20. Fight Amp – Manners and Praise
I’m not sure how much further this record could’ve climbed—or how far it might have fallen—if I had discovered this record earlier. It is certainly the album of the moment, one that I’m still coming to grips with, and one I might have easily overlooked were it not recommended to me by Christian and Steven from Whores. New Jersey’s Fight Amp is a band that plays with reckless aggression, a blistering torrent of distortion and aggro-rock fury delivered with sledgehammer force. For all I know the lyrics could be about masturbating monkeys or a violent uprising of renegade Smurfs; for now it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that this trio plays music that makes me feel invincible, that makes me want down a fifth of Everclear, take to the streets, and pick a fight with a rabid polar bear and a gang of circus midgets. This album is the shit and everyone needs to take a big whiff.
More Info:
Web: www.fightamputation.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/fightamp
Nice list, love that fucking Future of the Left. Totally tits. Not buying that Puscifer shit, though. Weak.
excellent list for the most part. i whole heartedly agree with number one. my future ex-wife.
p.s.
pucifer is garbage. i want to fight maynard.
Yo Noose,
Why you hating on my man? You just can’t deal with the prog-rock.
it’s not so much the prog, as it is music that i can’t remember. and the over produced, over effected non-chorus having crap. P. U.
“jupiter” is one of my favorite records of all time, and it’s uber prog.
in your face!
I hear you, Cinn-Sen, especially on the later albums. I actually thought the first few Tool albums and all the A Perfect Circle stuff was really catchy in its way. “Jupiter” was/is pretty fucking fresh.
Fight Amp, Future Of The Left and Converge! Woo-hoo!