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August 2001 Vol. 5 No. 9
 
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Artist The Dickies
Title All this and Puppet Stew
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Reviewer Richard Proplesch
Rating
Something remarkable here how this Richmond quartet roll around in the rocky Virginia hills, swallow a chawful of Anti-Seen's Dixie raunch, but then still end up sounding like vintage Social Distortion through the speakers. Relying on a fundamental three-chord drilling and a heart full of hostility, Sixer obey Mike Ness' commanding technique by keeping the rhetoric direct ("Tear It Down") and confrontational ("Sink Or Swim"). SoCal purists might detect a few scandalous Southern rock detractions here, y'all. With the band emitting a few backwoods yawlps in place of oi!s, and the obligatory six-string solo extravagance, Sixer aren't limited by hardcore, but they don't sound like Grinderswitch, either. With barks of "the South will rise again," this band may, indeed, be it's "saving grace."

 


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