NEW YORK PRESS
August 14-20, 2002/ volume 15, number 33
Punk Rock Record Roundup
Reviews by George Tabb
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"WHAT'S HE barking at?" asks Wendy, as P.J., our Yorkshire terrier, is screaming at the top of his little lungs. He knocked over the pile of punk rock CDs, again," I explain. "You really have to put those away," says Wendy, as P.J. continues to bark loudly, "and while you're at it, maybe you can empty the dishwasher. "Fuck it," I tell her, "I'll just review the damn things."
Out now on Heavy Nose Records. is Bantam's first" CD, titled, well, Bantam. The band's fronted by none other than Gina from the Lunachicks, who can kick ass on guitar better than most men I know. Here she takes a stab at singing as well, and it works out just fine. The songs are heavy and mean, yet somehow poppy. "Come Undone," "Dirty Machine" and "Gorilla Rose" really yank my crank, and when. I caught the band live a few weeks back, they had the same effect. Looks like this monkey is gonna be doing the pogo to this CD for quite some rime.