd also contains 2 videos you can watch on your computer. one is dropkick murphys - spicy mchaggis jig and the other is tiger army - cupids victim. this is a very good compilation its well worth 5-6 bucks.i hope they come out with give em the boot 4.

Okay, Give Em The Boot I & II were rad, but this pulls up far short of those comps. The best bands - Rancid, DKM, LFB, US BOMBS - all have songs on here that have been previously released, so there's nothing value-added from them. Yeah, Cupid's Victim is a really good song and the videos aren't bad, but they're readily available on the net, so, again, nothing new. I'm down with different types of music but the ska on here is weak and the pyscobilly stuff is unlistenable. Devils Brigade is a disappointment. The only bright spots are the good effort by Duane Peters & the Hunns and the rad track "Give Em The Boot"

Originally I'd heard this disc was going to include a previously unreleased song by LFB and a new video by Rancid, which would have made it much better. Even if the bands on this record had rerecorded different versions of released material, there would be something new for fans. There wasn't even a sticker included like with the last comp.

Save your [money].

Give 'Em The Boots I and II are punk-rock neccessities. Sprinkled with ska, reggae and rocksteady, they were truly palatable for those of us with eclectic tastes. Sadly, Give 'Em The Boot III purifies itself of most of the reggae and ska from it's two previous outings, leaving us with a punk rock wasteland. The songs here just simply aren't up to Hellcat's high standars. There are a few good moments (The Slackers' BRILLIANT "Information Error", the Tiger Army video) but that is outweighed by a parade of messy and talentless punk rock. Even the Rancid track is anemic.

Although, for [the money], "Give 'Em The Boot III" isn't much of a gamble. Still, it's been three years since Vol. II, and III frankly falls flat on it's body-pierced face.

Hellcat Records has turned out another great compilation. I must say that it sounds a little harder, the music a little less melodic and more hardcore. That's just fine by me. The music videos are a nice touch. "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" video is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time.

Good work, Tim!

give em the boot 2 had a lot of reggae & ska on it & this one is more punk rock, which is good. the bands on it were really good and i pretty much liked every song (the joe strummer one was kind of weird...not like the clash at all). i would recommend it especially since it's so cheap.

This is a great collection of ska/punk. All of these I-V are worth having in my opinion.

i was very impressed with "give 'em the boot 2", and i think volume 3 outbeats that. i like every song on this compilation, and it is a great price. it is 70minutes of music, and 2 really good videos, and it's cheap! i dont know what else you could ask for it.

i highly suggest anyone to buy this.

this cd rocks! i donno about hte previously released material, it seems to make more sense to me that you'd like this cd i you didn't already have the songs... this cd has the entire rainbow of good music, from ska to hardcore to plain ol punk... i'd say the highlight of this cd would have to be the song by leftover crack, followed closly by the f-minus song...

but, again... don't buy this cd if you already own all the songs...