OFF! + DAMAGED HEAD
KLUBB SMASH IT UP + DJ: PINK PUNK + 138
OFF! is nothing more than a real allstar band with roots in the American hardcore scene. With a tough, crappy fast and uncompromising new album under our belts band with Keith Morris in the lead at Debaser Beach October 25.
We know well the gentlemen of OFF! previously. Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) and Mario Rubalcaba (Hot Snakes / Earthless / Rocket From The Crypt). They are the power and spirit of Los Angeles punk, now revived with new energy.
The band released their debut seven, “1st EP”, in October 2010 and quickly followed this up with three more, all of which were collected in the “First Four EPs”. Fans and critics could agree without any jidder, this was exactly as cruel as we could only dream of when we first got wind of this dream lineup to tape.
2012 released OFF! a self-titled album, which did not disappoint. Full speed, full throttle and 100 percent. 16 songs together clocking in at under 16 minutes. Keith Morris, whose vocal style is somewhere between singing, voice and screams, sounds so angry that he can not get the words out fast enough. It sounds like 1978, and tastes like the real thing.
Now the band is up to date with a new album titled Wasted Years and as release issued by Vice Records. In March, we had to take part of a sample in the form of the song “Hypnotized” which was released with accompanying video. In this we see David Yow, from bands like Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard, in the lead role as a superhero to say the least degenerate in true Charles Bukowski-ish spirit.
Along with lots of newfound younger fans, a large crowd of audience to OFF! of hardcore fans that have been around since the beginning. So give now neighbor kid a few hundred pieces and book up immediately hen that dog or babysit October 25, because damn, it’s time for some classic old school punk of the highest quality at Debaser in Stockholm Strand.
Playing Debaser Strand October 25th.
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