Classic Album Of The Week!

OK, so I've tried to start little weekly or monthly things in the past and I really didn't follow through... So I'm going to try this again. But crack down on it. If you're willing to read, I'm willing to post.

Anyways, lets get this show on the road. Every week from now on I want to post a classic album (i.e. 7 to 10 years old) and a small review of it on here, just to spice things up. Hopefully you guys will find something you like or realize how pretentious my music taste can get. Oh well. The first album is one that I've been getting really into lately: Refused's 'The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts'.

This album is fucking revolutionary. Seriously. Give it a listen. You'll say to yourself "Ben, this sounds like it's just another hardcore punk band." Then I'll tell that it was released in 1998. Yeah. These guys laid out the blueprint for hardcore music back in the late nineties with this album. The title is actually very true. A lot of bands owe Refused so much because of this album. It brought back the idea of punk music being unique in both the sounds and ideaologies. If you can remember, punk in the late nineties consisted of more pop punk radio-friendly stuff like Green Day and Blink 182. This band reminded the underground punk scene that you can still push yourselves musically and idealogically and make it big. Do yourself a favor and grab this album, give it a couple of spins, and smile. Its messages are very relevant these days with the word 'socialism' getting thrown around a lot. As you'll be able to tell, these angry Swedes were very socialist. It sucks that they broke up after a final U.S. Tour. Kind of funny tour name though: Refused Are Fucking Dead. Here's a video for one of the singles from this album, 'New Noise':